Expedition 43 Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), left, Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka of Roscosmos, center, and NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly pose for a photograph outside a Soyuz simulator during the second day of qualification exams, Thursday, March 5, 2015 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. The trio is preparing for launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 28, Kazakh time. As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will retur

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