Expedition 43 NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, left, and Russian Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) pose for a photo near a model of the Soyuz rocket during media day, Saturday, March 21, 2015 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kelly, Kornienko, and Russian Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka of Roscosmos are preparing for launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 28, Kazakh time (March 27 Eastern time.) As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyu

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Expedition 43 NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, left, and Russian Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) pose for a photo near a model of the Soyuz rocket during media day, Saturday, March 21, 2015 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kelly, Kornienko, and Russian Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka of Roscosmos are preparing for launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 28, Kazakh time (March 27 Eastern time.) As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) Expedition 43 Media Day (201503210034HQ)

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