Expedition 43 Russian Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), left, NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, center, and Russian Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka all have their Russian sokol suits pressure checked for their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Friday, March 27, 2015 in Baikonor, Kazakhstan. Kelly, Padalka, and Kornienko launched to the ISS 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 20

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