Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko reviews his paperwork during the second day of qualification exams with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimya Yui and NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Thursday, May 7, 2015 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. The Expedition 44/45 trio is preparing for launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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