International Space Station Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency with fellow NASA astronaut Terry Virts (left) and Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov as they perform a checkout of their Russian Soyuz spacesuits in preparation for the journey back to Earth May 6, 2015 in Earth Orbit.

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International Space Station Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency with fellow NASA astronaut Terry Virts (left) and Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov as they perform a checkout of their Russian Soyuz spacesuits in preparation for the journey back to Earth May 6, 2015 in Earth Orbit.

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