The Soyuz fairing is seen laying horizontal in front the of the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft as Expedition 43 Russian Cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko, and, Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and, NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly perform their fit checks, Sunday, March 15, 2015 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio 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. As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016.

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The Soyuz fairing is seen laying horizontal in front the of the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft as Expedition 43 Russian Cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko, and, Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and, NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly perform their fit checks, Sunday, March 15, 2015 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio 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. As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov) Partly dismantled Soyuz spacecraft

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