Expedition 43 Preflight

Expedition 43 backup crew member Sergei Volkov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), left, and Expedition 43 prime crew member Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos watch television during a break between classes, Thursday, March 19, 2015 at Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kornienko and fellow crew members, NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly 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. As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)