Image: Gennady Padalka at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center before the Expedition 43 flight (201503140006HQ) (cropped)

Description: Expedition 43 Preflight NASA ID: 201503140006HQ The Expedition 43 Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), talks with friends and family as he waits for fellow crew mates, NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, and, Russian Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos, ahead of their departure from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia for Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Saturday, March 14, 2015. The trio is 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) Date Created: 2015-03-14 Center: HQ Location: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Cente Photographer: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Title: Gennady Padalka at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center before the Expedition 43 flight (201503140006HQ) (cropped)
Credit: https://images.nasa.gov/details/201503140006HQ
Author: NASA, Bill Ingalls
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