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JSC2014-E-079002 (3 Sept. 2014) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 41/42 backup crew member Scott Kelly of NASA (left) looks on as Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, right) signs in Sept. 3 for final qualification exams. They, along with Gennady Padalka of Roscosmos (hidden) are the backups to NASA's Barry Wilmore and Alexander Samokutyaev and Elena Serova of Roscosmos, who are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Kelly and Kornienko will launch next March to spend a full year in space. Photo credit: NASA/Stephanie Stoll
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JSC2014-E-079002 (3 Sept. 2014) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 41/42 backup crew member Scott Kelly of NASA (left) looks on as Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, right) signs in Sept. 3 for final qualification exams. They, along with Gennady Padalka of Roscosmos (hidden) are the backups to NASA's Barry Wilmore and Alexander Samokutyaev and Elena Serova of Roscosmos, who are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Kelly and Kornienko will launch next March to spend a full year in space. Photo credit: NASA/Stephanie Stoll