Expedition 43 Preflight

Expedition 43 Russian Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) waves to family and friends after having his Russian sokol suit pressure checked for launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft to the International Space Station with fellow crew members NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, and Russian Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko Friday, March 27, 2015 in Baikonor, Kazakhstan. Kelly, Padalka, and Kornienko launched to the ISS from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 28, Kazakh time (March 27 Eastern 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)