Expedition 43 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Flight Engineer Scott Kelly and their backups, Alexei Ovchinin and Sergei Volkov of Roscosmos and Jeff Williams of NASA conducted final qualification training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia March 4 and 5. Padalka, Kelly and Kornienko are scheduled to launch March 27 U.S. time (March 28 Kazakh time), in the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft to the International Space Station where Kelly and Kornienko will spend a year in space. Included is an interview with Emily Nelson, Expedition 46 Lead Flight Director.

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