201503230021hq (03/23/2015) — Expedition 43 prime crew: NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, seated left, and Russian Cosmonauts Gennady Padalka, and Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), backup crew members: NASA Atronaut Jeff Williams, Alexey Ovchinin, and Sergei Volkov of Roscosmos, seated right, talk to space offi
201503230021hq (03/23/2015) — Expedition 43 prime crew: NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, seated left, and Russian Cosmonauts Gennady Padalka, and Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), backup crew members: NASA Atronaut Jeff Williams, Alexey Ovchinin, and Sergei Volkov of Roscosmos, seated right, talk to space officials after completing their final check of the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft, Monday, Mar. 23, 2015 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Kelly, Kornienko, and Padalka are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station in the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 27.