Expedition 44/45 crew members

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 44/45 crew members Kjell Lindgren of NASA (left), Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) inspect a ceremonial book they will sign during traditional prelaunch activities July 8. The trio will launch on their Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan July 23 for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Seth Marcantel