Expedition 51 crew member Fyodor Yurchikhin prepares to enter a Russian segment systems simulator.
At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star city, Russia, Expedition 51 crew member Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) strikes a reflective pose March 30 as he prepares to enter a Russian segment systems simulator as part of final crew qualification exams. Yurchikhin and Jack Fischer of NASA will launch April 20 on the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a four and a half month mission on the International Space Station.