Stock Photo - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 4243 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (left), Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and NASA Flight Engineer Terry Virts answer questions from reporters during the second day of qualification exams October 31. The trio is preparing for launch in the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Nov. 24, Kazakh time, for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station..NASAStephanie Stoll.

Stock Photo: At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 4243 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (left).

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