Kimiya Yui

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Kimiya Yui during the second day of qualification exams, with NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, 7 May 2015 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia.

The Expedition 44/45 trio was preparing for launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.