Expedition 50 Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos smiles as he listens to a reporter's question ahead of the final qualification exams with fellow crew mates NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia.