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In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 44 crew member Kjell Lindgren of NASA undergoes a pressure and leak check of his Sokol launch and entry suit July 11 as part of a fit check dress rehearsal. Lindgren, Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will launch July 23, Kazakh time from Baikonur in their Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station.