LIVE: ISS Expedition 43 crew news conference

As the next International Space Station (ISS) crew prepare for the longest ever stay aboard the vessel, Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Korniyenko, Gennady Padalka, and American Scott Kelly will hold a press conference at the Star City in the Moscow region on Friday, March 6. The ISS mission aboard the Russian Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft is set to kick off on March 27 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The three men will smash the previous record of 215 days in space held by American Michael Lopez-Alegri