Expedition 64 backup crew members NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, left, and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy, center, and Petr Dubrov, right, of Roscosmos, pose for a picture as the Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad at Site 31, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 64 Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft on Oct. 14 to start a six-month mission onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

The Soyuz MS-13 rocket is launched with Expedition 60 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, flight engineer Drew Morgan of NASA, and flight engineer Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency), Saturday, July 20, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Skvortsov, Morgan, and Parmitano will join fellow Expedition 60 crew members Commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and NASA flight engineers Nick Hague and Christina Koch, who have been aboard the International Space Station since March. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

iss073e0002707 (April 27, 2025) --- The Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft is pictured docked to the Prichal module as the International Space Station orbited 269 miles above the Indian Ocean off the coast of South Africa. The Soyuz launched NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky to the orbital outpost on April 8.

The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of November 18 (Kazakh time.) All three will spend approximately six months on the orbital complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 55 crew members Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday, June 3, 2018. Shkaplerov, Tingle, and Kanai are returning after 168 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 54 and 55 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 46 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) is seen after having his Russian Sokol Suit pressure checked in preparation for launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz is scheduled for Dec. 15 and will carry Malenchenko, Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA, and Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) into orbit to begin a six-month mission onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Officials, family and friends gather to welcome home Expedition 57 cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos after he, Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA and Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) landed their Soyuz MS-09 capsule near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. Auñón-Chancellor, Gerst, and Prokopyev are returning after 197 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 56 and 57 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket is seen after being raised into a vertical position on the launch pad, Friday, Dec. 15, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 54 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, flight engineer Scott Tingle of NASA, and flight engineer Norishige Kanai of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are scheduled to launch at 2:21 a.m. Eastern Time (1:21 p.m. Baikonur time) on Dec. 17 and will spend the next five months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Expedition 47 crew members, Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, left, Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, center, and Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NASA, right, speak with leadership of Roscosmos and NASA after having their Sokol suits pressure checked at building 254 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome ahead of their launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft to the International Space Station, March 19, 2016, in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ovchinin, Williams, and Skripochka on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

A crowd of officials, family and media welcome home Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko, second from bottom center, and Sergey Volkov of Roscosmos, bottom center, at the Chkalovsky Airport in Star City, Russia several hours after they and NASA astronaut Scott Kelly landed their Soyuz spacecraft in a remote area outside the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday, March 2, 2016. Kelly and Kornienko completed an International Space Station record year-long mission to collect valuable data on the effect of long duration weightlessness on the human body that will be used to formulate a human mission to Mars. Volkov returned after spending six months on the station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins prepares to have her Russian sokol suit pressure checked ahead of launching onboard the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft with Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos, and Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Thursday, July 7, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Rubins, Ivanishin, and Onishi launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of July 7, Kazakh time (July 6 Eastern time.) All three will spend approximately four months on the orbital complex, returning to Earth in October. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 62 crew member Andrew Morgan of NASA gives a thumbs up after he, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir landed in their Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 17, 2020. Meir and Skripochka returned after 205 days in space, and Morgan after 272 days in space. All three served as Expedition 60-61-62 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti trains in Extravehicular Activity (EVA) and the Russian segment of the International Space Station at Roscosmos's Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. October 2021.

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nhq201806040009 (June 4, 2018) --- The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Monday, June 4, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 56 Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, flight engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, and flight engineer Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft at 7:12 a.m. Eastern time (5:12 p.m. Baikonur time), on Wednesday, June 6. Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

Expedition 60 prime crew members flight engineer Drew Morgan of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, second from left, and flight engineer Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency), third from left, are seen with backup crew members Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), third from right, Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, second from right, and Thomas Marshburn of NASA, right, pose for a picture at the conclusion of a press conference, Friday, July 19, 2019 a the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 60 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, flight engineer Drew Morgan of NASA, and flight engineer Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft at 12:28 p.m. Eastern time (9:28 p.m. Baikonur time) on Saturday, July 20. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

The gantry arms begin to close around the Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft to secure the rocket on July 20, 2015 at launch pad 1 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for July 23 Baikonur time and will carry Expedition 44 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren of NASA, and Flight Engineer Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) into orbit to begin their five month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Expedition 64 prime crew member Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos lays flowers at the site where Russian space icons are interred as part of traditional pre-launch ceremonies, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 at Red Square in Moscow. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

The Soyuz rocket and Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft is assembled Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft is scheduled for March 19 and will send Expedition 47 Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NASA, and Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos to the International Space Station for a five and a half month stay. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

An Orthodox Priest blesses members of the media at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad on Thursday, July 27, 2017. Expedition 52 flight engineer Sergei Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos, flight engineer Randy Bresnik of NASA, and flight engineer Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency) are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on July 28. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

The two candidates for the landing site of the ESA-Roscosmos rover and surface science platform that will launch to the Red Planet in 2020. Both landing site candidates – Oxia Planum and Mawrth Vallis – preserve a rich record of geological history from the planet’s wetter past billions of years ago. They lie just north of the equator, separated by a few hundred kilometres, in a region with many channels cutting through from the southern highlands to the northern lowlands.

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Expedition 52 flight engineer Paolo Nespoli waves farewell to family and friends as he departs the Cosmonaut Hotel with fellow crew mates flight engineer Sergei Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos and flight engineer Randy Bresnik of NASA to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Friday, July 28, 2017 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz rocket launched at 11:41 a.m. EDT on July 28 (9:41 p.m. Baikonur time) to start Ryazanskiy, Bresnik, and Nespoli on a four and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Expedition 55 flight engineer Drew Feustel of NASA, top, flight engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA, middle, and Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, bottom, are seen on the launchpad prior to boarding the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft for launch, Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Feustel, Arnold, and Artemyev will spend the next five months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

The Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft is seen as the service structure arms begin to close on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Expedition 52 flight engineer Sergei Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos, flight engineer Randy Bresnik of NASA, and flight engineer Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency), are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on July 28. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Expedition 62 astronaut Jessica Meir is seen outside the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft after she landed with NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 17, 2020. Meir and Skripochka returned after 205 days in space, and Morgan after 272 days in space. All three served as Expedition 60-61-62 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

The Soyuz MS-13 rocket is launched with Expedition 60 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, flight engineer Drew Morgan of NASA, and flight engineer Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency), Saturday, July 20, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Skvortsov, Morgan, and Parmitano launched at 12:28 p.m. Eastern time (9:28 p.m. Baikonur time) to begin their mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Expedition 46 Flight Engineer Tim Peake is seen while having his Russian Sokol Suit pressure checked in preparation for launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz is scheduled for Dec. 15 and will carry Peake, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and Tim Kopra of NASA into orbit to begin a six-month mission onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

An Orthodox Priest blesses members of the media at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad, Friday, July 19, 2019 in Kazakhstan. Expedition 60 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, flight engineer Drew Morgan of NASA, and flight engineer Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft on July 20. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

The Soyuz MS-05 rocket is launched with Expedition 52 flight engineer Sergei Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos, flight engineer Randy Bresnik of NASA, and flight engineer Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency), Friday, July 28, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Ryazanskiy, Bresnik, and Nespoli will spend the next four and a half months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

View from the bus carrying team members from NASA, ESA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces drive as they drive into Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan in advance of the landing of Expedition 57 crew members Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos. Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018. Auñón-Chancellor, Gerst, and Prokopyev are returning after 197 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 56 and 57 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz MS-08 rocket is launched with Expedition 55 Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and flight engineers Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel of NASA, Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Artemyev, Arnold, and Feustel will spend the next five months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Expedition 61 astronaut Jessica Meir of NASA waves as she departs a press conference, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Meir, Expedition 61 cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates will launch September 25th on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

JSC2016e077230 (06/26/2016) --- Outside their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 backup crewmembers Peggy Whitson of NASA (left), Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos (center) and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency (right) listen to remarks June 26 during the traditional raising of the American, Russian, Japanese and Kazakh flags. Prime crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA, Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will launch on July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Alexander Vysotsky.

Expedition 64 Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos is seen as his Russian Sokol suit is pressure checked as he and fellow crewmates Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos and Kate Rubins of NASA prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio launched at 1:45 a.m. EDT to begin a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 64 Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov is helped out of the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft just minutes after he, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov, and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Saturday, April 17, 2021. Rubins, Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov returned after 185 days in space having served as Expedition 63-64 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya, top, Expedition 71 NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, bottom, wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft for launch, Thursday, March 21, 2024 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The March 21 launch attempt of the crewed Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft to the International Space Station was scrubbed approximately 20 seconds prior to liftoff. The crew members safely exited the spacecraft as teams began preparations for the next launch attempt. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti trains in Extravehicular Activity (EVA) and the Russian segment of the International Space Station at Roscosmos's Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. October 2021.

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The Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft with Expedition 36 Commander Pavel Vinogradov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy of NASA aboard, is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. Vinogradov, Misurkin and Cassidy returned to Earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 48 Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos is carried into a medical tent shortly after he and fellow cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, and NASA astronaut Jeff Williams landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016 (Kazakh time). Williams, Ovchinin, and Skripochka are returning after 172 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 47 and 48 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 43 cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) is helped out of the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft just minutes after he and NASA astronaut Terry Virts of NASA, and Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti from European Space Agency (ESA) landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, June 11, 2015. Virts, Shkaplerov, and Cristoforetti are returning after more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 42 and 43 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Emily Nelson, NASA's chief flight director, left, Ven Feng, deputy program manager for NASA's Commercial Crew Program, second from right, and Richard Jones, manager of the Mission Management and Integration Office for NASA's Commercial Crew Program, right, monitor the countdown during a dress rehearsal in preparation for the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina onboard, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, in firing room four of the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is the fifth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikini are scheduled to launch at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Oct. 5, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

nhq201611140036 (Nov. 14, 2016) --- The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of November 18 (Kazakh time.) All three will spend approximately six months on the orbital complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Signatures of cosmonauts and astronauts are seen on one of the doors of the Cosmonaut Hotel, Thursday, July 7, 2016, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. One of the many traditions prior to launch is each crew member signs a door in the hotel. Expedition 48-49 crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA, Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) each signed doors prior to launching onboard their Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft later the same morning. The three will spend approximately four months on the orbital complex, returning to Earth in October. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 55 crew members Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday, June 3, 2018. Shkaplerov, Tingle, and Kanai are returning after 168 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 54 and 55 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz MS-08 rocket is launched with Expedition 55 Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and flight engineers Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel of NASA, Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Artemyev, Arnold, and Feustel will spend the next five months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

The Soyuz rocket is seen in this long expsoure photograph as it is raised into vertical position on the launch pad, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 61 crewmembers Jessica Meir of NASA, Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates will launch September 25th on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, center, is seen with Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, left, and NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A during a dress rehearsal prior to the Crew-5 mission launch, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is the fifth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Mann, Wakata, Kikini, and NASA astronaut Josh Cassada are scheduled to launch at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Oct. 5, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Expedition 65 prime and backup crew members raise the flags of Russia, the United States, and Kazakhstan, Sunday, March 28, 2021, in traditional ceremonies outside the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. From left to right, Expedition 65 prime crew member Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos and backup crew member Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, Expedition 65 backup crew member, NASA astronaut Anne McClain and prime crew NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, and Expedition 65 backup crew cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos and prime crew cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos. The prime crew is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on a Soyuz rocket April 9. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 61 crewmembers Jessica Meir of NASA and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates will launch September 25th on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Russian Orthodox Bishop Ignatii leaves the launch pad after having blessed the Soyuz rocket, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad in Kazakhstan. Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA, and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft on Sept. 21. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls}

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti trains in Extravehicular Activity (EVA) and the Russian segment of the International Space Station at Roscosmos's Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. October 2021.

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