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Expedition 41 Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA, left, speaks with backup crew member Flight Engineer Scott Kelly of NASA while he waits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the early hours of Sept. 26 (Kazakhstan time) and will carry Wilmore and fellow crewmates, Flight Engineer Elena Serova and Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), into orbit to begin their five and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
nhq201611140028 (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)
NASA Director for Human Space Flight Programs, Russia, Tricia Mack, left, and Manager, NASA ISS Transportation Integration Office, Bill Spetch, right are seen as they along with others form NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 64 crew members Kate Rubins of NASA, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, Thursday, April 15, 2021, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda. Rubins, Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov will be returning after 185 days in space having served as Expedition 63-64 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
201204270043hq (April 27, 2012) --- Expedition 30 Flight Engineer and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin is extracted from the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft shortly after parachuting to Earth with crewmates (out of frame) Dan Burbank of NASA and Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos. Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft shortly after it landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 64 crew members Kate Rubins of NASA, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, 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
jsc2016e181705 (Nov. 9, 2016) --- In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft (left) sits in its horizontal position, poised for its encapsulation into the upper stage of its Soyuz booster Nov. 9. Expedition 50-51 crew members Peggy Whitson of NASA, Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency will launch on the Soyuz Nov. 18, Baikonur time, for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky
Expedition 65 prime crew members Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, left, and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos take part in tilt table training Saturday, April 3, 2021, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Novitskiy, Dubrov, and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft on April 9. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)
The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad at Site 31, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 65 NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Oleg Novitskiy are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft on April 9. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. Expedition 53 flight engineer Mark Vande Hei of NASA, Soyuz Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, and flight engineer Joe Acaba of NASA will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of September 13 (Kazakh time.) All three will spend approximately five and a half months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Russian support personnel work around the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft shortly after it landed 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 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)
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano attends a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020 after he, NASA astronaut Christina Koch, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov landed their Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft in remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan. Koch returned to Earth after logging 328 days in space --- the longest spaceflight in history by a woman --- as a member of Expeditions 59-60-61 on the International Space Station. Skvortsov and Parmitano returned after 201 days in space where they served as Expedition 60-61 crew members onboard the station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 55 flight engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA speaks with family and friends after having his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for launch aboard the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft, Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Arnold, Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, and flight engineer Drew Feustel of NASA launched aboard the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft at 1:44 p.m. Eastern time (11:44 p.m. Baikonur time) on March 21 to begin their journey to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
nhq202010070012 (Oct. 7, 2020) --- Expedition 64 Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos signs his name to a wall mural bearing the picture of a Soyuz launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Museum, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Kud-Sverchkov, Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, and Kate Rubins of NASA are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft on October 14. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
nhq202104060017 (April 6, 2021) --- Flags fly at launch site 31 as the Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the pad, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 65 NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Oleg Novitskiy are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft on April 9. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Expedition 41 backup crew member Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) answers a question during a press conference Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The prime crew is set to launch Sept. 26 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
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)
nhq201611160002 (Nov. 16, 2016) --- An Orthodox Priest blesses the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch pad on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016 in Kazakhstan. 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)
NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan to prepare for the Soyuz MS-06 landing with Expedition 54 crew members Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei of NASA and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. Acaba, Vande Hei, and Misurkin are returning after 168 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 53 and 54 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 46 Flight Engineer Tim Kopra 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 Kopra, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), 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)
Expedition 36 Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy of NASA waves during a ceremony at the Karaganda airport in Kazakhstan after having been flown from the Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft landing site in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. Cassidy, Commander Pavel Vinogradov of Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos returned to Earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 63 crew members Chris Cassidy of NASA, and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, Thursday, October 22, 2020, Kazakh time (Oct. 21 Eastern time). Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner returned after 196 days in space having served as Expedition 62-63 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Denis Derevtsov)
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-15 spacecraft is seen a few hours prior to launch with Expedition 61 crewmembers Jessica Meir of NASA and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 41 Flight Engineer Elena Serova of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), answers a question during a press conference on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for Sept. 26 and will carry Serova, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA into orbit to begin their five and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space and the first Russian woman to live and work on the station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Matryoshka Dolls depicting NASA astronaut Christina Koch, left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, center, and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano are seen at a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Koch returned to Earth after logging 328 days in space --- the longest spaceflight in history by a woman --- as a member of Expeditions 59-60-61 on the International Space Station. Skvortsov and Parmitano returned after 201 days in space where they served as Expedition 60-61 crew members onboard the station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
jsc2020e017056 (April 9, 2020) - Expedition 63 Launch - The Soyuz MS-16 lifts off from Site 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Thursday, April 9, 2020 sending Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos into orbit for a six-hour flight to the International Space Station and the start of a six-and-a-half month mission. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 47 NASA astronaut Jeff Williams dons his Russian Sokol suit on his final day of Soyuz qualification exams with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka, and Alexei Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
nhq202103240045 (March 24, 2021) --- Expedition 65 backup crew member Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos lays flowers at the site where Russian space icons are interred as part of traditional pre-launch ceremonies, Wednesday, March 24, 2021, at Red Square in Moscow. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
An Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad on Thursday, March 17, 2016 in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for March 19 Baikonur time and will carry Expedition 47 Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NASA, and Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos into orbit to begin their five and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Expedition 66 NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei exits the medical tent to get board a Russian helicopter and fly to Karaganda after he and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, landed in their Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Vande Hei and Dubrov are returning to Earth after logging 355 days in space as members of Expeditions 64-66 aboard the International Space Station. For Vande Hei, his mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history. Shkaplerov is returning after 176 days in space, serving as a Flight Engineer for Expedition 65 and commander of Expedition 66. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft shortly after it landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 64 crew members Kate Rubins of NASA, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, 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
Expedition 46 Flight Engineer Tim Kopra is seen behind glass in quarantine during a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Monday, Dec. 14, 2015 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz is scheduled for Dec. 15 and will send Kopra, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) to the International Space Station for a six-month stay. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins is seen as she enters the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft during the second and final pre-launch fit check dress rehearsal activities with Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos Saturday, July 2, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Rubins, Ivanishin, and Onishi will launch 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/Alexander Vysotsky)
nhq201609070003 (09/07/2016) --- NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, left, Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, center, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos sit in chairs outside the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft a few moments after they 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)
The Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft is rolled out to the launch pad by train in the early hours of Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for March 19 and will carry Expedition 47 Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NASA, and Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos into orbit to begin their five and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Expedition 49 flight engineer Shane Kimbrough is helped into his Sokol launch and entry suit in preparation for conducting the first check dress rehearsal activities, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Kimbrough, Sergey Ryzhikov, and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 19. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 51 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos, left, and Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA, right, are seen as they depart building 254 a few hours ahead of their launch, Thursday, April 20, 2017, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Yurchikhin and Fischer launched in their Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft to the International Space Station to begin a four and a half month mission. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is helped out of the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft just minutes after he, NASA astronaut Christina Koch, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Koch returned to Earth after logging 328 days in space --- the longest spaceflight in history by a woman --- as a member of Expeditions 59-60-61 on the International Space Station. Skvortsov and Parmitano returned after 201 days in space where they served as Expedition 60-61 crew members onboard the station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov is seen outside the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft after he landed with NASA astronaut Christina Koch and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano in their Soyuz MS-13 capsule in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Koch returned to Earth after logging 328 days in space --- the longest spaceflight in history by a woman --- as a member of Expeditions 59-60-61 on the International Space Station. Skvortsov and Parmitano returned after 201 days in space where they served as Expedition 60-61 crew members onboard the station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Russian Search and Rescue teams prepare to deploy to Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan from Karaganda to prepare for the Soyuz MS-01 landing with Expedition 49 crew members NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos, and astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016(Kazakh time). Rubins, Ivanishin, and Onishi are returning after 115 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 48 and 49 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 42 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, at Building 254 in the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the early hours of Nov. 24 and will carry Shkaplerov and fellow crewmates, Flight Engineers Terry Virts of NASA and Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (ESA) into orbit to begin their five and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 44 backup crew members Timothy Kopra of NASA, left; Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), center; and Timothy Peake of ESA (European Space Agency), right, pose for a photo as the Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft is rolled to the launch pad by train on Monday, July 20, 2015 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for July 23 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)
Workers monitor the encapsulation of the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft in its fairing on Thursday, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 49 flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, and Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 19. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 48-49 crewmembers NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, (pictured) Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos, and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) depart the Cosmonaut Hotel as family and friends wave farewell, Thursday, July 7, 2016, Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The trio 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)
The Soyuz MS-02 rocket is seen on the launch pad on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 49 flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, and flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos will spend the next four months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
A crowd of officials, family and media welcome home Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko, left, and Sergey Volkov of Roscosmos, left 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)
The Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft is seen in this long exposure photograph as it launches with Expedition 61 crewmembers Jessica Meir of NASA and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 66 crew members Mark Vande Hei of NASA, and cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov, and Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Vande Hei and Dubrov are returning to Earth after logging 355 days in space as members of Expeditions 64-66 aboard the International Space Station. For Vande Hei, his mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history. Shkaplerov is returning after 176 days in space, serving as a Flight Engineer for Expedition 65 and commander of Expedition 66. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls