The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Monday, March 19, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 55 crewmembers Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel of NASA and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch at 1:44 p.m. Eastern time (11:44 p.m. Baikonur time) on March 21 and will spend the next five months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

An Orthodox Priest blesses members of the media at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad, Tuesday, March 20, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 55 Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel of NASA are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft on Wednesday, March, 21. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

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)

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 51 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA, bottom right, and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos, top right, speak with leadership of Roscosmos and NASA after having their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked in preparation for launch onboard the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft on Thursday, April 20, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Fischer and Yurchikhin is scheduled to launch at 1:13pm Baikonur time on April 20. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 47 Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft on Friday, March 18, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the early hours of March 19 Baikonur time, and will carry Ovchinin and fellow crewmates, Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NASA into orbit to begin their five and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

A live view of the International Space Station, as seen by cameras onboard the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft with Expedition 49-50 crewmembers Shane Kimbrough of NASA, Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos onboard, is seen on the screen at Moscow Mission Control Center as the spacecraft approaches for docking, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016 in Korolov, Russia. The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft carrying Kimbrough, Ryzhikov, and Borisenko docked at 5:52 a.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 21, 251 statute miles over southern Russia and joined Expedition 49 Commander Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and flight engineers Kate Rubins of NASA and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

nhq202103270031 (March 27, 2021) --- Expedition 65 prime crew member NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, front left, Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos front center, and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, front right, pose for a photo with Expedition 65 backup crew members NASA astronaut Anne McClain, back left, and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, back center, and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, back right, after the prime crew’s Sokol suits were pressure checked in preparation for launch, Saturday, March 27, 2021 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They are scheduled to launch 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, March 19, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 55 crewmembers Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel of NASA and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch at 1:44 p.m. Eastern time (11:44 p.m. Baikonur time) on March 21 and will spend the next five months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

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-19M rocket is launched with Expedition 46 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA, and Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency), Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. via NASA ift.tt/1jZR3nW

Workers are seen on the gantry surrounding the Soyuz MS-02 rocket as they wait for the arrival of the Expedition 49 crew at the launch pad, 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)

Expedition 65 prime crew member Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, left, has his Sokol suit pressure checked while fellow crew mates, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, center, and Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos look on, during a fit check to prepare for launch, Saturday, March 27, 2021 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They are scheduled to launch on a Soyuz rocket April 9. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

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 TMA-14M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 42 commander Barry Wilmore of NASA, Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Elena Serova of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, March 12, 2015. NASA Astronaut Wilmore, Russian Cosmonauts Samokutyaev and Serova are returning after almost six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 41 and 42 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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 TMA-14M spacecraft is rolled out to the launch pad by train on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for Sept. 26 and will carry Expedition 41 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA, and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos into orbit to begin their five and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

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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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 MS-11 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Christina Koch, left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, center, and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano attend 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)

iss073e0698630 (Sept. 13, 2025) --- The Progress 93 resupply ship from Roscosmos, carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 73 crew, is pictured automatically approaching the International Space Station before docking to the Zvezda service module's rear port for six months of cargo activities.

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The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad by train on Sunday, Oct. 16, 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 are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 19. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Deputy Director of Rosaviatsiya (Russian Federal Agency for Air Transport) Alexander Vedernikov conducts a readiness review for the landing of Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik of NASA and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency) and Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian space agency Roscosmos Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. Bresnik, Nespoli and Ryazanskiy are returning after 139 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 52 and 53 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 41 crew members, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), left, Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos, center, and Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA, right, wave farewell to family and friends as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the early hours of Sept. 26 and will send Samokutyaev, Serova and Wilmore on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft, encapsulated in its fairing, is seen undergoing final checks during final assembly of the Soyuz rocket on Friday, Oct. 14, 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 are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 19. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

An Orthodox Priest blesses the Soyuz rocket 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)

Expedition 48 NASA astronaut Jeff Williams rests in a chair after he and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos landed in their Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft 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 63 NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy is seen outside the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft after he landed with Roscosmos cosmonauts Ivan Vagner and Anatoly Ivanishin in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on 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)

Expedition 59 crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA, left, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA, along with backup crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA, Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency, right, are seen during the State Commission meeting to approve the crew's Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 61 crew members Christina Koch of NASA, Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) 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)

Expedition 47 backup crew member, Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, responds to a question from the media at a press conference on Thursday, March 17, 2016, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for March 19 and will carry Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NASA, Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, and Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos into orbit to begin their five and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani).

The Soyuz rocket and Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft is assembled at Building 112 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz is scheduled for Sept. 26 and will send Expedition 41 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA, and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos to the International Space Station for a five and a half month stay. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 55 flight engineer Drew Feustel of NASA waves farewell to family and friends as he and Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and flight engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA depart for the launch pad a few hours before their launch, Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Feustel, Artemyev, and Arnold on a five month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

nhq202009280017 (Sept. 28, 2020) --- Expedition 64 Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos is seen while having his Sokol suit pressure checked during the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft fit check, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Kud-Sverchkov, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos are preparing for launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on October 14, Baikonur time. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina waves while waiting to have her Russian Sokol Suit pressure checked, as she and fellow crewmates, Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, and NASA astronaut Anil Menon, prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Tuesday, July 14, 2026 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 49 prime crewmember flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, center, answers a question during a crew press conference Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Borisenko, Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, and Shane Kimbrough of NASA are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Oct. 19. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Expedition 41 Flight Engineer Elena Serova of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) is helped into her Russian Sokol suit as she and fellow crewmates, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, 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 and will carry Serova, Wilmore, and Samokutyaev 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/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 59 astronaut Nick Hague of NASA prepares to have his Sokol suit pressure checked a few hours ahead of his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 41 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) has 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 Samokutyaev and fellow crewmates, Flight Engineer Elena Serova 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Expedition 50 NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson has her Russian sokol suit pressure tested a few hours ahead of her launch on a Soyuz rocket with fellow crew mates, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Whitson, Novitskiy, and Pesquet launched in their Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft to the International Space Station to begin a six-month mission. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)

Expedition 41 Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), center, and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos, right, wave to the crowd at the conclusion of the press conference, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission to the International Space Station is set to launch Sept. 26 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Expedition 52 Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson of NASA is helped out of the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft just minutes after she, NASA astronaut Jack Fischer, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017 (Kazakh time). Whitson is returning after 288 days in space where she served as a member of the Expedition 50, 51 and 52 crews. Yurchikhin and Fischer are returning after 136 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 51 and 52 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 51 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA waves to friends and family while he waits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch aboard the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft on Thursday, April 20, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for 1:13pm April 20 Baikonur time, and will carry Fischer and fellow crewmate, Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos into orbit to begin their four and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA, ESA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces deploy from Karaganda to 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)

Expedition 65 prime crew members NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, left, and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy, center, and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos pose for a photo after the final fit check to prepare for launch Sunday, April 4, 2021 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft on April 9. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

Spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates waits to have his Sokol suit pressure checked a few hours ahead of his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Expedition 61 crewmembers Jessica Meir of NASA and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Meir, Skripochka, and Almansoori will launch on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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

Expedition 47 NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, left, prepares for 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)