Expedition 47 Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos waves to family and friends at a press conference on Thursday, March 17, 2016, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. He is seen with Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for March 19 Baikonur time and will carry Skripochka, Ovchinin, 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: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani).

The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Flight Engineers Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Monday, April 10, 2017 (Kazakh time). Kimbrough, Ryzhikov, and Borisenko are returning after 173 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 49 and 50 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 56 flight engineer Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) is seen in quarantine, behind glass, during a press conference, Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Gerst, Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, and flight engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft on Wednesday, June 6. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

A worker is seen as the service structure arms begin to close around the Soyuz MS-05 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)

The State Commission meets to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 68 to the International Space Station, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA, and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft on Sept. 21. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

JSC2015E032661 (02/06/2015) --- The backup crew members for International Space Station Expedition 43 take a break in training with the prime crew for a crew portrait. From the left are Flight Engineers Jeff Williams of NASA, Alexey Ovchinin and Sergei Volkov of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos.) Williams and Volkov are the backup One-Year Crew members. Credit: (Roscosmos/GCTC)

The Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel and Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA, along with Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. Feustel, Arnold, and Artemyev are returning after 197 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 55 and 56 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

nhq202103270037 (March 27, 2021) --- Expedition 65 prime crew member Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos is seen inside the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft during a fit check to prepare for launch with fellow Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, 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)

jsc2018e004728 (Nov. 14, 2017) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev is pictured in a Sokol launch and entry suit at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Artemyev launched to the International Space Station as an Expedition 55-56 crew member.

Expedition 55 flight engineer Drew Feustel of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, center, and flight engineer Ricky Arnold 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, Wednesday, March 21, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz MS-08 is scheduled for 1:44 p.m. Eastern Time (11:44 p.m. Baikonur time) on March 21 and will send Feustel, Artemyev, and Arnold on a five month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Expedition 55 flight engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, center, and flight engineer Drew Feustel of NASA, right, are seen as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, March 21, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz MS-08 is scheduled for 1:44 p.m. Eastern Time (11:44 p.m. Baikonur time) on March 21 and will send Arnold, Artemyev, and Feustel on a five month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

The Soyuz rocket is transported by train to the launch pad, Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 59 crewmembers Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA, along with Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, 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)

nhq201610080003 (Oct. 8, 2016) --- 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 47 Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos speaks with family after having his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft on Friday, March 18, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Ovchinin, Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NASA is scheduled to launch at 3:26 a.m. Baikonur time on Saturday, March 19. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

nhq201609160007 (09/16/2016) --- Expedition 49 backup crew member Mark Vande Hei takes part in spin chair training during media day on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, 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 to the International Space Station in their Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on September 24 Kazakh time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft is seen as the work platforms around it are retracted in preparation for being encapsulated 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 47 Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos waits to have 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 Skripochka and fellow crewmates, Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin 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: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Kaleidoscopic version of a Soyuz rocket launch.

Original caption (for original image): In this long exposure photograph, the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft is seen launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with Expedition 50 crewmembers NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, (Kazakh time) (Nov 17 Eastern time). Whitson, Novitskiy, and Pesquet will spend approximately six months on the orbital complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

A Russian Orthodox Priest blesses onlookers as the Expedition 75 crew prepares to depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Expedition 75 crewmembers: NASA astronaut Anil Menon, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov, and Anna Kikina, on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, left, and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, right, are seen as they talk with family members after having their Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Wiseman, Expedition 40 Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, ESA, is scheduled to launch at 1:57 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Thursday, May 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

The Soyuz rocket is raised into position at the Site 31 launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, July 11, 2026. Expedition 75 crewmembers: NASA astronaut Anil Menon, Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft on July 14. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 48 NASA astronaut Jeff Williams rest in a Russian MI-8 helicopter after he and Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos landed in their Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft 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 47 backup crew members: Flight Engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, left; Soyuz Commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, center; and Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, right; are seen at a press conference after the Soyuz launch of Expedition 47 to the International Space Station was approved on Thursday, March 17, 2016 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission is set to launch March 19 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

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)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, center, is supported by Deputy Head of the Search-and-Rescue Department of Rosaviatsiya (Russian Federal Air Transport Agency) Aleksey Lukiyanov, left, and Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) Deputy Head for cosmonaut training Yuri Malenchenko, right, at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan after he, NASA astronaut Christina Koch and, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano landed in their Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft 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)

nhq202009240036 (Sept. 24, 2020) --- Expedition 64 backup crew member, Oleg Novitskiy 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)

A Russian All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) drives NASA astronaut Scott Tingle from the medical tent to an awaiting helicopter after he and fellow Expedition 55 crew members Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) landed in their Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft 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-04 rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, April 20, 2017 Baikonur time carrying Expedition 51 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA into orbit to begin their four and a half month mission on the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

jsc2016e180330 (Nov. 2, 2016) --- In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 50-51 crew members Peggy Whitson of NASA (left), Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures Nov. 2 in front of their Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft during a fit check dress rehearsal. They will launch Nov. 18, Baikonur time, for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

nhq201609160005 09/16/2016) --- Expedition 49 Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov and flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos play chess at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ryzhikov, Borisenko, and flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA are preparing for launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on September 24 Kazakh time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin onboard, Sunday, March 3, 2024, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission is the eighth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Dominick, Barratt, Epps, and Grebenkin launched at 10:53 p.m. EST from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center to begin a six month mission aboard the orbital outpost. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Expedition 50 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is seen after donning his Russian sokol suit a few hours ahead of his launch on a Soyuz rocket with fellow crew mates,

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, and, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, 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/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the site 31 launch pad, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome 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)

iss074e0381633 (March 12, 2026) --- Expedition 74 crew members (from left) Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency), NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Chris Williams, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud‑Sverchkov pose for a portrait together inside the International Space Station’s cupola and Tranquility module. Credit: ESA/Sophie Adenot

The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 57 crewmembers Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch on October 11 and will spend the next six months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

jsc2017e108518 (June 30, 2017) --- Cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos is the flight engineer for Expedition 53 and the commander of Expedition 54. Misurkin is also the commander of the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft launching him and fellow Expedition 53-54 crew members Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei to the International Space Station.

Expedition 49 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins rests in a helicopter at the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft landing site after she, Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos, and astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday, Oct. 30, {iptcyear4 (Kazakh time). Rubins, Onishi, and Ivanishin returned 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)

The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft is seen as the work platforms around it are retracted in preparation for being encapsulated 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 47 Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NASA has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his 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 Williams and fellow crewmates, Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin 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)

The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 57 crewmembers Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch on October 11 and will spend the next six months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Russian support personnel work around the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft after it landed with with Expedition 48 crew members NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos 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 47 Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, bottom; Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NASA, center; and Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka, of Roscosmos, top, wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft for launch, Saturday, March 19, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Ovchinin, Williams, and Skripochka will spend the next five and a half months aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

The Soyuz rocket is seen after being rolled out by train to the launch pad, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 57 crewmembers Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch on October 11 and will spend the next six months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Workers walk towards Pad 31 as the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. 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)

iss073e0988292 (Oct. 28, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Alexey Zubritsky is pictured in his Orlan spacesuit conducting a spacewalk 271 miles above Earth. During the the spacewalk, Zubritsky installed a pulse plasma injector, cleaned a window on the Nauka science module, replaced a materials science cassette on Nauka, and moved a controller interface for the European robotic arm.

Visitors and members of the media take pictures as the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft is rolled out by train to 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)

The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 57 crewmembers Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch on October 11 and will spend the next six months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 56 Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA is helped out of the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft just minutes after he, Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel of NASA, and Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. Feustel, Arnold, and Artemyev are returning after 197 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 55 and 56 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

nhq202104060016 (April 6, 2021) --- Technicians work on the Soyuz rocket after it 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)

Expedition 47 backup crew members: NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, left, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, center, and Russian cosmonaut Andre Borisenko of Roscosmos, talk to mission managers ahead of their Soyuz qualification exams, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)