iss072e660540 (Feb. 25, 2025) --- The Roscosmos Progress 89 cargo craft departs the vicinity of the International Space Station after undocking from the orbital outpost's Zvezda service module.

Expedition 60 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA is seen outside the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft after he landed with fellow crewmember Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

201409110001hq (11 Sept. 2014) --- Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), left, Flight Engineer Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, center, and Expedition 40 Commander Steve Swanson of NASA, sit in chairs outside the Soyuz TMA-12M capsule just minutes after they landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sept. 11, 2014 (Kazakh time). Swanson, Skvortsov and Artemyev returned to Earth after more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 39 and 40 crews. Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

The Soyuz rocket is seen on the launch pad as the service structure arms are closed around it, 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)

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)

nhq202104080038 (April 8, 2021) --- Expedition 65 backup crew member Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos is seen in quarantine, behind glass, during a press conference, Thursday, April 8, 2021 a the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 65 NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Oleg Novitskiy are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft on April 9. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 53 crewmembers Mark Vande Hei of NASA, left, Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, and Joe Acaba of NASA right, pose for a group photograph with Roscosmos and NASA management after arriving at the Soyuz launch pad ahead for their launch, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, (Sept. 12, U.S. time). Acaba, Misurkin, and Vande Hei will spend approximately five and half months on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

iss058e002448 (Jan. 9, 2019) --- Expedition 58 Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos is pictured inside the Pirs docking compartment during operations to install gear for the VIZIR earth observation experiment. The study tests the technology of automated coordinate referencing of images of the Earth’s surface, and space, taken by crew members using “free-floating” photography equipment in weightlessness. Credit: Roscosmos

nhq202104080035 (April 8, 2021) --- Expedition 65 NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov, along with backup crew members Anne McClain of NASA, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Oleg Artemyev, right, are seen in quarantine, behind glass, during a press conference, Thursday, April 8, 2021 a the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The prime crew is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft on April 9. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 52 flight engineer Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency), left, flight engineer Sergei Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos, second from left, flight engineer Randy Bresnik of NASA, third from left and backup crew members Norishige Kanai of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), third from right, Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, second from right, and Mark Vande Hei of NASA are seen during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 52 to the International Space Station, Thursday, July 27, 2017 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. 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 51 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmate, Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, 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 Yurchikhin into orbit to begin their four and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Girls in traditional Kazakhstan dress wait to welcome the return 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 at a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. 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)

Visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emiratesis carried to a medical tent shortly after he and Expedition 60 crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA landed in their Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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)

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, and Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA report to Roscosmos management as they depart building 254 for their launch on a Soyuz rocket, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. During the Soyuz spacecraft's climb to orbit, an anomaly occurred, resulting in an abort downrange. The crew was quickly recovered and is in good condition. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

nhq202103270009 (March 27, 2021) --- Expedition 65 prime crew members NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, second from left, Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, center, and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, third from right, are seen touring building 254 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)

Support teams work around the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov aboard in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 15,2026. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are returning after 167 days in space as part of Expedition 74 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 59 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos gets his hair cut, Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ovchinin and fellow Expedition 59 crewmembers Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA 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)

jsc2017e100896 (July 18, 2017) --- At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 52-53 prime and backup crewmembers raised the flags of the U.S., Russia, Italy and Kazakhstan July 18 during traditional pre-launch ceremonies. From left to right are Sergey Ryazanskiy and Alexander Misurkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) raising the Russian flag, Mark Vande Hei and Randy Bresnik of NASA raising the U.S. flag, Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency raising the flag of Italy and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) raising the flag of Kazakhstan. Ryazanskiy, Bresnik and Nespoli will launch July 28 on the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

nhq201704100026 (April 10, 2017) --- NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough is helped out of the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft just minutes after he, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos landed in a remote area 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)

Kjell Lindgren of NASA rest in a chair just minutes after he and Kimya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) landed in their Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. Kononenko, Lindgren, and Yui are returning after 141 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 44 and 45 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 49 flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos performs the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing the hotel for launch on a Soyuz rocket with fellow crewmates, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Borisenko, Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, and Shane Kimbrough of NASA will launch in their Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft to the International Space Station to begin a four month mission. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Meeting with Jan Woerner, ESA Director General, and Igor Komarov, Head of the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), on 19 July 2017, at the ESA chalet, MAKS international aviation and space show, in Zhukovsky.

This year the European Space Agency is at MAKS, the international aviation and space show held in Zhukovsky, near Moscow, 18–23 July 2017. MAKS provides a comprehensive insight into the achievements and future plans of the Russian aerospace industry. ESA has traditionally taken part in this important event. This year the ESA chalet will host a series of presentations given by ESA experts and bilateral meetings of Jan Woerner, ESA Director General, with ESA’s Russian cooperation partners.

Credit: ESA–Manuel Pedoussaut, 2017

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos gives a thumbs up after having his Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. During the Soyuz spacecraft's climb to orbit, an anomaly occurred, resulting in an abort downrange. The crew was quickly recovered and is in good condition. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 75 crewmembers: NASA astronaut Anil Menon, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, right, are seen in quarantine, behind glass, during a press conference, Monday, July 13, 2026 a the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Menon, Dubrov, and Kikina are scheduled to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft to the International Space Station on July 14. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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)

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/Victor Zelentsov)

nhq201603160007 (03/16/2016) --- 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)

The Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft is launched 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/Victor Zelentsov)

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)

NASA, ESA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces are seen onboard a AN-26 aircraft as they 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)

nhq202103270007 (March 27, 2021) --- Expedition 65 prime crew member Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos is seen inside the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft during a fit check to prepare for launch with fellow Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy 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)

The Soyuz rocket is seen on the launch pad after being rolled out by train, 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)

Expedition 59 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos gets his hair cut, Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ovchinin and fellow Expedition 59 crewmembers Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA 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)

Girls in traditional Kazakhstan dress wait to welcome the return of Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Flight Engineers Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos at a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Monday, April 10, 2017. 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 52 flight engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos waits to enter the Soyuz simulator ahead his final Soyuz qualification exam with fellow Expedition 52 flight engineers Paolo Nespoli of ESA, and Randy Bresnik of NASA, Friday, July 7, 2017 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

nhq202103270041 (March 28, 2021) --- From left to right, Expedition 65 prime crew members NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos meet with mission managers from behind glass for quarantine with Expedition 65 backup crew members Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, Anton Shkaplerov, and NASA astronaut Anne McClain, in preparation for launch of the prime crew, 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)

Sergey Krikalev, Executive Director for Piloted Spaceflights for Roscosmos, is seen during the Heads of Agency press conference at the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

nhq201603150009 (03/15/2016) --- 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 36 Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy, left, and Commander Pavel Vinogradov of Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) shake hands after they, and Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos landed their Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft 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 60 flight engineer Drew Morgan of NASA, flight engineer Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency), center, and Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, right, are seen in quarantine, behind glass, as they leave a press conference, Friday, July 19, 2019 a the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Morgan, Parmitano, and Skvortsov 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)

One-year mission crew members Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos, left, Scott Kelly of NASA, right, and their Expedition 46 crew mate Sergey Volkov of Roscosmos, center, pose for a photo after laying flowers at the base of the Yuri Gagarin statue during the crew return ceremony Friday, March 25, 2016, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Kelly and Kornienko completed a record 340 days aboard the International Space Station on March 2, 2016 (Kazakhstan time), to collect valuable data about how the human body adjusts to weightlessness and long-duration spaceflight which will inform future human missions on the journey to Mars. Volkov spent six months on the station. Photo Credit: (NASA/AubreyGemignani)

Expedition 57 crew member Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos is seen during a welcome ceremony at the Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan airport shortly after he landed in a Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft with Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), and Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA 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)

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, and Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA depart building 254 for their launch on a Soyuz rocket, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. During the Soyuz spacecraft's climb to orbit, an anomaly occurred, resulting in an abort downrange. The crew was quickly recovered and is in good condition. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

jsc2018e097286 - In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 58 crew member Anne McClain of NASA runs through procedures in the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft during a vehicle fit check Nov. 20. McClain, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov

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)

Expedition 50 NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, left, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, center, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet visit Red Square to lay roses at the site where Russian space icons are interred as part of traditional pre-launch ceremonies, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016, in Moscow. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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)

Expedition 75 Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov, left, and Anna Kikina, smile for a selfie taken by Expedition 75 backup crew member Konstantin Borisov of Roscosmos, as the crew has their Russian Sokol Suits pressure checked with fellow crewmate, NASA astronaut Anil Menon, and they prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Tuesday, July 14, 2026 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is helped out of the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft just minutes after he and crew mates NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, and Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016(Kazakh time). Rubins, Onishi, and Ivanishin 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)