Expedition 64 prime crew members NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, left, and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, center, and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, right, of Roscosmos, are seen in quarantine, behind glass, during a press conference, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Rubins, Ryzhikov, and Kud-Sverchkov are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft on October 14. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

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)

nhq202103220047 (March 22, 2021) --- Expedition 65 crew member Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, signs in for Soyuz qualification exams Monday, March 22, 2021 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia, in advance of his scheduled launch April 9 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

Russian Search and Rescue teams chase the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft as it lands with Expedition 52 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer of NASA 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 65 backup crew member, Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, is seen during Soyuz qualification exams Saturday, March 20, 2021 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia, in advance of the Expedition 65 launch April 9 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 65 backup crewmembers Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, left, Expedition 65 backup crewmember Anne McClain of NASA, and Expedition 65 backup crewmember Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos watch as the poime crew has their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Friday, April 9, 2021 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket sent NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

nhq202103220048 (March 22, 2021) --- Expedition 65 crew member Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos signs in for Soyuz qualification exams Monday, March 22, 2021 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia, in advance of his scheduled launch April 9 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

jsc2020e017062 (April 9, 2020) - Expedition 63 Preflight - Expedition 63 crewmember Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos signs a door in the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing for launch on a Soyuz rocket with Chris Cassidy of NASA, and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, Thursday, April 9, 2020 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The crew is beginning a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

The Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 (Kazakh time). via NASA ift.tt/1Lw1RaL

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

jsc2020e016846 (March 25, 2020) - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 63 crewmember Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos suits up March 25 for pre-launch training activities. Vagner, Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Chris Cassidy of NASA will launch April 9 on the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from Baikonur for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

An outdoor cafe is seen outside building 254 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome where Expedition 75 crew members: NASA astronaut Anil Menon, Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov, and Anna Kikina, will suit up ahead of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Tuesday, July 14, 2026 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Menon, Dubrov, and Kikina on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2020e017071 (April 9, 2020) - Expedition 63 Preflight - Expedition 63 crewmember Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos dons his Sokol suit a few hours ahead of his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos, and Chris Cassidy of NASA, Thursday, April 9, 2020 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A few hours later, they lifted off for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 65 prime crew member Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos waters a tree bearing his name while crew mates NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, center, watches and Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, holds it straight for him, as part of traditional pre-launch activities, Saturday, April 3, 2021, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, 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)

iss072e838106 (March 24, 2025) --- The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft that launched NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner to the International Space Station is pictured docked to the Rassvet module. The orbiting lab was soaring 260 miles above Turkmenistan near the Caspian Sea.

nhq202103200047 (March 20, 2021) --- Expedition 65 backup crew members NASA astronaut Anne McClain, left, Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, center, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos pose for a photo during Soyuz qualification exams Saturday, March 20, 2021 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia, in advance of the Expedition 65 launch April 9 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, at Site 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 74 crewmembers: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikaev are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft on November 27. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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

Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, left, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui are seen inside the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON shortly after having landed 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)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, speaks during the crew return ceremony Friday, March 25, 2016, at the House of Cosmonauts in Star City, Russia. One-year mission crew members Scott Kelly of NASA, Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos, and their Expedition 46 crew mate Sergey Volkov of Roscosmos, returned to Earth on March 2, 2016 in their Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft. Kelly and Kornienko completed a record 340 days aboard the International Space Station 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 64 Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow cremates, Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos and Kate Rubins of NASA prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio launched at 1:45 a.m. EDT to begin a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 75 Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina holds up a sign as she and fellow crew mates, Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, and NASA astronaut Anil Menon depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Menon, Dubrov, and Kikina on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

nhq202009230005 (Sept. 23, 2020) --- Expedition 64 crew member Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos signs in for Soyuz qualification exams Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia, in advance of his scheduled launch October 14 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 64 backup crew members NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, left, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, center, and Russian cosmonaut Petr Dubrov of Roscosmos, pose for a photo at the bus after arriving in Baikonur, Kazakhstan from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020. The prime crew is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmosdrome on a Soyuz rocket October 14. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

nhq202009240040 (Sept. 24, 2020) --- From left to right, Expedition 64 backup crew members NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, Russian cosmonaut Petr Dubrov of Roscosmos, and Expedition 64 prime crew members, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos pose for a photo at Red Square after laying flowers at the site where Russian space icons are interred as part of traditional pre-launch ceremonies, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 in Moscow. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

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

nhq202103200016 (March 20, 2021) --- Expedition 65 crew member Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos is seen during Soyuz qualification exams Saturday, March 20, 2021, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia, in advance of his scheduled launch April 9 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 55 flight engineers Ricky Arnold of NASA, bottom left, Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, bottom center, and Drew Feustel of NASA, bottom right are seen with flight enginner Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), top left, Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, top center, and flight engineer Scott Tingle of NASA, top right, on a video monitor as they talk to family and friends at the Moscow Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia a few hours after the Soyuz MS-08 docked to the International Space Station on Saturday, March 24, 2018. Hatches were opened at 5:48 p.m. Eastern time on March 23, 12:48 a.m. Moscow time on March 24. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Expedition 56 Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA rest in a chair just minutes after he and Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel of NASA, and Expedition 56 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)

Expedition 50 crew members ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, and NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson conduct their final qualification exams inside a Soyuz simulator, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 65 NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov, right, are seen during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 65 to the International Space Station, Thursday, April 8, 2021 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The trio are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft on April 9. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2020e017085 (April 9, 2020) - Expedition 63 Preflight - Expedition 63 crewmember Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos has his Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, and Chris Cassidy of NASA, Thursday, April 9, 2020 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A few hours later, they lifted off for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 64 backup crew member Mark Vande Hei of NASA is seen as he climbs inside the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft during the final fit check, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 64 Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, flight engineer Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, and flight engineer 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)

Friends and family members of the Soyuz MS-02 crew watch a live view of the International Space Station, as seen by cameras onboard the spacecraft with Expedition 49-50 crewmembers Shane Kimbrough of NASA, Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos onboard, on screens 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)

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

Expedition 49 Flight Engineers Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, front left, Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, front center, and Shane Kimbrough of NASA, front left, are seen with Flight Engineer Kate Rubins of NASA, back left, Commander Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos, back center, and Flight Engineer Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), back right, as they talk with friends and family at the Moscow Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia a few hours after the Soyuz MS-02 docked to the International Space Station on Friday, Oct. 21, 2016 in Korolov, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

nhq202009230015 (Sept. 23, 2020) --- Expedition 64 crew member Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos signs in for his Soyuz qualification exams as crew mates Kate Rubins of NASA, left, and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, right, look on, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

jsc2020e017074 (April 9, 2020) - Expedition 63 Preflight - Expedition 63 crewmember Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos dons his Sokol suit a few hours ahead of his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos, and Chris Cassidy of NASA, Thursday, April 9, 2020 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A few hours later, they lifted off for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

nhq202103220041 (March 22, 2021) --- Expedition 65 backup crew member Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos signs in for Soyuz qualification exams Monday, March 22, 2021 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia, in advance of the Expedition 65 launch April 9 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

nhq202103200044 (March 20, 2021) --- Expedition 65 backup crew member Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos is seen during Soyuz qualification exams Saturday, March 20, 2021 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia, in advance of the Expedition 65 launch April 9 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

nhq202103220005 (March 22, 2021) --- Expedition 65 backup crew member Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos is seen with crew mates NASA astronaut Anne McClain, left, and Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos during Soyuz qualification exams Monday, March 22, 2021, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia, in advance of the Expedition 65 launch April 9 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

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)

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

Expedition 41 Flight Engineer Elena Serova of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), right, and Soyuz Commadner Alexander Samokutyaev of Roscosmos, left, are seen after having their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked in preparation for her launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft on Thursday, September 25, 2014, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Serova, Samokutyaev of and Flight Engineer Barry WIlmore of NASA is scheduled to launch at 2:26 a.m. Kazakhstan Time on Friday, September 26. 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/Joel Kowsky)

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)

Expedition 64 Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos is seen in quarantine, behind glass, during a press conference, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kud-Sverchkov, fellow cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft on October 14. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 65 NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, left, Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy, center, and Pyotr Dubrov talk with Roscosmos and NASA mission management prior to their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Friday, April 9, 2021 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

Expedition 48-49 crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA, left, Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos, center, and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) receive a traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox Priest prior to departing the Cosmonaut Hotel, Thursday, July 7, 2016 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Rubins, Ivanishin, and Onishi launched onboard their Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft later the same morning. The three will spend approximately four months on the orbital complex, returning to Earth in October. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 64 Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos waters a tree bearing his name as part of traditional pre-launch activities, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ryzhikov, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov 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)

An Orthodox Priest blesses members of the media at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad, Tuesday, March 20, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazahstan. 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)