28 июля в 18:41 мск с космодрома Байконур был произведен успешный запуск пилотируемого корабля "Союз МС-05". В космический полет длительностью 139 суток отправились космонавт Роскосмоса Сергей Рязанский, астронавты Рэндолф Брезник (NASA) и Паоло Несполи (ESA).

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At 06:41 pm Moscow time on July 28 the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft was successfully launched from the launch pad complex Baikonur cosmodrome. The crew consists of Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy, NASA astronaut Randolph Bresnik and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli will return to Earth after 139 days in space.

Deputy Head of Rosaviatsiya (Russian Federal Agency for Air Transport) Yadrov Victor Dmitrievich holds a Soyuz landing readiness meeting with teams from NASA, ESA, and Roscosmos Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. The teams are preparing for the Thursday, February 6th landing of Expedition 61 crew members Christina Koch of NASA, Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency). Koch will be returning 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 will be returning after 201 days in space where they served as Expedition 60-61 crew members onboard the station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, provides gifts to one-year mission crew member Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos and Expedition 46 crew mate Sergey Volkov of Roscosmos, during the crew return ceremony Friday, March 25, 2016, at the House of Cosmonauts in Star City, Russia. One-year crew members Kornienko and Scott Kelly of NASA 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)

jsc2020e017088 (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)

nhq202103200004 (March 20, 2021) --- Expedition 65 crew member Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos signs in for 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 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)

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Expedition 64 crew members Kate Rubins of NASA, left, and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, center, and Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, right, pose for a picture after Kud-Sverchkov planted a tree bearing his name as part of traditional pre-launch activities, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The trio are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft on October 14. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is carried to a medical tent shortly after he, NASA astronaut Christina Koch, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov landed in their Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Koch returned to Earth after logging 328 days in space --- the longest spaceflight in history by a woman --- as a member of Expeditions 59-60-61 on the International Space Station. Skvortsov and Parmitano returned after 201 days in space where they served as Expedition 60-61 crew members onboard the station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Zhezkazgan Airport in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 to prepare for the Soyuz MS-05 landing with 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. 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 36 Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy of NASA, left, Commander Pavel Vinogradov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), center, and, Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, talk during a press conference and welcome home ceremony at the the Karaganda airport in Kazakhstan after having been flown from the Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft landing site in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. Vinogradov, Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy of NASA returned to Earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 64 Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos dons his Sokol suit during the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft fit check with fellow Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio 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)

nhq202103220038 (March 22, 2021) --- Expedition 65 backup crew member Anton Shkaplerov 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: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

jsc2020e017068 (April 9, 2020) - Expedition 63 Preflight - Expedition 63 crewmembers Anatoly Ivanishin, left, Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, center, and Chris Cassidy of NASA, right, wave farewell as they depart their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan to travel to their suit up facility for launch on the Soyuz MS-16 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Thursday, April 9, 2020. They are beginning a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 64 Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, center, plants a tree bearing his name as part of traditional pre-launch activities, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Looking on are crew mates Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, left, and Kate Rubins of NASA, right.The trio 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 64 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins dons her Sokol suit during the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft fit check with Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio 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)

jsc2020e017076 (April 9, 2020) - Expedition 63 Preflight- A technician prepares to help Expedition 63 crewmember Chris Cassidy of NASA don his Sokol Suit a few hours ahead of his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Ivan Vagner and Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos, 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)

nhq202009240010 (Sept, 24, 2020) --- Expedition 64 prime crew member Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, waves during a press conference prior to his launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

iss073e0509711 (Aug. 2, 2025) --- Expedition 73 poses for a portrait after welcoming four new crew members shortly after they arrived on a SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission. In the front row from left, are the newest crewmates Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui. In the back row, are JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi, Roscosmos cosmonauts Kirill Peskov, Alexey Zubritsky, and Sergey Ryzhikov, and NASA astronauts Jonny Kim, Nichole Ayers, and Anne McClain.

Visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates is helped out of the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft just minutes after he and Expedition 60 crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA landed 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)

Expedition 65 prime crew member Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos has his Sokol suit pressure checked during a fit check to prepare for launch with crew mates 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)

jsc2020e017075 (April 9, 2020) - Expedition 63 Preflight - Expedition 63 crewmember Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos dons his Sokol suit a few hours 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)

jsc2020e017069 (April 9, 2020) - Expedition 63 Preflight - Expedition 63 crewmember Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos dons his Sokol suit a few hours 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)

nhq202103200015 (March 20, 2021) --- Expedition 65 crew member Pyotr Dubrov 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)

nhq202103220029 (March 22, 2021) --- Expedition 65 crew member 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/Andrey Shelepin)

jsc2017e114491 (Sept. 1, 2017) --- The Expedition 53-54 prime and backup crewmembers pose for pictures in front of the Tsar Cannon at the Kremlin in Moscow Sept. 1 as part of their traditional pre-launch visit. From left to right are prime crewmembers Joe Acaba of NASA, Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos and Mark Vande Hei of NASA and backup crewmembers Shannon Walker of NASA, Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos and Scott Tingle of NASA. Misurkin, Acaba and Vande Hei will launch Sept. 13 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Sept. 13 on the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft for a five and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger

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)

Expedition 52 flight engineers Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos, seated left, and Randy Bresnik of NASA are seen as they sign a guest book at the "Memorial working study of Yuri Gagarin" at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC), Monday, July 10, 2017 in Star City, Russia. The memorial study represents Gagarin's working study in the way it was abandoned by Gagarin on March 27, 1968 before leaving for the airfield for training flight that became his last. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Christina Koch, center, is supported by NASA Flight Surgeon Sharmila Watkins, left, and NASA astronaut Anne McClain, right, at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan after she, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov 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)

In this black and white infrared image, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Dragon spacecraft on top is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Crew-7 mission, Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission is the seventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov are scheduled to launch at 3:27 a.m. EDT on Saturday, August 26, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Expedition 64 prime crew members, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, left, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, center, and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos pose for a photo in 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)

Expedition 52 flight engineers Paolo Nespoli of ESA, left, Randy Bresnik of NASA, Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos, and backup crew members, Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, Mark Vande Hei of NASA, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), right, pose for a group photograph in Red Square after having laid roses at the site where Russian space icons are interred as part of traditional pre-launch ceremonies, Monday, July 10, 2017 in Moscow. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The gantry arms are raised around the Soyuz rocket after it was rolled out to 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 66 crew welcomes the three-person Soyuz MS-20 crew with Japanese spaceflight participant Yusaku Maezawa, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, and Japanese spaceflight participant Yozo Hirano.

Matthias posted a couple of pictures of this series to his social media on 17 December 2021 with the following caption:

Welcoming spaceflight participants Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano and #Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin to the International Space Station. They arrived on 8 December and will begin their return to Earth in early hours of Monday CET in their Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft.

I was very happy to see Alexander again. We trained together in ESA - European Space Agency's CAVES training and have been friends ever since. I also wouldn't mind a space rematch of the badminton contest we started during training in Russia 😆

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Credit: ESA/NASA

Expedition 64 Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos takes part in spin chair training, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kud-Sverchkov, Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, and Kate Rubins of NASA are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft on October 14. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

jsc2020e017070 (April 9, 2020) - Expedition 63 Preflight - Expedition 63 crewmember Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos dons his Sokol suit a few hours 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)

На авиакосмическом салоне МАКС-2015 в Жуковском представлена объединенная экспозиция Роскосмоса и предприятий ракетно-космической промышленности. На стенде Роскосмоса посетители могут увидеть экспонаты, отражающие развитие основных направлений освоения космического пространства: орбитальная группировка, лунная программа, пилотируемые программы.

Автор фото: Андрей Становов

The joint exposition of Roscosmos and enterprises of space industry are exposed on international aviation and space salon MAKS-2015. On the joint exposition there are available different exhibits, which are give a demonstration of the main directions of space exploration theme: development of orbital fleet, Lunar and manned-flight programs.

Photo by Andrey Stanovov.

Officials, family and friends welcome home Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020 in Star City, Russia. Skvortsov and astronaut Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) returned after 201 days in space where they served as Expedition 60-61 crew members onboard the International Space Station along with NASA astronaut Christina Koch who logged 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A during a brief static fire test ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, at the agency’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. NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin are scheduled to launch at 12:04 a.m. EST on Friday, March 1, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Expedition 36 Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy of NASA is helped out of the Soyuz TMA-08M capsule after he and, Commander Pavel Vinogradov of Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos landed in a 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 64 Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos dons his Sokol suit during the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft fit check with fellow Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio 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)

iss070e009031 (Oct. 25, 2023) --- Expedition 70 Flight Engineers Oleg Kononenko (suit with red stripes) and Nikolai Chub (suit with blue stripes), both from Roscosmos, are pictured during a spacewalk to inspect a backup radiator, deploy a nanosatellite, and install communications hardware on the International Space Station's Nauka science module.

The escape tower is seen waiting to be attached as the Soyuz rocket and Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft are assembled 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)

Russian search and rescue crews wave farewell to a departing helicopter as an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) with Expedition 36 Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy of NASA drops Cassidy off to from the Soyuz TMA-08M landing zone in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan to Karaganda on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. Cassidy, Commander Pavel Vinogradov of Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos returned to Earth in a Soyuz TMA-08M capsule after five and a half months on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2020e017039 (April 8, 2020) --- At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 63 crewmember Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos responds to questions provided by reporters in a virtual question and answer session April 8 as he prepares for launch. Vagner and Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Chris Cassidy of NASA will launch April 9 on the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center

jsc2020e017045 (April 8, 2020) --- At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 63 crewmember Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos (right) responds to questions provided by reporters in a virtual question and answer session April 8 as he prepares for launch. Vagner and Anatoly Ivanishin (center) of Roscosmos and Chris Cassidy (left) of NASA will launch April 9 on the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center

Expedition 49 flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, left, Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, second from left, and flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos third from left, pose for a picture with backup crew members Mark Vande Hei of NASA, third from right, Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, second from right, and Nikolai Tikhonov of Roscosmos, right, after taking part in the traditional tree planing ceremony at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kimbrough, Ryzhikov, and Borisenko are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on September 24 Kazakh time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Russian search and rescue MI-8 helicopters are seen at the landing site of the Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. The Soyuz landed with Expedition 36 Commander Pavel Vinogradov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy. Vinogradov, Misurkin and Cassidy are returning to Earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 65 backup crew members NASA astronaut Anne McClain, left, and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov, center, and Oleg Artemyev, right, of Roscosmos review launch procedures with trainers, Saturday, April 3, 2021, 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/GCTC/Irina Spector)

Expedition 55 Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos speaks with family and friends after having his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for launch aboard the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft, Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Artemyev and flight engineers Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold of NASA launched aboard the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft at 1:44 p.m. Eastern time (11:44 p.m. Baikonur time) on March 21 to begin their journey to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)