jsc2026e039167 (July 2, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Soyuz MS-29 flight engineer Anna Kikina poses for a portrait in her Sokol launch and entry suit at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Credit: GCTC

Expedition 49 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins rests and signs autographs 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 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)

Expedition 51 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA speaks with his family after having his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for launch onboard the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft on Thursday, April 20, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Fischer and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos is scheduled to launch at 1:13pm Baikonur time on April 20. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

nhq201611140046 (Nov. 14, 2016) --- NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson gets her hair cut, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of November 18 (Kazakh time.) All three will spend approximately six months on the orbital complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

An all-terrain vehicle, with Expedition 60 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA onboard, is backed up to an awaiting helicopter after Hague landed in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft with Expedition 60 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, 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)

NASA astronaut Nicole Mann waves as she and NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, arrive at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX’s Crew-5 mission, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is the fifth 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. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikini are scheduled to launch at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Oct. 5, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

The bus carrying NASA, Canadian Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces pulls into Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan in advance of the landing of Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Monday, June 24, 2019. 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)

jsc2019e013413 (March 10, 2019) --- In the Integration Building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crew member Nick Hague of NASA poses for pictures March 10 as he climbs aboard the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft for final pre-launch preparations. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch March 14, U.S. time, in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

Expedition 59 astronaut Anne McClain of NASA is carried to a medical tent shortly after she, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko landed in their Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on 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)

The Soyuz rocket is raised into a vertical position on 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)

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, Thursday, Aug. 24, 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 3:50 a.m. EDT on Friday, August 25, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Expedition 49 Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos arrives at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan airport after he, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, and astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) landed in their Soyuz MS-01 capsule in a remote area outside of town on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016 (Kazakh time). Rubins, Ivanishin, and Onishi 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)

nhq201610250001 (Oct. 25, 2016) --- Expedition 50 Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos dons his Sokol suit ahead of his final qualification exams with fellow crew mates NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya is seen outside the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft after she, Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Saturday, April 6, 2024. O’Hara is returning to Earth after logging 204 days in space as a member of Expeditions 69-70 aboard the International Space Station and Novitskiy and Vasilevskaya return after having spent the last 14 days in space. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2019e013417 (March 10, 2019) --- At the Baikonur Cosmodrome Museum in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crew members Nick Hague of NASA (second from left), Christina Koch of NASA (third from left) and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (second from right) receive a tutorial from a curator on famous artifacts housed in the museum March 10 as part of traditional pre-launch activities. Koch, Hague and Ovchinin will launch March 14, U.S. time, in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

Expedition 50 prime crew members: NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, left, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, and backup crew members NASA astronaut Jack Fischer, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos, and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, right, pose for a group photograph after a press conference, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Russian support personnel work around the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft after it landed with Expedition 60 crew members Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, along with visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, 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)

iss050e019522 (Dec. 26, 2016) --- Expedition 50 flight engineer Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos is photographed wearing a flight suit aboard the International Space Station.

Expedition 47 prime crew members: Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NASA, left; Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, second left; and Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, center; are seen at a press conference with Expedition 47 back up crew members, Flight Engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, third right; Soyuz Commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, second right; and Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, far right; held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Thursday, March 17, 2016. The mission is set to launch March 19 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos gets his hair cut, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ovchinin and Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA are scheduled to launch onboard a Soyuz rocket October 11 and will spend the next six months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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

Expedition 49 Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, left, flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, center, flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, second from right, and backup crew member Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, right, are seen as they enter for a crew press conference Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ryzhikov, Borisenko, and Kimbrough are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Oct. 19. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

nhq201704100016 (April 10, 2017) --- Russian Search and Rescue teams chase the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft 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 41 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) performs the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing the hotel for launch in a Soyuz rocket with fellow crew mates, Flight Engineers Elena Serova of Roscosmos and Barry Wilmore of NASA, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the early hours of Sept. 26 Kazakhstan time and will carry Samokutyaev, Serova, and Wilmore into orbit to begin their five and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

iss071e665075 (Sept. 16, 2024) --- Two Roscosmos crew ships, the Soyuz MS-26 docked to the Rassvet module (foreground) and the Soyuz MS-25 (background) docked to the Prichal docking module, are pictured parked at the International Space Station as it orbited 257 miles above the Atlantic Ocean near Brazil's Amazon Delta.

Expedition 50 NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, left, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, center, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet pose for a group photograph at the conclusion of a press conference, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 44 crewmember Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) poses for pictures July 11 prior to entering his Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft during a fit check dress rehearsal session. Kononenko, Kjell Lindgren of NASA and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will launch July 23, Kazakh time from Baikonur in their Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center

Expedition 68 cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as he and fellow crewmates, Frank Rubio of NASA and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, prepare for their Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft launch, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Rubio, Prokopyev and Petelin launched onboard the Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 68 cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as he and fellow crewmates, Frank Rubio of NASA and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, prepare for their Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft launch, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Rubio, Prokopyev and Petelin launched onboard the Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a mission on 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)

One-year mission crew member Scott Kelly of NASA, left, his Expedition 46 crew mate Sergey Volkov of Roscosmos, center, and one-year crew member Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos, right, lay 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)

jsc2019e013421 (March 10, 2019) --- At the Baikonur Cosmodrome Museum in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 59 backup and prime crewmembers pose for pictures March 10 as part of traditional pre-launch activities. From left to right are the backup crew members, Drew Morgan of NASA, Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency, and the prime crew members, Christina Koch of NASA, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA, who will launch March 14, U.S. time, in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. Expedition 53 flight engineer Mark Vande Hei of NASA, Soyuz Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, and flight engineer Joe Acaba of NASA will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of September 13 (Kazakh time.) All three will spend approximately five and a half months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket is seen reflected in the glasses of someone at the launch pad shortly after the rocket was rolled out by train at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. Expedition 53 flight engineer Mark Vande Hei of NASA, Soyuz Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, and flight engineer Joe Acaba of NASA will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the morning of September 13 (Kazakh time.) All three will spend approximately five and a half months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Russian helicopter pilots scan the horizon looking for the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft as it lands 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) near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. 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)

The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad at Site 31, Monday, March 18, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 71 NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft on March 21. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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

Trains sit ready to support the roll out of the Soyuz rocket to the launch pad, Saturday, July 11, 2026, at Site 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 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)

Alexander Ivanov, Deputy Head of Roscosmos, speaks during the State Commission 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)

Expedition 68 cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as he and fellow crewmates, Frank Rubio of NASA, and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, right, prepare for their Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft launch, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Rubio, Prokopyev and Petelin launched onboard the Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2019e036802 (June 28, 2019) --- At Red Square in Moscow, Expedition 60 crewmember Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos lays flowers at the Kremlin Wall June 28 where Russian space icons are interred in traditional pre-launch activities. Skvortsov, Drew Morgan of NASA and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station. Credit: Andrey Shelepin/GCTC

jsc2019e036807 (June 28, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 60 crewmember Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (left) answers a reporter’s question June 28 during a news conference. Looking on are the backup crewmembers, Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos (second from left), Tom Marshburn of NASA (second from right) and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right). Skvortsov, Drew Morgan of NASA and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station. Credit: Andrey Shelepin/GCTC

An engineer is seen in the Soyuz simulator control room as Expedition 47 crew members: NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, Russian cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka, and Alexei Ovchinin of Roscosmos take their final Soyuz qualification exams in the simulator just outside the door, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough arrives at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan airport after he, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos and, Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos landed in their Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft 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)

Family, Friends and guests wait to see Expedition 61 crewmembers Jessica Meir of NASA and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates depart building 254 prior to their launch onboard the Soyuz TM-15 spacecraft, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Meir, Skripochka, and Almansoori will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin presides over the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 57 to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA and Flight Engineer 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)

The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Saturday, July 11, 2026, at Site 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 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)