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C-GCTC DHC-5E Buffalo De Havilland Canada demonstrator
Crashed 2 days later at Farnborogh during a STOL landing demonstration in challenging wind conditions, causing the front gear to collapse and the wings to break off.
(scan from my collection - not taken by myself)
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti trains in Extravehicular Activity (EVA) and the Russian segment of the International Space Station at Roscosmos's Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. October 2021.
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Credit: GCTC
André Kuipers with his crewmates Don Pettit and Oleg Kononeko during a training session at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, in Russia, in August 2011. Kuipers, Dutch national and a member of the European Astronaut Corps, will fly to International Space Station (ISS Expeditions 30 and 31) for a long duration mission in 2011.
Credits line: ESA - S. Corvaja, 2011
For more information visit: www.esa.int/esaHS/SEMD0KJ4LOG_astronauts_0.html
jsc2020e017120 (April 9, 2020) - Expedition 63 Preflight - The Soyuz rocket with Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA, Ivan Vagner and Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos onboard is seen a several hours before launch, Thursday, April 9, 2020 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A few hours later, the trio lifted off on a Soyuz rocket for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)...
nhq202103270039 (March 27, 2021) --- Expedition 65 prime crew members Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, left, Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, center, and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, right, are seen holding their Sokol suits during a fit check, 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)
NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren rests 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, December 11, 2015. Kononenko, Lindgren, and Yui returned after 141 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 44 and 45 crews onboard the International Space Station.
Credit: NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin
Image Number: NHQ201512110014
Date: December 11, 2015
Official portrait of the Soyuz TMA-18M crew from the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre. Left to right: Aidyn Aimbetov (KazCosmos), Sergei Volkov (Roscosmos) and Andreas Mogensen (ESA).
Read more about Andreas's crewmates on ESA's iriss website: www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/iriss/Andrea...
Credit: GCTC
C-GCTC - deHavilland Canada DHC-8-102 Dash 8 - JAZZ (operating for Air Canada)
at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport (YYZ)
c/n 65 - built in 1987 for City Express -
later with Air Alliance, Air Nova, Air Canada Regional -
renamed JAZZ 2002 -
retired in 2016 - stored CYYB
The Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 63 crew members Chris Cassidy of NASA, and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, Thursday, October 22, 2020, Kazakh time (Oct. 21 Eastern time). Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner returned after 196 days in space having served as Expedition 62-63 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Denis Derevtsov)
jsc2024e009740 (Nov. 2, 2023) --- Belarusian cosmonaut and Soyuz MS-25 Flight Engineer Marina Vasilevskaya poses for a crew portrait at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Credit: GCTC/Andrey Shelepin
The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 71 NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and Oleg Kononenko, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. Dyson is returning to Earth after logging 184 days in space as a member of Expeditions 70-71 aboard the International Space Station and Chub and Kononenko return after having spent the last 374 days in space. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Pavel Shvets)
nhq201512110002 (12/11/2015) --- The Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft landing site is seen shortly after the capsule landed with Expedition 45 crew members Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Kjell Lindgren of NASA and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) 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)
Dressed in their Sokol suits, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, Roscosmos commander Oleg Novitsky and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet are ready for the final examination on the Soyuz spacecraft that will take them to the International Space Station next month.
The exams are held at Star City near Moscow, Russia, in a mockup Soyuz. Over many hours the astronauts enact a launch and docking to the International Space Station, with instructors throwing in a few malfunctions for good measure.
Based on how they perform, the trio will be declared fit to fly the Soyuz. They will fly to the Station on a new model of Soyuz ferry designated MS: ‘modernised systems’. This will be the third launch of the lighter, upgraded vehicle. A new spacecraft means new flight procedures, so Oleg, Thomas and Peggy have more homework than usual to master the controls.
Thomas will act as copilot to commander Oleg, assisting him during the critical phases of launch, docking and landing.
Follow Thomas and his mission via thomaspesquet.esa.int
Credit: NASA–Bill Ingalls
The Space Station Training Mockup Facility at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) is seen as Expedition 47 crew members: NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, Russian cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and Alexei Ovchinin of Roscosmos take their final qualification exams, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, at GCTC in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
nhq201608310021 (08/31/2016) --- The interior of the Soyuz simulator is seen as Expedition 49 NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, Russian cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos take their Soyuz qualification exams, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Farnborough 1982. This company demonstrator was written off during a landing accident following a display at Farnborough in 1984.
Expedition 49 NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, left, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, center, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos answer questions from the press outside the Soyuz simulator ahead of their Soyuz qualification exams, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti trains for a Russian spacewalk in the hydrolab at Roscosmos's Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre (GCTC).
Credit: GCTC
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The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad at Site 31, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 64 Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft on Oct. 14 to start a six-month mission onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
The Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft is seen after it landed with Expedition 45 crew members Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Kjell Lindgren of NASA and Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) 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)
From left to right, Expedition 65 backup crew member Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Expedition 65 prime crew members, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy, and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, backup crew members NASA astronaut Anne McClain and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, pose for a photo after the final fit check to prepare for launch Sunday, April 4, 2021 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in 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)
ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer trains underwater with the European Robotic Arm (ERA) simulator in the Hydrolab facility at Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Moscow, Russia.
The European Robotic Arm is the first robot that can ‘walk’ around the Russian part of the International Space Station.
ERA has a length of over 11 m, and can anchor itself to the Station in multiple locations, moving backwards and forwards around the Russian segment with a large range of motion. Its home base will be the Multipurpose Laboratory Module, also called ‘Nauka’.
Astronauts will find in the European Robotic Arm a most valuable ally – it will save them precious time to do other work in space. The crew in space can control ERA from both inside and outside the Space Station, a feature that no other robotic arm has offered before.
It will take five spacewalks to get the robotic arm fit for space operations. ESA astronauts Matthias Maurer and Samantha Cristoforetti will support the installation both from inside and outside the Station by taking part in a few spacewalks.
ERA’s first tasks in orbit are to set up the airlock and install a large radiator for the Multipurpose Laboratory Module, also called ‘Nauka’.
Credits: GCTC
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-102 Dash 8 (msn 065) On final for runway 33L at BWI with a snow covered field below reflecting the light.
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti trains in Extravehicular Activity (EVA) and the Russian segment of the International Space Station at Roscosmos's Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. October 2021.
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Credit: GCTC
A sculpture of a cosmonaut is seen adorned to the outside of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) museum on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016 in Star City, Russia. Expedition 49 prime and backup crew members visited the museum as part of their traditional prelaunch ceremonies. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Eleven astronauts and cosmonauts are living together aboard the International Space Station following the arrival of the SpaceX Crew-7 mission on Sunday. While the new crewmates get adapted to life in microgravity another crew is preparing for its departure this weekend.
The orbital outpost’s newest crew of four, representing the U.S., Denmark, Japan, and Russia, arrived on Sunday aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov are familiarizing themselves with station safety procedures and getting used to life on orbit.
The Crew-7 crew was now Expedition 69 Flight Engineers and will live and work 260 miles above the Earth for the next six months. During Monday afternoon, the new crew members were joined by station commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi of (UAE) United Arab Emirates) and reviewed the location of emergency hardware throughout the orbital lab.
Another crew is set to return to Earth this weekend after beginning its space station mission in March. NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen, commander of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft, will lead NASA Pilot Woody Hoburg and Mission Specialists Alneyadi and Andrey Fedyaev of Roscosmos when they end their mission as Expedition 69 flight engineers. The quartet is scheduled to undock Endeavour no earlier than Saturday, Sept. 2, and splash down off the coast of Florida.
In this image, the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft, with four Crew-7 crew members aboard, approaches the space station for a docking on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023.
Image credit: NASA TV
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nhq201512110005 (12/11/2015) --- Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) is helped into an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) just minutes after he and Kjell Lindgren of NASA and Kimya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) 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)
At the Baikonur Museum in the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 60 backup crewmembers Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (second from left), Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos (second from right) and Tom Marshburn of NASA (right) pose for pictures July 6 in traditional Kazakh garb in a yurt, or Kazakh dwelling, during pre-launch activities. They are the backups to the prime crew, Drew Morgan of NASA, Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, who will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station.
Andrey Shelepin/GCTC
JSC2016e077237 (06/26/2016) --- During a tour of a museum in Baikonur, Kazakhstan June 26, Expedition 48-49 backup crewmembers Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency (left), Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos (center) and Peggy Whitson of NASA (right) pose for pictures in front of a mural depicting planets. Whitson, Novitskiy and Pesquet are backups to Kate Rubins of NASA, Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, who are preparing for launch on July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station...GCTC/Andrei Shelepin.
nhq201608310013 (08/31/2016) --- Expedition 49 crew members: NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, left, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, center, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos report to NASA and Roscosmos officials during their Soyuz qualification exams, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 47 crew members: NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, left, Russian cosmonauts Alexei Ovchinin, center, and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, are seen in a photograph posted to a bulletin board just outside the Soyuz simulator during the crew's final Soyuz qualification exams, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
nhq201608310019 (08/31/2016) --- Expedition 49 Russian cosmonaut Sergei Ryzhikov of Roscosmos is seen during his Soyuz qualification exams with fellow Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos and NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad at Site 31, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 64 Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft on Oct. 14 to start a six-month mission onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti trains with the European Robotic Arm (ERA) simulator at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Moscow, Russia.
The European Robotic Arm is the first robot that can ‘walk’ around the Russian part of the International Space Station.
ERA has a length of over 11 m, and can anchor itself to the Station in multiple locations, moving backwards and forwards around the Russian segment with a large range of motion. Its home base will be the Multipurpose Laboratory Module, also called ‘Nauka’.
Astronauts will find in the European Robotic Arm a most valuable ally – it will save them precious time to do other work in space. The crew in space can control ERA from both inside and outside the Space Station, a feature that no other robotic arm has offered before.
It will take five spacewalks to get the robotic arm fit for space operations. ESA astronauts Matthias Maurer and Samantha Cristoforetti will support the installation both from inside and outside the Station by taking part in a few spacewalks.
ERA’s first tasks in orbit are to set up the airlock and install a large radiator for the Multipurpose Laboratory Module, also called ‘Nauka’.
Credits: GCTC
nhq202010220011 (Oct. 22, 2020) --- Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft shortly after it landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 63 crew members Chris Cassidy of NASA, Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, Thursday, October 22, 2020, Kazakh time (Oct. 21 Eastern time). Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner returned after 196 days in space having served as Expedition 62-63 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Denis Derevtsov)
NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly is seen inside a Soyuz simulator at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC), Wednesday, March 4, 2015 in Star City, Russia. Kelly, along with Expedition 43 Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka of Roscosmos were at GCTC for the second day of qualification exams in preparation for their launch to the International Space Station onboard a Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 28, Kazakh time. As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 62 crew members Jessica Meir and Drew Morgan of NASA, and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, Friday, April 17, 2020. Meir and Skripochka returned after 205 days in space, and Morgan after 272 days in space. All three served as Expedition 60-61-62 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NASA waves farewell after boarding the bus to launch pad 1 to board the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft on Saturday, March 19, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the early hours of March 19 Baikonur time, and will carry Williams and fellow crewmates, Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin and Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos into orbit to begin their five and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano. is gearing up for his second mission to the International Space Station in 2019 on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. All astronauts who fly on Soyuz do a winter survival course in the forests near Star City, Russia.
When Soyuz lands on Earth support teams are usually at hand within minutes to help the astronauts out, but there is always the possibility that the capsule lands in a remote, cold area. As part of their normal training, astronauts learn to survive in harsh climates while waiting for rescue.
For Luca, the course is more of a refresher than learning new skills – he already survived the training in October 2012 as part of his first mission.
The course includes getting out of Soyuz unaided, changing from spacesuits into more winter-friendly garments, signalling for help (as pictured here), building a shelter out of wood and the capsule’s parachute, building a fire and providing first aid.
Credits: GCTC
The Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 62 crew members Jessica Meir and Drew Morgan of NASA, and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, Friday, April 17, 2020. Meir and Skripochka returned after 205 days in space, and Morgan after 272 days in space. All three served as Expedition 60-61-62 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
The Soyuz MS-17 rocket is seen on the launch pad with Expedition 64 Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins boarded their spacecraft for launch, 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 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
The Soyuz MS-17 rocket is launched with Expedition 64 Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Ryzhikov, Kud-Sverchkov, and Rubins launched at 1:45 a.m. EDT to begin a six-month mission onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
A portrait of Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, the first human to journey into outer space, is seen outside one of the Soyuz simulators as Expedition 43 NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, Russian Cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) participate in their second day of qualification exams Thursday, March 5, 2015 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) Soyuz training facility in Star City, Russia. The trio is preparing for launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 28, Kazakh time. As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz MS-17 rocket is launched with Expedition 64 Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Ryzhikov, Kud-Sverchkov, and Rubins launched at 1:45 a.m. EDT to begin a six-month mission onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
nhq202010060021 (Oct. 6, 2020) --- Expedition 64 prime and backup crew members pose for a picture as part of pre-launch activities, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. From left to right are prime crew members Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, and Kate Rubins of NASA, and backup crew members Petr Dubov of Roscosmos, Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, and Mark Vande Hei of NASA. Expedition 64 prime crew members Ryzhikov, Kud-Sverchkov, and 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)