Expedition 6 Commander Ken Bowersox, left and NASA Internationl Space Station Science Officer Don Pettit talk about their landing during the flight from Kazakhstan to Moscow, Tuesday, May 4, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale gives a thumbs up after he and his crew mates, Soyuz Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, of the Netherlands, touched down in north central Kazakhstan, Friday, April 30, 2004, in their Soyuz TMA-3 capsule. Foale and Kaleri completed 195 days in space aboard the International Space Station, while Kuipers returned after an 11-day research mission as part of a commercial agreement between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
An inflatable medical tent stands in the foreground of the Expedition 9 landing site, while an incoming Russian Search and Rescue helicopter lands. The Soyuz capsule, which carried Expedition 9 Flight Engineer Michael Fincke, Commander Gennady Padalka and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin landed approximately 85 kilometers northeast of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, Sunday, October 24, 2004. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
May 4, 2003, Astana, Kazakhstan. Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox (C), Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin (L) and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit (not pictured) are welcomed to Kazakhstan by Cosmonaut Talgat Musabayev. The Expedition Six Soyuz capsule landed in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
May 4, 2003. Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox (L), NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit (C) and Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin (R) celebrate their mission onboard an aircraft flight from Kazakhstan to Moscow. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
May 4, 2003, Astana, Kazakhstan. Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox (C), Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin (L) and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit (not pictured) are welcomed to Kazakhstan by Cosmonaut Talgat Musabayev. The Expedition Six Soyuz capsule landed in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
Expedition 9 Flight Engineer Michael Fincke is checked out in the medical tent prior to removal of his sokol suit. Fincke landed in the Soyuz capsule along with Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin. The crew landed in their Soyuz capsule approximately 85 kilometers northeast of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, Sunday, October 24, 2004. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Russian Search and Rescue teams deploy by helicopter from Karaganda, 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 near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. 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)
A bus driver picks up Russian Search and Rescue teams after they arrived at the Zhezkazgan Airport in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. Teams are preparing 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)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, left, enjoys some hot tea with NASA Flight Surgeon Dr. Thomas H. Marshburn, center, and a Russian Medical personnel onboard a Russian helicopter in Arqalyk, Kazakhstan, Monday, October 27, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain is photographed on the ground after landing in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain lands in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, left and cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Mission Commander, are seated in their chairs after being extracted from the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft upon their landing in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Russian Search and Recovery Forces prepare to depart the Karaganda Airport for the landing of Expedition 72 NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, Sunday, April 20, 2025. The trio are returning to Earth after logging 220 days in space as members of Expeditions 71 and 72 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, talks on the telephone after landing in the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 6 Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin, left, Cosmonaut Talgat Musabayev, and Commander Ken Bowersox, right, share a meal onboard the aircraft during their flight from Kazakhstan to Moscow on Tuesday, May 4, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, smiles while resting in a chair after landing in the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, is helped from a Russian all-terrain vehicle after being transported from the Soyuz TMA-2 landing site to his helicopter in Kazakhstan. The helicopter pilot salutes Lu as he departs the ATV. The Soyuz spacecraft carrying Lu; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain landed in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Russian Search and Recovery Force helicopters fly around the predicted landing zone for the Soyuz MS-23 capsule with Expedition 69 NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, Roscosmos cosmonauts Dmitri Petelin and Sergey Prokopyev, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, outside of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. The trio are returning to Earth after logging 371 days in space as members of Expeditions 68-69 aboard the International Space Station. For Rubio, his mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 9 Flight Engineer Michael Fincke is assisted by NASA Flight Doctor Steve Heart as he walks to the helicopter near the Soyuz landing site for the flight back to Kustanay, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz capsule landed with Expedition 9 Flight Engineer Mike Fincke, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin approximately 85 kilometers northeast of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, Sunday, October 24, 2004. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
May 4, 2003, Star City, Russia. Russian Space Agency Director Yuri Koptev shakes hands with Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox, as bowersox is also hugged by his wife Annie. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
May 4, 2003, Kazakhstan. Bob Cabana (L in door), Director of Flight Crew Operations talks with NASA colleagues on the satellite phone from a Russian helicopter while Bill Gerstenmaier (center), I.S.S. Program Manager and J.D. Polk (R), Expedition Six Flight Surgeon wait to get word if they will be continuing on to the landing site after a refueling stop. 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)
The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain is photographed on the ground after landing in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
May 4, 2003, Kazakhstan. From the seat of a Russian Helicopter, Bob Cabana (L), Director of Flight Crew Operations and Astronaut Michael Foale (R) look out over the Kazakh terrain for the Expedition Six Soyuz capsule after it's landing in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
Expedition 9 Flight Engineer Michael Fincke shows his happiness with the successful landing in the Syouz spacecraft with fellow crew members, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin. The crew landed in their Soyuz capsule approximately 85 kilometers northeast of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, Sunday, October 24, 2004. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
May 4, 2003, Star City, Russia. Russian Space Agency Director Yuri Koptev shakes hands with Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox, as bowersox is also hugged by his wife Annie. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, rests in a chair after landing in the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). On the left is NASA Flight Surgeon Dr. Thomas H. Marshburn. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Russian Search and Rescue teams deploy by helicopter from Karaganda, 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 near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. 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)
Director of Flight Crew Operations Bob Cabana, upper left, talks with NASA colleagues on the satellite phone from a Russian helicopter while International Space Station Program Manager, William Gerstenmaier and J.D. Polk, Expedition 6 Flight Surgeon, right, wait to get word if they will be continuing on to the landing site after a refueling stop, Tuesday, May 4, 2003 in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, left, visits with Expedition 6 Commander Ken Bowersox, far right and his brother on Tuesday, May 4, 2003, in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A Russian Search and Recovery Force plane flies around the predicted landing zone for the Soyuz MS-23 capsule with Expedition 69 NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, Roscosmos cosmonauts Dmitri Petelin and Sergey Prokopyev, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, outside of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. The trio are returning to Earth after logging 371 days in space as members of Expeditions 68-69 aboard the International Space Station. For Rubio, his mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz capsule lays on its side after landing approximately 85 kilometers northeast of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan with the crew of Expedition 9 and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, Sunday, October 24, 2004. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain is photographed on the ground after landing in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, sleeps onboard a Russian helicopter in Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. The helicopter had to wait out bad weather before moving on to Astana, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying Lu; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain landed in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 9 Flight Engineer Michael Fincke is carried in a chair from the landing site to the medical tent in order to remove his sokol suit. Fincke landed in the Soyuz capsule along with Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin. The crew landed in their Soyuz capsule approximately 85 kilometers northeast of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, Sunday, October 24, 2004. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Recovery teams are seen aboard a Russian MI-8 helicopter as they support the landing of Expedition 72 NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, Sunday, April 20, 2025. The trio are returning to Earth after logging 220 days in space as members of Expeditions 71 and 72 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
May 4, 2003. Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox (L), and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit (R) talk about their landing during the flight from Kazakhstan to Moscow. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
Russian Search and Recovery Forces prepare to depart the Karaganda Airport for the landing of Expedition 72 NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, Sunday, April 20, 2025. The trio are returning to Earth after logging 220 days in space as members of Expeditions 71 and 72 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain is photographed on the ground after landing in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The bus carrying NASA, Roscosmos, ESA (European Space Agency), along with Russian Search and Rescue teams approaches the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. Teams are gathering 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)
The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain is photographed on the ground after landing in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). The exposed dirt from the landing rockets of the Soyuz is visible in the foreground. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
May 4, 2003, Star City, Russia. NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe (L) visits with Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox (R) and his brother (C). Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
Russian helicopters are seen through the frozen window of another helicopter as teams 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 near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. Bresnik, Nespoli and Ryazanskiy are returning after 139 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 52 and 53 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Recovery teams are seen aboard a Russian MI-8 helicopter as they support the landing of Expedition 72 NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, Sunday, April 20, 2025. The trio are returning to Earth after logging 220 days in space as members of Expeditions 71 and 72 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 6 Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin, left, and Commander Ken Bowersox are greeted by Cosmonaut Talgat Musabayev, right, on Tuesday, May 4, 2003, after their arrival in Astana, Kazakhstan. The Expedition 6 Soyuz capsule landed in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 6 Commander Ken Bowersox, left, NASA International Space Station Science Officer Don Pettit and Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin, right, celebrate their mission onboard an aircraft flight from Kazakhstan to Moscow on Tuesday, May 4, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 8 Commander Mike Foale, lower left, Soyuz Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands, partially hidden, are tended to after touching down in north central Kazakhstan, Friday, April 30, 2004. Foale and Kaleri completed 195 days in space aboard the International Space Station, while Kuipers returned after an 11-day research mission as part of a commercial agreement between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 6 Commander Ken Bowersox calls his wife Annie from the airplane prior to departure from Astana, Kazakhstan to Moscow, Tuesday, May 4, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A Russian search and rescue team member looks out a helicopter window as they fly from Kustanay, Kazakhstan to support the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft landing with Expedition 41 Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (ESA) on Monday, Nov. 10, 2014. Suraev, Wiseman and Gerst returned to Earth after more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 40 and 41 crews. 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)
Astronaut Michael Foale, left, and Mike Duncan, Expedition 6 Lead Flight Surgeon, move to another helicopter after the landing team helicopters returned for refueling, Tuesday, May 4, 2003, in Kazakhstan. Foale and Duncan went on from the refueling to meet the crew of Expedition 6 at the landing site. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka smiles after the successful landing in the Soyuz spacecraft with fellow crew members Expedition 9 Flight Engineer Michael Fincke and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin. The crew landed in their Soyuz capsule approximately 85 kilometers northeast of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, Sunday, October 24, 2004. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 6 Commander Ken Bowersox is hugged by his wife Annie as he shakes hands with Russian Federal Space Agency Director Yuri Koptev, right, after returning, Tuesday, May 4, 2003, to Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
May 4, 2003, Star City, Russia. NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe (R) along with Russian Space officials welcomes the crew of Expedition Six as they return from Kazakhstan and the landing of their Soyuz capsule. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain floats to a landing in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
View of snow covered fields in Kazakhstan is seen from a Russian search and rescue helicopter as it flies from Kustanay, Kazakhstan to support the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft landing with Expedition 41 Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (ESA) on Monday, Nov. 10, 2014. Suraev, Wiseman and Gerst returned to Earth after more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 40 and 41 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
May 4, 2003, Kazakhstan. Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox calls his wife Annie from the airplane prior to deaprture at Astana, Kazakhstan to Moscow. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces prepare to depart the Zhezkazgan Airport in Kazakhstan for the Soyuz MS-17 landing of Expedition 64 crew members Kate Rubins of NASA, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, Saturday, April 17, 2021. Rubins, Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov returned after 185 days in space having served as Expedition 63-64 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Russian Search and Rescue teams deploy by helicopter from Karaganda, 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 near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. 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)
European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Deque is assisted by an ESA doctor after landing in the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003, at 9:41 p.m. EST. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Recovery teams are seen aboard a Russian MI-8 helicopter as they support the landing of Expedition 72 NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, Sunday, April 20, 2025. The trio are returning to Earth after logging 220 days in space as members of Expeditions 71 and 72 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Russian Search and Rescue helicopters and an all-terrain vehicle deliver astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, to his helicopter at the Soyuz TMA-2 landing site in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft carrying Lu; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain landed in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Sunrise is seen from a Russian MI-8 helicopter as teams support the landing of Expedition 72 NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, Sunday, April 20, 2025. The trio are returning to Earth after logging 220 days in space as members of Expeditions 71 and 72 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, signs his name on the wall of a Russian helicopter after landing in the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft carrying Lu; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain landed in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 6 Commander Ken Bowersox, left, talks about his mission with Bob Cabana, Director of Flight Crew Operations while on the airplane flying from Astana, Kazakhstan to Moscow on Tuesday, May 4, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces prepare to depart the Zhezkazgan Airport in Kazakhstan for the Soyuz MS-17 landing of Expedition 64 crew members Kate Rubins of NASA, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, Saturday, April 17, 2021. Rubins, Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov returned after 185 days in space having served as Expedition 63-64 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain floats to a landing in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 9 Flight Engineer Michael Fincke shows his happiness with the successful landing in the Syouz spacecraft with fellow crew members, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin. The crew landed in their Soyuz capsule approximately 85 kilometers northeast of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, Sunday, October 24, 2004. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Russian Search and Rescue teams deploy by helicopter from Karaganda, 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 near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. 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 9 Flight Engineer Michael Fincke is interviewed by former Expedition 5 Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson for the video phone after the successful landing in the Soyuz spacecraft with fellow crew members Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin. The crew landed in their Soyuz capsule approximately 85 kilometers northeast of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, Sunday, October 24, 2004. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander, rests in a chair after landing in the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Russian Search and Recovery Force pilots scan the horizon for the Soyuz landing with Expedition 57 crew members Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos. Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. Auñón-Chancellor, Gerst, and Prokopyev are returning after 197 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 56 and 57 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz capsule lays on its side after landing approximately 85 kilometers northeast of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan with the crew of Expedition 9 and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, Sunday, October 24, 2004. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka is carried in a chair from the landing site to the medical tent in order to remove his sokol suit. Padalka landed in the Soyuz capsule along with Expedition 9 Flight Engineer Michael Fincke and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin. The crew landed in their Soyuz capsule approximately 85 kilometers northeast of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, Sunday, October 24, 2004. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, smiles while resting in a chair after landing in the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
An inflatable medical tent stands in the foreground of the Expedition 9 landing site, while in the background the Soyuz capsule lays on its side after landing approximately 85 kilometers northeast of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan with Expedition 9 crew members Flight Engineer Michael Fincke, Commander Gennady Padalka and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, Sunday, October 24, 2004.
Recovery teams are seen aboard a Russian MI-8 helicopter as they support the landing of Expedition 72 NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, Sunday, April 20, 2025. The trio are returning to Earth after logging 220 days in space as members of Expeditions 71 and 72 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
May 4, 2003, Star City, Russia. NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe (R) along with Russian Space officials welcomes the crew of Expedition Six as they return from Kazakhstan and the landing of their Soyuz capsule. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
A Russian nurse sits next to Expedition 9 Flight Engineer Michael Fincke, while he sleeps inside a Russian search and rescue helicopter on his way to Kustanay, Kazakhstan after landing in a Soyuz capsule 85 kilometers northeast of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, Sunday, October 24, 2004. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces prepare to depart the Zhezkazgan Airport in Kazakhstan for the Soyuz MS-17 landing of Expedition 64 crew members Kate Rubins of NASA, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, Saturday, April 17, 2021. Rubins, Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov returned after 185 days in space having served as Expedition 63-64 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, left, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and Expedition 9 Flight Engineer Michael Fincke, right, are kept warm after their successful landing in the Soyuz spacecraft. The crew landed in their Soyuz capsule approximately 85 kilometers northeast of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, Sunday, October 24, 2004. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Deputy Head of the Search-and-Rescue Department of Rosaviatsiya (Russian Federal Air Transport Agency) Aleksey Lukiyanov waves farewell to colleagues as his helicopter departs the Zhezkazgan Airport in Kazakhstan for the Soyuz MS-17 landing of Expedition 64 crew members Kate Rubins of NASA, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, Saturday, April 17, 2021. Rubins, Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov returned after 185 days in space having served as Expedition 63-64 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
From the seat of a Russian helicopter, Bob Cabana, left, Director of Flight Crew Operations and astronaut Michael Foale look out over the Kazakh terrain for the Expedition 6 Soyuz capsule after its landing on Tuesday, May 4, 2003, in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain floats to a landing in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Russian Search and Rescue teams deploy by helicopter from Karaganda, 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 near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. 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)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, left and cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Mission Commander, are seated in their chairs after being extracted from the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft upon their landing in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
May 4, 2003, Kazakhstan. From the seat of a Russian Helicopter, Bob Cabana (L), Director of Flight Crew Operations and Astronaut Michael Foale (R) look out over the Kazakh terrain for the Expedition Six Soyuz capsule after it's landing in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, right, along with Russian space officials welcome the crew of Expedition 6 as they return from Kazakhstan and the landing of their Soyuz capsule on Tuesday, May 4, 2003 in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
May 4, 2003, Kazakhstan. Astronaut Michael Foale (L) and Mike Duncan (R), Expedition Six Lead Flight Surgeon move to the lead helicopter after the landing team helicopters needed to return for refueling. Foale and Duncan went on from the refueling to meet the crew of Expedition Six at the landing site. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - (Left to right) Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale, European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain and Valery Korzun, chief of Cosmonauts, arrive in Baikonur. Expedition 8 is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 18 on board a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
STAR CITY, RUSSIA - NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe (R) along with Russian Space officials welcomes the crew of Expedition Six as they return from Kazakhstan and the landing of their Soyuz capsule. The Expedition Six crew spent 161 days in space, 159 manning the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
KAZAKHSTAN - From the seat of a Russian Helicopter, Bob Cabana (left), director of Flight Crew Operations, and astronaut Michael Foale (right) look out over the Kazakh terrain for the Expedition Six Soyuz capsule after its landing in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz was returning the Expedition Six crew after 161 days in space, 159 spent manning the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
RUSSIA - Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox (left), NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit (center) and Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin (right) celebrate their mission onboard an aircraft flight from Kazakhstan to Moscow. The Expedition Six crew spent 161 days in space, 159 manning the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN - One of three local Kazakh girls who were on hand at the Astana airport to welcome the Expedition Six crew with roses after the crew landed on the Kazakh Steppe in their Soyuz capsule. The Expedition Six crew spent 161 days in space, 159 manning the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - (Left to right) European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale, and Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri gather on the bus after the flight down from Moscow to Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 8 is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 18 on board a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
KAZAKHSTAN - Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox (left), and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit (right) talk about their landing during the flight from Kazakhstan to Moscow. The Expedition Six crew spent 161 days in space, 159 manning the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - Victor Grin (left), a member of the Russian State Commission, greets (left to right) Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain. Expedition 8 is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct.18 on board a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"
KAZAKHSTAN - Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox calls his wife Annie from the airplane prior to departure from Astana, Kazakhstan, to Moscow. The Expedition Six crew spent 161 days in space, 159 manning the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN - Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox (center), Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin (left) and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit (not pictured) are welcomed to Kazakhstan by Cosmonaut Talgat Musabayev. The Expedition Six Soyuz capsule landed in Kazakhstan. The Expedition Six crew spent 161 days in space, 159 manning the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls