iss059e007838 (April 1, 2019) --- (From right) Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin and Commander Oleg Kononenko, both cosmonauts from Roscosmos, train for the arrival of the Russian Progress 72 (72P) resupply ship. The Expedition 59 duo inside the Zvezda service module practiced using the TORU, a backup manual docking system, to guide the 72P to a docking in the unlikely event the resupply ship’s automatic Kurs docking system failed.

iss060e033286 (Aug. 8, 2019) --- The Russian seaport of Tuapse is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited above the Black Sea. Credit: Roscosmos

iss063e077237 (Aug. 21, 2020) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 63 Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin works inside the International Space Station's Zvezda service module preparing for an event commemorating Russian space activities.

iss060e033304 (Aug. 8, 2019) --- A portion of the Volga River is pictured as the International Space Station orbited above Russia near the Caspian Sea. Credit: Roscosmos

JSC2006-E-38876 (8 Nov. 2005) --- Spaceflight participant Anousheh Ansari, attired in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, takes a break from an ISS Soyuz 13 (TMA-9) mission training session in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. Photo credit: Roscosmos / Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center

iss063e077238 (Aug. 21, 2020) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy works inside the International Space Station's Zvezda service module preparing for an event commemorating Russian space activities.

iss056e011715 (June 14, 2018) --- Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev (at bottom) and Sergey Prokopyev work inside the Zvezda service module performing monthly maintenance on the Smart Switch Router. Credit: Roscosmos

iss056e142697 (8/15/2018) --- A view of Cosmonaut in red-striped Orlan suit, as he works to install Payload “ICARUS” on URM-D work station on PI.II of SM [PO] during ISS Extravehicular Activity 45 (EVA 45). ICARUS is a collaborative project between Roscosmos and the German aerospace center (DLR) to study the migratory patterns of small animals tagged on earth with GPS hardware.

iss053e470644 (11/20/2017) --- A view of the Asteria Satellite moments after deployment from the International Space Station (ISS). The Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research in Astrophysics (ASTERIA) is a six-unit (6U) CubeSat deployed from the ISS that tests new technologies for astronomical observation, such as the detection of planets outside our solar system (a.k.a., exoplanets).

iss060e033225 (Aug. 7, 2019) --- Glaciers are pictured in the Pamir Mountains as the International Space Station orbited above Tajikistan. Credit: Roscosmos

iss056e081639 (July 6, 2018) --- Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Sergey Prokopyev practice using the TORU, or telerobotically-operated rendezvous system, inside the Zvezda service module which is part if the International Space Station's Russian segment. If necessary a crew member could use the TORU to manually dock an approaching Russian Progress cargo craft at the space station in case of an emergency. Credit: Roscosmos

iss068e032401 (Dec. 22, 2023) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer conducts communications and electronics maintenance while wearing personal protective equipment aboard the International Space Station.

iss054e067484 (12/21/2017) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Norishige Kanai is photographed in the U.S. Lab performing Microscope operations for Synthetic Bone experiment. Synthetic Bone tests the functionality and effectiveness of a new material that can assist in recovery from bone injuries or dental work during long-term space travel.

iss056e186451 (Sept. 24, 2018) --- (From left) Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel of NASA and Soyuz MS-08 Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos practice on a computer the Soyuz descent procedures they will use when they return to Earth on Oct. 4. NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold (out of frame) will join the duo for the ride home inside the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft ending the Expedition 56 mission.

iss066e012273 (Oct. 25, 2021) --- Roscosmos cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov (foreground) and Pyotr Dubrov were inside the International Space Station's Zvezda service module training for the arrival of the ISS Progress 79 cargo craft. The duo practiced rendezvous maneuvers on the tele-robotically operated rendezvous unit (TORU) ahead of the Progress 79's automated approach, rendezvous and docking that took place on Oct. 29, 2021.

iss061e013837 (10/28/2019) --- A view of the Zvezda Service Module (SM) aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The Zvezda Service Module was the first fully Russian contribution to the International Space Station and served as the early cornerstone for the first human habitation of the station. The module provides station living quarters, life support systems, electrical power distribution, data processing systems, flight control systems and propulsion systems. It provides a communications system that includes remote command capabilities from ground flight controllers, and a docking port for Russian Soyuz and Progress spacecraft.

iss062e152575 (March 5, 2020) --- Crater Lake National Park. Oregon, is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 264 miles above.

Expedition 28 JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa places a mission sticker on the inside wall of the prime crew bus on the eve of his launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Fossum and fellow Expedition 28 crew members Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and JAXA (Japanase Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa launched in their Soyuz TMA-02M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning on June 8th. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, left, Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov of Russia, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa, right, have their Russian Sokol suits prepared for launch by a technicians at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tueday, June 7, 2011. Fossum, Volkov and Furukawa and launched in their Soyuz TMA-02M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning on June 8th. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, front left, Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov, front center, and Expedition 28 JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa pose with backup crewmembers NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit of the U.S., back left, Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko of Russia, back center, and ESA (European Space Agency) Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of The Netherlands, prior to the crews’ launch onboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station on Tuesday, June 7, 2011, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28 JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Furukawa and fellow Expedition 28 crew members Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum launched in their Soyuz TMA-02M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning on June 8th. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa waves as he has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft will launch the following morning on June 8 carrying Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov, NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum and Furukawa. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Fossum and fellow Expedition 28 crew members Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and JAXA (Japanase Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa launched in their Soyuz TMA-02M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning on June 8th. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer, left, and Expedition 28 JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa share a few words during preparation activities for their launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, June June 7, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, right, has his Russian Sokol suit checked by Peggy Whitson, Chief of the Astronaut Office at Johonson Space Center, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Fossum and fellow Expedition 28 crew members Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and JAXA (Japanase Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa launched in their Soyuz TMA-02M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning on June 8th. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Fossum and fellow Expedition 28 crew members Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and JAXA (Japanase Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa launched in their Soyuz TMA-02M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning on June 8th. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

The crew of Expedition 28 gives the thumbs after having their Russian Sokol suits prepared for launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Tuesday, June 7, 2011 in Kazakhstan. Pictured from left are NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer displays the Expedition 29 crew sticker while riding on the prime crew bus to Building 254 the eve of his launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, June June 7, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Fossum will be the ISS Commander for Expedition 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28 JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa, left, and Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov have their Russian Sokol suits prepared for launch by a technicians at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tueday, June 7, 2011. Furukawa, Volkov and Fossum launched in their Soyuz TMA-02M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning on June 8th. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28 JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Furukawa and fellow Expedition 28 crew members Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum launched in their Soyuz TMA-02M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning on June 8th. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Fossum and fellow Expedition 28 crew members Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and JAXA (Japanase Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa launched in their Soyuz TMA-02M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning on June 8th. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)