jsc2018e097309 - Outside the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 58 prime and backup crewmembers raise the flags of Russia, the United States, Canada and Kazakhstan Nov. 21 in a traditional ceremony. Anne McClain of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2017e043852 (April 14, 2017) --- At the Baikonur Cosmodrome Museum in Kazakhstan, Expedition 51 crewmember Jack Fischer of NASA signs a wall mural April 14 during a traditional tour of the facility. Fischer and Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will launch April 20 on the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft for a four and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2019e013422 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Christina Koch of NASA poses for pictures March 10 in front of a display housing memorabilia from the flight of the first woman to fly in space, Valentina Tereshkova, whose historic mission took place in June 1963. Koch, Nick Hague 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...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

12-41-29: At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA undergoes leak and pressure checks on his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit May 16 during a dress rehearsal “fit check”. Wiseman, Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency will launch from Baikonur on May 29, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 38/39 Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio (top) participates in a fit check dress rehearsal October 28 in the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft with his crewmates, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin and Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The trio will launch Nov. 7, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz spacecraft from Baikonur to begin a six-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2018e025551 - At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 55 crewmembers Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos (left), Drew Feustel of NASA (center) and Ricky Arnold of NASA (right) share a game of chess March 15 as part of their pre-launch activities. They will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on a five-month mission to the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2019e013410 - In the Integration Building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 backup crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures in front of the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft March 10 during final pre-launch inspections. They are the backups to the prime crewmembers, Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, 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...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2018e050830 - At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 56 crewmember Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA (left) plants a tree in her name May 29 in traditional pre-launch activities for a first-time flier. Assisting are crewmates Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (center) and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right). Aunon-Chancellor, Prokopyev and Gerst will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2017e101937 (July 22, 2017) --- At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 52-53 Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency (left), Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Randy Bresnik of NASA (right) pose for pictures July 22 in the midst of pre-launch training. The trio will launch July 28 on the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

13-15-15-3: At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (left), Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA (right) pose for pictures in front of the Soyuz booster rocket’s first stage engines May 24 during the final fit check training dress rehearsal. The trio will launch May 29, Kazakh time, on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

13-17-28-3: At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency poses for a picture May 16 in his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit as he enters the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft during a dress rehearsal “fit check”. Gerst, NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman and Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will launch from Baikonur on May 29, Kazakh time, for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Christina Koch of NASA suits up for a Soyuz fit check dress rehearsal Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Koch, Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2017e043080 (April 13, 2017) --- At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 51 prime and backup crewmembers pose for pictures April 13 as part of traditional pre-launch activities. From left to right are backup crewmembers Randy Bresnik of NASA and Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and prime crewmembers Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos and Jack Fischer of NASA. Fischer and Yurchikhin will liftoff April 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft for a four and a half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2017e101936 (July 22, 2017) --- At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 52-53 Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency (left), Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Randy Bresnik of NASA (right) pose for pictures July 22 in the midst of pre-launch training. The trio will launch July 28 on the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

2014-03-14-12-55-32[1] In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 39/40 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA undergoes a pressure check for his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit during a “fit check” dress rehearsal March 14 that is part of the crew’s training. Swanson, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station March 26 (Kazakh time) for the start of a six-month mission. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

In the Integration Building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, backup spaceflight participant Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates (left) and backup Expedition 61 crewmates Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos (center) and Tom Marshburn of NASA (right) pose for pictures Sept. 11 in front of the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft. They are the backups to the prime crew, spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates and Expedition 61 crewmembers Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Jessica Meir of NASA, who will launch Sept. 25 on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2018e084640 - During a tour of the city of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 57 crewmembers Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency paid tribute to Sergei Korolev, the Russian space designer icon Sept. 27 at his statue in traditional pre-launch ceremonies. They are the backups to the prime crew, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA, who will launch Oct. 11 on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2017e100905 (July 18, 2017) --- Expedition 52-53 backup crewmembers Alexander Misurkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, left), Mark Vande Hei of NASA (center) and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA, right) receive a briefing on a model of Soyuz rocket in the space museum in the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan July 18. The three are serving as backups to Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos, Randy Bresnik of NASA and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency, who will launch July 28 on the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

At their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 backup crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) rehearse rendezvous and docking techniques on a laptop computer simulator March 7 as they conduct pre-launch preparations. They are the backups to the prime crewmembers, Christina Koch of NASA, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA, who 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...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

Behind their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 46-47 crewmember Tim Kopra of NASA (left), Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Tim Peake of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures Dec. 9 after a traditional tree-planting ceremony. The trio will launch Dec. 15 on their Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 57 crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (left) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) pose for pictures Oct. 6 in front of the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft. They will launch Oct. 11 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2017e043078 (April 13, 2017) --- At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 51 crewmembers Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, left) and Jack Fischer of NASA (right) pose for pictures after planting a tree in Fischer’s name April 13 as part of traditional pre-launch activities. Fischer and Yurchikhin will liftoff April 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft for a four and a half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

12-21-34: Adorned with the artwork and the colors of the 2014 Winter Olympics to be held in Sochi, Russia, the liquid-fueled boosters on the first stage of the Soyuz rocket that will launch Nov. 7, Kazakh time, to carry Expedition 38/39 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA and Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency into orbit are displayed Nov. 3 prior to the rocket’s rollout to the launch pad Nov. 5. The three crewmembers will be aboard the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft for the launch that will begin their six-month mission on the International Space Station. Launching with them to spend four days on the station is the Olympic torch that will light the flame at the Opening Ceremonies in Sochi Feb. 7, 2014 to begin the winter games. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 46-47 crewmembers Tim Peake of the European Space Agency (left), Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Tim Kopra of NASA (right) pose for pictures Dec. 10 during a final fit check and inspection of the Soyuz spacecraft which will transport them to orbit. Kopra, Peake and Malenchenko will launch Dec. 15 on the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

17-11-28-20-2: (17 Sept. 2014) --- At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 41/42 backup crewmembers Scott Kelly of NASA (left), Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), center, and Gennady Padalka of Roscosmos brush up on rendezvous and docking skills Sept. 17 on a laptop computer simulator. The three are backups to Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos who are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space and the first Russian woman to live and work on the station. Kelly and Kornienko will launch in March 2015 to spend a full year on the station. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

Expedition 49 backup crewmember Mark Vande Hei of NASA takes a photo of a model of a Soyuz rocket on its launch pad in a local museum Sept. 10 during a tour of the city of Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Vande Hei and two Russian cosmonauts from Roscosmos are serving as backups to Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, who will launch on Sept. 24, Kazakh time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-02 vehicle for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

17-12-17-17-2: (17 Sept. 2014) --- At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 41 Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA takes a turn in a spinning chair to test his vestibular system Sept. 17 as he and his crewmates prepare for their upcoming launch. Wilmore, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space and the first Russian woman to live and work on the station. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

In the Integration Building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 61 crewmember Jessica Meir of NASA suits up Sept. 11 for a fit check aboard the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft. Meir, Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates and Expedition 61 crewmember Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos will launch Sept. 25 on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

Behind their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 38/39 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (left), Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA (center) and Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin (right) pose for pictures Nov. 1 after Mastracchio planted a tree in his name in a ceremonial pre-flight tradition. The trio is preparing for its launch Nov. 7, Kazakh time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft to begin a six-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2018e097323 - At the Baikonur Museum in the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 58 backup crewmembers Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (second from left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (second from right) and Drew Morgan of NASA (far right) enjoy a traditional Kazakh tea ceremony dressed in native attire Nov. 21 as part of pre-launch activities. They are backups to Anne McClain of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, who will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Christina Koch of NASA undergoes a Sokol launch suit pressure check Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Koch, Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

13-07-37-5: At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA gets in some exercise May 21 during pre-launch medical tests. Wiseman, Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency will launch on May 29, Kazakh time, on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

15-15-24-35: Keeping with tradition, the Expedition 40/41 crew affixes the stickers bearing their crew insignias to the cabin of the plane that carried them May 15 to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training. Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (left), Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman (right) will launch May 29, Kazakh time, in their Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft from Baikonur for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2017e101932 (July 22, 2017) --- At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 52-53 Flight Engineer Randy Bresnik (right) pitches in with a shovel full of dirt July 22 and he and his crewmates, Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, left) and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency (center) plant a tree in Bresnik’s name in traditional pre-launch ceremonies. The trio will launch July 28 on the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2017e100904 (July 18, 2017) --- Expedition 52-53 backup crewmembers Alexander Misurkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, left), Mark Vande Hei of NASA (second from left) and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA, second from right) receive a briefing on some of the artifacts in the space museum in the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan July 18. The three are serving as backups to Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos, Randy Bresnik of NASA and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency, who will launch July 28 on the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

JSC2008-E-032795 (8 April 2008) --- At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 17 Commander Sergei Volkov (center), Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko (right) and South Korean spaceflight participant So-yeon Yi bid farewell to well wishers April 8, 2008 prior to heading to the launch pad for their liftoff on the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Volkov and Kononenko will spend six months on the station, while Yi will spend nine days on the complex under a commercial agreement between South Korea and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: NASA /Victor Zelentsov

jsc2017e040340 (April 7, 2017) --- At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 51 prime and backup crewmembers raise the flags of Russia, the U.S. and Kazakhstan in traditional ceremonies April 7 as part of their pre-launch activities. From left to right are prime crewmember Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) raising the Russian flag, backup crewmember Randy Bresnik of NASA joining prime crewmember Jack Fischer of NASA to raise the American flag and backup crewmember Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos raising the Kazakh flag. Yurchikhin and Fischer will launch April 20 on the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a four and a half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2019e052902 - At their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the prime and backup crewmembers for the next launch to the International Space Station raise the flags of Russia, the United States, the United Arab Emirates and Kazakhstan Sept. 12 in a traditional ceremony. Expedition 61 crewmembers Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Jessica Meir of NASA and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates will launch Sept. 25 on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

2014-09-18-11-51-19 At the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft stands ready for its encapsulation in the upper stage of the Soyuz booster rocket Sept. 18 that will propel it into orbit. The Soyuz will arrive at its launch pad on Sept. 23 for final pre-launch preparations. Expedition 41/42 Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos will launch aboard the Soyuz Sept. 26, Kazakh time, to begin a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space and the first Russian woman to live and work on the station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

The Expedition 38/39 backup crewmembers pose for pictures in front of a statue of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to fly in space, during a tour of the city of Baikonur, Kazakhstan October 27. Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (left), Max Suraev (center) and Reid Wiseman of NASA (right) are understudies to the prime crew, Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin and Rick Mastracchio of NASA, who will launch Nov. 7, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft from Baikonur to begin a six-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2018e097768 - At his Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 58 crewmember David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency tries his hand at a game of billiards Nov. 27 during free time from pre-launch training. Saint-Jacques, Anne McClain of NASA and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

12-20-55: Adorned with the artwork and the colors of the 2014 Winter Olympics to be held in Sochi, Russia, the liquid-fueled boosters on the first stage of the Soyuz rocket that will launch Nov. 7, Kazakh time, to carry Expedition 38/39 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA and Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency into orbit are displayed Nov. 3 prior to the rocket’s rollout to the launch pad Nov. 5. The three crewmembers will be aboard the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft for the launch that will begin their six-month mission on the International Space Station. Launching with them to spend four days on the station is the Olympic torch that will light the flame at the Opening Ceremonies in Sochi Feb. 7, 2014 to begin the winter games. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

Expedition 59 backup crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) meet with Russian officials Feb. 26 after arriving at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training following a flight from their training base in Star City, Russia. They are the backups to the prime crew, Nick Hague of NASA, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, who will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

13-13-48-36-2: (13 Sept. 2014) --- At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 41/42 Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA (background) participates in practice procedures in the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft Sept. 13 with his crewmates during the first of two “fit check” dress rehearsal activities. Flight Engineer Elena Serova of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) is seen in the foreground running through a test of Soyuz systems. Wilmore, Serova and Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of Roscosmos (hidden from view) will launch on Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz to begin a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

Expedition 38/39 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (left), Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA (center) and Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin (right) acknowledge the cheers of well-wishers on hand to greet them at the airport in Baikonur, Kazakhstan October 26 after they arrived on a flight from their training base in Star City, Russia for final pre-launch preparations. Mastracchio, Wakata and Tyurin will launch Nov. 7, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft from Baikonur to begin a six-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2018e050003 - In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 56 crewmember Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA poses for pictures May 20 as she prepares to board the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for the first fit check dress rehearsal activities. Aunon-Chancellor, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency will launch June 6 on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from Baikonur for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

12-15-05: In front of the statue of Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space, in the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 40/41 backup crewmembers Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (left), Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Terry Virts of NASA (right) mimic Gagarin’s pose during a photo opportunity May 17. The trio is backing up the prime crew, Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman, who will launch from Baikonur on May 29, Kazakh time, for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2018e025588 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 55 crewmember Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos (center) holds a toy bear March 16 during Soyuz final fit check activities. The toy is one of several “zero gravity” mascots that will hang over the crew’s heads in the Soyuz during the vehicle’s ascent to orbit. Flanking Artemyev are his crewmates, Ricky Arnold of NASA (left) and Drew Feustel of NASA (right), who will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2018e010868 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 55 crewmember Drew Feustel of NASA undergoes a leak check March 5 in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit as part of the crew’s first vehicle fit check activities. Feustel, Ricky Arnold of NASA and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos will launch March 21 in the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft from Baikonur for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2018e097321 - At the Baikonur Museum in the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 58 backup crewmember Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency signs a wall mural Nov. 21 in a traditional pre-launch activity. He is one of the backups to Anne McClain of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, who will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

At their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) rehearse rendezvous and docking techniques on a laptop computer simulator March 7 as they prepare for launch. They 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...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

13-26-08: In the Baikonur Cosmodrome Museum in Kazakhstan, Expedition 39/40 Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos; left), Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA (right) hold a banner bearing the insignia of their Soyuz crew patch March 21 during traditional ceremonies. Swanson, Skvortsov and Artemyev are wrapping up training for their launch to the station March 26, Kazakh time, Swanson, Skvortsov and Artemyev are wrapping up training for their launch to the station March 26, Kazakh time, on the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the orbital laboratory. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

At their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 49 prime and backup crewmembers participate in a traditional ceremony Sept. 10 to raise the flags of the U.S., Russia and Kazakhstan. Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos will launch on Sept. 24, Kazakh time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-02 vehicle for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Expedition 59 crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) share a playful moment with their Sokol launch and entry suits Feb. 27 after completing the first of two Soyuz spacecraft fit checks during pre-launch training. They will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

The Expedition 38/39 backup crewmembers lay flowers in front of a statue of Sergei Korolev, the Russian space icon who supervised Yuri Gagarin’s launch in 1961 to become the first human to fly in space, during a tour of the city of Baikonur, Kazakhstan October 27. Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (left), Max Suraev (center) and Reid Wiseman of NASA (right) are understudies to the prime crew, Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin and Rick Mastracchio of NASA, who will launch Nov. 7, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft from Baikonur to begin a six-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2018e050819 - At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 56 backup crewmembers Anne McClain of NASA (left), Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (center) and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (right) review training documents with a Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center instructor May 29 as they prepare for the upcoming launch of the prime crewmembers, Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, who will launch June 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

Expedition 39/40 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos; center) and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos (right) step off their plane after arriving at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 13 following a flight from their training base in Star City, Russia. Swanson, Artemyev and Skvortsov are preparing for their launch to the International Space Station March 26, Kazakh time, in their Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft for a six-month mission. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

15-02-29: At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 40/41 backup Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency suits up in her Russian Sokol launch and entry suit May 16 for a dress rehearsal “fit check” in the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft. Cristoforetti, NASA’s Terry Virts and Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) are the backups to Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman and Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), who will launch from Baikonur on May 29, Kazakh time, for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2017e095965 (July 16, 2017) --- Expedition 52-53 backup crewmembers Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA, far left), Alexander Misurkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, left and center) and Mark Vande Hei of NASA (left and right) are greeted by Russian space officials after their arrival at their launch site in Baikonur, Kazakhstan July 16 following a flight from their training base in Star City, Russia. The prime crew, Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos, Randy Bresnik of NASA and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency will launch July 28 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2019e052741 - Aboard a Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center aircraft, Expedition 61 crewmembers Jessica Meir of NASA (left) and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos (right) and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Amansoori of the United Arab Emirates (center) point to stickers bearing their mission's insignias Sept. 10 as they flew from their training base in Star City, Russia to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They will launch on Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2018e050020 - At the Baikonur Museum in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 56 backup crewmembers Anne McClain of NASA (left), Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (center) and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (right) are shown a model of the Baikonur Cosmodrome Soyuz launch pad and rocket during a tour of the museum May 21 as part of traditional pre-launch activities. They are the backups to the prime crew, Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, who will launch June 6 on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from Baikonur for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2018e097763 - At their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 58 backup crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) review flight procedures with a training instructor Nov. 27 as part of their pre-launch training. They are the backups to Anne McClain of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency who will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

14-05-41-5: At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA (front row, left), Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, front center) and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (front right) take a stroll down the Walk of Cosmonauts May 21 as part of their traditional pre-launch training ceremonies. Behind Wiseman is backup crewmember Terry Virts of NASA. Wiseman, Suraev and Gerst will launch on May 29, Kazakh time, on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2018e097300 - In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 58 crewmembers Anne McClain of NASA (left), Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (center) and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (right) pose for pictures Nov. 20 in front of their Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft during a vehicle fit check. They will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

17-14-11-48: (17 Sept. 2014) --- Expedition 41/42 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), left; Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos (center) and NASA Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore enjoy a moment of relaxation at a gazebo adjacent to their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan Sept. 17. The trio will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space and the first Russian woman to live and work on the station. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2018e097319 - At the Baikonur Museum in the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 58 backup crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) examine a model of a Soyuz rocket on the launch pad Nov. 21 in traditional pre-launch activities. They are backups to Anne McClain of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, who will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

2014-03-14-12-43-15[1] In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 39/40 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA (right) shares a word with crewmate and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) during a “fit check” dress rehearsal March 14 that is part of the crew’s final training. Swanson, Artemyev and Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station March 26 (Kazakh time) for the start of a six-month mission. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

13-11-08-2: In the history museum at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 40/41 backup crewmembers Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (right) learn about the now-defunct Russian Buran space shuttle during a tour of the facility May 17. Shkaplerov, Cristoforetti and Terry Virts of NASA are backing up the prime crew, Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman, who will launch from Baikonur on May 29, Kazakh time, for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

14-13-43: At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right) reflects on the planting of a tree bearing his name May 21 in traditional pre-launch ceremonies. Assisting Gerst are Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, left) and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA (center). Wiseman, Suraev and Gerst will launch on May 29, Kazakh time, on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

14-12-25-35: (14 Sept. 2014) --- The Expedition 41/42 backup crewmembers pose for pictures in front of the statue of Russian space icon Sergei Korolev during a tour of Baikonur, Kazakhstan Sept. 14. From left to right are Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Gennady Padalka of Roscosmos and Scott Kelly of NASA. Kelly and Kornienko will launch from Baikonur in March 2015 to spend a full year on the International Space Station. They are backups to Barry Wilmore of NASA, Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Elena Serova of Roscosmos. Wilmore, Samokutyaev and Serova will launch on Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft to begin a 5 ½ month mission on the station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

At the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 49 crewmember Shane Kimbrough of NASA suits up Sept. 9 for a pre-launch training fit check. Kimbrough and Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos will launch Sept. 24, Kazakh time on the Soyuz MS-02 vehicle for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2018e097285 - In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 58 crewmembers Anne McClain of NASA (left), Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (center) and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (right) pose for pictures Nov. 20 in front of their Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft during a vehicle fit check. They will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2018e097312 - Outside the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 58 prime and backup crewmembers attend a flag-raising ceremony Nov. 21, part of their traditional pre-launch activities. From left to right are backup crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA, Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and prime crewmembers Anne McClain of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency. McClain, Kononenko and Saint-Jacques will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2018e097322 - At the Baikonur Museum in the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 58 backup crewmember Drew Morgan of NASA signs a wall mural Nov. 21 in a traditional pre-launch activity. He is one of the backups to Anne McClain of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, who will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2018e097298 - In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 58 crewmembers Anne McClain of NASA (front row, left), Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (front row, center) and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (front row, right) pose for pictures Nov. 20 during their vehicle fit check activities. Behind them are their backups, Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right). McClain, Kononenko and Saint-Jacques will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

2014-03-15-11-03-34-4[1] At their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 39/40 crewmembers raise the flags of Russia, the United States and Kazakhstan March 15 in traditional ceremonies that are part of the crew’s training. From left to right are Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA, and backup crewmembers Alexander Samokutyaev and Elena Serova of Roscosmos. Swanson, Skvortsov and Artemyev are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station March 26 (Kazakh time) for the start of a six-month mission. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 59 prime and backup crewmembers pose for pictures March 7 as part of their pre-launch activities. From left to right are the prime crewmembers, Nick Hague of NASA, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Christina Koch of NASA and the backup crewmembers, Drew Morgan of NASA, Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency. Hague, Ovchinin and Koch 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...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2017e100901 (July 18, 2017) --- Expedition 52-53 backup crewmembers Mark Vande Hei of NASA (left), Alexander Misurkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA, right) watch as an amateur rocket takes flight by the statue of Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space, in the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan July 18 during traditional pre-launch ceremonies. They are serving as backups to Randy Bresnik of NASA, Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency, who will launch July 28 on the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

17-11-13-47-2: (17 Sept. 2014) --- At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 41/42 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), right, brushes up on docking skills on a laptop computer simulator Sept. 17 as pre-launch preparations continue for the crew. Looking on are NASA Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore (left) and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos. The trio will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space and the first Russian woman to live and work on the station. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2017e100902 (July 18, 2017) --- Expedition 52-53 backup crewmembers Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA, left), Alexander Misurkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Mark Vande Hei of NASA (right) pay tribute at the statue of Russian space designer Mikhail Ryazanskiy in the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan July 18. The statue honors Ryazanskiy, who was the grandfather of prime crewmember Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos. The three are serving as backups to Ryazanskiy, Randy Bresnik of NASA and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency, who will launch July 28 on the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2018e010870 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 55 crewmembers Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos (left) and Drew Feustel of NASA (right) wave to photographers March 5 during the crew’s first vehicle fit check activities. Along with Ricky Arnold of NASA, they will launch March 21 in the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft from Baikonur for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2017e040345 (April 7, 2017) --- In Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 51 backup crewmembers Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, left) and Randy Bresnik of NASA pay tribute at the statue of Sergey Korolev, the iconic Russian space designer, during traditional pre-launch ceremonies April 7. They are serving as backups to Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos and Jack Fischer of NASA, who will launch April 20 on the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a four and a half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

14-12-50-36-2: (14 Sept. 2014) --- Expedition 41/42 backup crewmembers Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, left), Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos (center) and NASA’s Scott Kelly (right) take a look at a model of a Soyuz rocket during a tour of a space museum in Baikonur, Kazakhstan Sept. 14. Kelly and Kornienko will launch from Baikonur in March 2015 to spend a full year on the International Space Station. They are backups to Barry Wilmore of NASA, Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Elena Serova of Roscosmos. Wilmore, Samokutyaev and Serova will launch on Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft to begin a 5 ½ month mission on the station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2018e051936 - Outside the Korolev Museum at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 56 prime and backup crewmembers walk to a flight article of a Russian Buran space shuttle May 31 that is on display at the launch site as part of their pre-launch activities. Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency will launch June 6 in the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. ..NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome Museum in Kazakhstan, Expedition 57 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA signs a mural Oct. 6 as part of traditional pre-launch activities. Hague and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch Oct. 11 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

13-12-18-49: (13 Sept. 2014) --- At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 41/42 Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA suits up in his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit Sept. 13 during the first of two “fit check” dress rehearsal activities. Wilmore, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos will launch on Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft to begin a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2018e084487 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 57 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA flashes a thumbs up sign in his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit Sept. 26 during pre-launch training activities. Hague and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch Oct. 11 in the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

2014-09-18-12-46-56 At the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft awaits its encapsulation in the upper stage of the Soyuz booster rocket Sept. 18 that will propel it into orbit. The Soyuz will arrive at its launch pad on Sept. 23 for final pre-launch preparations. Expedition 41/42 Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos will launch aboard the Soyuz Sept. 26, Kazakh time, to begin a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space and the first Russian woman to live and work on the station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2018e049987 - Expedition 56 crewmembers Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA (left), Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (center) and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (right) report to Russian space officials May 19 after arriving at their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan May 19 following a flight from their training base in Star City, Russia. They will launch June 6 on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

2014-09-21-10-36-51-4 In the Baikonur Cosmodrome Integration Facility in Kazakhstan, Expedition 41/42 Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA poses for pictures Sept. 21 as he enters the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft for a final inspection. Wilmore, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos will launch on Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz to begin a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space and the first to live and work on the station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

The Expedition 49 backup crewmembers pose for pictures Sept. 10 in front of a statue of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to fly in space, during a tour of the city of Baikonur, Kazakhstan. They are serving as backups to Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, who will launch on Sept. 24, Kazakh time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-02 vehicle for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2018e084490 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 57 crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (left) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) pose for pictures in their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits Sept. 26 as part of pre-launch training activities. They will launch Oct. 11 in the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2018e025548 - At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 55 crewmembers Ricky Arnold of NASA (left), Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos (center) and Drew Feustel of NASA (right) practice rendezvous techniques on a laptop computer simulator March 15 as part of their pre-launch activities. They will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on a five-month mission to the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2019e052907 - At the Baikonur Museum in the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the backup crewmembers for the next launch to the International Space Station discuss the workings of a Soyuz launch pad Sept. 12 with a museum official during a traditional pre-launch tour. Spaceflight participant Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates (left), Tom Marshburn of NASA (center) and Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos (right) are the backups to the prime Expedition 61 crew, Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Jessica Meir of NASA and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, who will launch Sept. 25 on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

During a break from training, the Expedition 46-47 prime and backup crewmembers toured the Korolev Museum at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Dec. 10 and listened to museum curators discuss past Russian space memorabilia. From left to right are prime crewmember Tim Kopra of NASA, backup crewmember Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, prime crewmember Tim Peake of the European Space Agency, backup crewmember Kate Rubins of NASA, prime crewmember Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and backup crewmember Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos. Kopra, Peake and Malenchenko will launch Dec. 15 on the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

12-16-03-37-2: Expedition 41/42 Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos (all on the left) are greeted by Russian space officials after arriving at the launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Sept. 12 for final pre-launch training. The trio will launch from Baikonur on Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in their Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

13-04-55-2: At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA gets in some exercise May 21 during pre-launch medical tests. Wiseman, Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency will launch on May 29, Kazakh time, on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2018e097767 - At their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 58 backup crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) rehearse rendezvous procedures on a laptop computer Nov. 27 as part of their pre-launch training. They are the backups to Anne McClain of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency who will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2019e052906 - In the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the backup crewmembers for the next launch to the International Space Station pose for pictures Sept. 12 in front of a statue of Sergei Korolev, the Russian great designer, as part of traditional pre-launch activities. Tom Marshburn of NASA (left), Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos (center) and spaceflight participant Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates are the backups to the prime Expedition 61 crew, Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Jessica Meir of NASA and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, who will launch Sept. 25 on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

In the Integration Building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates (left) and Expedition 61 crewmates Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos (center) and Jessica Meir of NASA (right) pose for pictures Sept. 11 in front of their Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft. They will launch Sept. 25 on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov