jsc2023e052795 (April 20, 2023) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Soyuz MS-26 Commander Alexey Ovchinin poses for a crew portrait at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Credit: GCTC/Andrey Shelepin

jsc2019e004063 (Feb. 20, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew member Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos signs in for the second day of final pre-launch qualification exams Feb. 20 as his crewmate, Nick Hague of NASA looks on. Ovchinin, Hague and Christina Koch of NASA will launch March 14, U.S. time, in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e004060 (Feb. 20, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew member Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos is seen inside a Soyuz spacecraft simulator Feb. 20 during the second day of final pre-launch qualification exams. Ovchinin and crewmates Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA will launch March 14, U.S. time, in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

iss072e143497 (Nov. 3, 2024) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin gives a thumbs up inside the Internationla Space Station's Harmony module.

iss072e645859 (Feb. 21, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin is pictured inside the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station's Rassvet module. Ovchinin was participating in a regularly scheduled seat fit check.

iss072e742442 (March 1, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin is pictured at work inside the International Space Station's Zvezda service module.

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin is seen during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 72 crew to the International Space Station, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft on September 11. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin is seen in quarantine, behind glass, during a press conference, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024 a the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft on September 11. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin is seen in quarantine, behind glass, during a press conference, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024 a the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft on September 11. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin walks to the Soyuz rocket for boarding, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of Ovchinin along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Ivan Vagner and NASA astronaut Don Pettit will send the trio on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as he and fellow crew mates, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, and NASA astronaut Don Pettit, prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 72 crew members, in quarantine behind glass: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, and backup crew members Alexey Zubritskiy, Sergey Ryzhikov, both of Roscosmos, and Jonny Kim of NASA, right, are seen in quarantine, behind glass, during a press conference, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024 a the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner, are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft on September 11. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 72 crew members, in quarantine behind glass: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, and backup crew members Alexey Zubritskiy, Sergey Ryzhikov, both of Roscosmos, and Jonny Kim of NASA, right, are seen in quarantine, behind glass, during a press conference, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024 a the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner, are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft on September 11. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin is seen outside the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft after he landed with Roscosmos cosmonaut Ivan Vagner, and NASA astronaut Don Pettit in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday, April 20, 2025, (April 19 Eastern). The trio returned 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)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin is seen outside the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft after he landed with Roscosmos cosmonaut Ivan Vagner, and NASA astronaut Don Pettit in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday, April 20, 2025, (April 19 Eastern). The trio returned 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 57 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos stands during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 57 to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ovchinin and Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA are scheduled to launch on October 11 and will spend the next six months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Don Pettit signs a mural at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing for suit-up and launch on a Soyuz rocket with fellow crew mates, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Pettit, Ovchinin, Vagner, on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 60 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos attends a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Expedition 60 crewmembers Ovchinin and Nick Hague of NASA are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Officials, family and friends welcome home visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, left, and Expedition 60 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 in Star City, Russia. Ovchinin returned after 203 days in space with NASA astronaut Nick Hague where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 59 astronaut Christina Koch of NASA, left, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, center, and Nick Hague of NASA are seen as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel ahead of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 14, 2019 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

jsc2018e085897 (Oct. 3, 2018) --- Expedition 57 crew member Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos plays a game of billiards as part of the traditional pre-launch activities, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ovchinin and Nick Hague of NASA are scheduled to launch on Oct. 11 onboard the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin waves from a bus as he and fellow crew mates, Roscosmos cosmonaut Ivan Vagner, and NASA astronaut Don Pettit, depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin signs a mural at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing for suit-up and launch on a Soyuz rocket with fellow crew mates, Roscosmos cosmonaut Ivan Vagner, and NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Pettit, Ovchinin, Vagner, on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Officials, family and friends welcome home visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, left, and Expedition 60 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 in Star City, Russia. Ovchinin returned after 203 days in space with NASA astronaut Nick Hague where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 59 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos dons his Sokol suit prior to his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA, Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

Expedition 59 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos dons his Sokol suit prior to his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA, Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

Expedition 59 crewmemebrs, Christina Koch of NASA, left, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, center, and Nick Hague of NASA wave farewell as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel ahead of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 14, 2019 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

\Expedition 60 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos is welcomed home by his daughter, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 in Star City, Russia. Ovchinin returned after 203 days in space with NASA astronaut Nick Hague where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Also returning was Hazzaa Ali Almansoori who logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 59 astronaut Christina Koch of NASA, left, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, center, and Nick Hague of NASA are seen as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel ahead of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 14, 2019 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

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

Expedition 59 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, reclined left, Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA, right, have their Sokol suits pressure checked prior to launch on a Soyuz rocket, Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, and Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA, right. embrace their families after landing at the Krayniy Airport, Thursday, Oct.11, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague and Ovchinin arrived from Zhezkazgan after Russian Search and Rescue teams brought them from the Soyuz landing site. During the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft's climb to orbit, an anomaly occurred, resulting in an abort downrange. The crew was quickly recovered and is in good condition. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 59 crewmemebrs, Christina Koch of NASA, left, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, center, and Nick Hague of NASA wave farewell as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel ahead of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 14, 2019 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 59 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos has his Sokol suit pressure checked a few hours ahead of his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA, Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

Expedition 59 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos waves farewell to family and friends as the bus carrying him and fellow crewmembers Christina Koch and Nick Hague of NASA departs the Cosmonaut Hotel ahead of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 14, 2019 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2018e085898 (Oct. 3, 2018) --- Expedition 57 crew members Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, and Nick Hague of NASA, right, play a game of ping-pong as part of the traditional pre-launch activities, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ovchinin and Hague are scheduled to launch on Oct. 11 onboard the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 59 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos gives remarks during a press conference, Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ovchinin and NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Nick Hague will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 59 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos talks with family and mission management prior to his launch with Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA, Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

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

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin receives the traditional blessing at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing for suit-up and launch on a Soyuz rocket with fellow crew mates, Roscosmos cosmonaut Ivan Vagner, and NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 59 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos has his Sokol suit pressure checked a few hours ahead of his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA, Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos answers questions during a press conference, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ovchinin and Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA are scheduled to launch on October 11 and will spend the next six months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 59 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos is blessed by a Russian Orthodox Priest in the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing for launch on a Soyuz rocket with Nick Hague, and Christina Koch of NASA, Thursday, March 14, 2019 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2018e085908 (Oct. 3, 2018) --- Expedition 57 prime crew members Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, and Nick Hague of NASA, right, pose for pictures in front of a model of a Soyuz rocket, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018 at the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ovchinin and Hague are scheduled to launch on Oct. 11 onboard the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 57 prime crew members Nick Hague, left, Alexey Ovchinin are seen during a press conference, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague and Ovchinin are scheduled to launch on October 11 and will spend the next six months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 59 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos gets his hair cut, Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ovchinin and fellow Expedition 59 crewmembers Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 60 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos attends a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Expedition 60 crewmembers Ovchinin and Nick Hague of NASA are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 59 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos signs a door in the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing for launch on a Soyuz rocket with Nick Hague, and Christina Koch of NASA, Thursday, March 14, 2019 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA, left, and Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos pose for a photo following a crew press conference, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague and Ovchinin are scheduled to launch on October 11 and will spend the next six months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 59 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos gets his hair cut, Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ovchinin and fellow Expedition 59 crewmembers Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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

Expedition 59 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos prepares to have his Sokol suit pressure checked a few hours ahead of his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA, Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 59 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos has his Sokol suit pressure checked a few hours ahead of his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA, Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2018e085902 (Oct. 3, 2018) --- Expedition 57 crew members Nick Hague of NASA, left, and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, right, conduct tests of their vestibular systems on tilt tables, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague and Ovchinin are scheduled to launch on Oct. 11 onboard the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 57 prime crew members Nick Hague, left, Alexey Ovchinin are seen during a press conference, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague and Ovchinin are scheduled to launch on October 11 and will spend the next six months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 60 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos attends a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Expedition 60 crewmembers Ovchinin and Nick Hague of NASA are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 59 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos gets his hair cut, Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ovchinin and fellow Expedition 59 crewmembers Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2018e085903 (Oct. 3, 2018) --- Expedition 57 crew member Nick Hague of NASA, left, plants a tree in his name as part of the traditional pre-launch activities for a first-time flier with help from crewmate Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague and Ovchinin are scheduled to launch on Oct. 11 onboard the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 59 astronaut Nick Hague of NASA, left, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, center, and Christina Koch of NASA wave farewell to friends and family as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel ahead of their launch on a Soyuz rocket, Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

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

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, is welcomed by Russian Orthodox Priest, Father Sergei, after Ovchinin landed at the Krayniy Airport with Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague and Ovchinin arrived from Zhezkazgan after Russian Search and Rescue teams brought them from the Soyuz landing site. During the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft's climb to orbit, an anomaly occurred, resulting in an abort downrange. The crew was quickly recovered and is in good condition. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

iss072e742446 (March 1, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonauts (from left) Ivan Vagner and Alexey Ovchinin, both Expedition 72 flight engineers, are pictured at the controls of the telerobotically operated rendezvus unit, or TORU, located inside the International Space Station's Zvezda service module. The cosmonauts were monitoring the automated approach and docking of the Progress 91 cargo craft carrying nearly three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the orbital residents. The TORU would be used to remotely control an approaching spacecraft, if necessary, though unlikely.

iss072e397366 (Dec. 19, 2024) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin is maneuvered using the European robotic arm during a seven-hour and 17-minute spacewalk. He and fellow Flight Engineer Ivan Vagner (not pictured) partnered together in the vacuum of space on Dec.19 installing a celestial X-ray experiment and removng other scientific hardware on the exterior of the International Space Station. The waning gibbous Moon is at lower right as the orbital outpost soared 262 miles above the Pacific Ocean.

iss072e397516 (Dec. 19, 2024) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin is maneuvered using the European robotic arm during a seven-hour and 17-minute spacewalk. He and fellow Flight Engineer Ivan Vagner (not pictured) partnered together in the vacuum of space on Dec.19 installing a celestial X-ray experiment and removng other scientific hardware on the exterior of the International Space Station.

iss072e397475 (Dec. 19, 2024) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin is maneuvered using the European robotic arm during a seven-hour and 17-minute spacewalk. He and fellow Flight Engineer Ivan Vagner (not pictured) partnered together in the vacuum of space on Dec.19 installing a celestial X-ray experiment and removng other scientific hardware on the exterior of the International Space Station.

jsc2018e085904 (Oct. 3, 2018) --- Expedition 57 crew members Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, and Nick Hauge of NASA, right, pose for a picture after Hague planted a tree bearing his name as part of the traditional pre-launch activities for first-time flieers, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague and Ovchinin are scheduled to launch on Oct. 11 onboard the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Girls in ceremonial Kazakhstan attire, and a local young man in a space outfit, welcome the return of Expedition 60 crew members Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, along with visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates at a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 60 crewmember Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos is seen outside the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft after he landed with fellow Expedition 60 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA and visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 60 crewmember Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos is carried to a medical tent shortly after he and fellow crewmember Nick Hague of NASA, and visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates landed in their Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, right, wave as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 59 crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA, talk with family and mission management prior to their launch, Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, right, receive the traditional blessing at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing for suit-up and launch on a Soyuz rocket, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 59 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, and Christina Koch of NASA smile and wave to family while getting their Sokol suit pressure checked prior to launch on a Soyuz rocket with Nick Hague of NASA, Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crew mates, NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Ivan Vagner, prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 59 crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA, talk with family and mission management prior to their launch, Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 59 crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA, left, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, and Nick Hague of NASA, right, talk with family and mission management prior to their launch, Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

jsc2018e085891 (Oct. 3, 2018) --- Expedition 57 crew members Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, and Nick Hague of NASA, right, conduct rendezvous and docking procedures on a laptop training simulator as part of their pre-launch preparations, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ovchinin and Hague are scheduled to launch on Oct. 11 onboard the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, left, and NASA astronaut Don Pettit, are seen as they prepare to have their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked as they and fellow crew mate, Roscosmos cosmonaut Ivan Vagner, prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, right, wave as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 59 crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA, left, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, and Nick Hague of NASA, right, talk with family and mission management prior to their launch, Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

Expedition 59 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, and Nick Hague of NASA don their Sokol suits prior to their launch on a Soyuz rocket with Christina Koch of NASA, Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

Expedition 59 astronaut Christina Koch of NASA, left, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, and Nick Hague of NASA, right, wave farewell to family and friends as they head to the launch pad, Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 59 prime crew members Christina Koch of NASA, left, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscsmos, and Nick Hague of NASA, right, answer questions during a press conference, Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 59 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, reclined left, Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA, right, have their Sokol suits pressure checked prior to launch on a Soyuz rocket, Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2018e085897 (Oct. 3, 2018) --- Expedition 57 crew members Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, and Nick Hague of NASA, right, review training documents with a Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center instructor as they prepare for their upcoming launch, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ovchinin and Hague are scheduled to launch on Oct. 11 onboard the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 59 crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA, talk with family and mission management prior to their launch, Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin waits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as he and fellow crew mates, Roscosmos cosmonaut Ivan Vagner, and NASA astronaut Don Pettit, prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos rest in a chair outside the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft a few moments after he and NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016(Kazakh time). Williams, Ovchinin, and Skripochka are returning after 172 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 47 and 48 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 59 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, and Nick Hague of NASA don their Sokol suits prior to their launch on a Soyuz rocket with Christina Koch of NASA, Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin waves as he prepares to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as he and fellow crew mates, NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Ivan Vagner, prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, left, and Expedition 60 crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA, right, attend a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 59 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, reclined left, Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA, right, have their Sokol suits pressure checked prior to launch on a Soyuz rocket, Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2018e085890 (Oct. 3, 2018) --- Expedition 57 crew members Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, and Nick Hague of NASA, right, conduct rendezvous and docking procedures on a laptop training simulator as part of their pre-launch preparations, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ovchinin and Hague are scheduled to launch on Oct. 11 onboard the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 59 crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA, talk with family and mission management prior to their launch, Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos dons his Sokol suit ahead of his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. During the Soyuz spacecraft's climb to orbit, an anomaly occurred, resulting in an abort downrange. The crew was quickly recovered and is in good condition. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, and Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA wave farewell outside the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing for launch on a Soyuz rocket, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. During the Soyuz spacecraft's climb to orbit, an anomaly occurred, resulting in an abort downrange. The crew was quickly recovered and is in good condition. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, and Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA wave farewell from a bus outside the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing for launch on a Soyuz rocket, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. During the Soyuz spacecraft's climb to orbit, an anomaly occurred, resulting in an abort downrange. The crew was quickly recovered and is in good condition. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, and Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA, are seen as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. During the Soyuz spacecraft's climb to orbit, an anomaly occurred, resulting in an abort downrange. The crew was quickly recovered and is in good condition. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos gives a thumbs up after having his Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. During the Soyuz spacecraft's climb to orbit, an anomaly occurred, resulting in an abort downrange. The crew was quickly recovered and is in good condition. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos talks to his family after having his Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. During the Soyuz spacecraft's climb to orbit, an anomaly occurred, resulting in an abort downrange. The crew was quickly recovered and is in good condition. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)