Head of the Search-and-Rescue Department of Rosaviatsiya (Russian Federal Agency for Air Transport) Andrey Aleksandrovich, is seen at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, at a meeting to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 73 NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, and Alexey Zubritsky. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Head of the Search-and-Rescue Department of Rosaviatsiya (Russian Federal Agency for Air Transport) Andrey Aleksandrovich, conducts a meeting with NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Friday, April 18, 2025. Teams discussed the readiness for the landing of Expedition 72 NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Head of the Search-and-Rescue Department of Rosaviatsiya (Russian Federal Agency for Air Transport) Andrey Aleksandrovich, is seen at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, at a meeting to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 73 NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, and Alexey Zubritsky. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Head of the Search-and-Rescue Department of Rosaviatsiya (Russian Federal Agency for Air Transport) Andrey Aleksandrovich, left, and NASA International Space Station deputy program manager Dina Contella, are seen at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 73 NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, and Alexey Zubritsky. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)