Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina trains for NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California.
Roscosmos Cosmonaut Anna Kikina smiles during a training inside the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility to prepare for her upcoming journey to the International Space Station as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission. Credit: NASA/James Blair
Cosmonaut Anna Kikina sits in a mockup of the spacecraft that will take NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station during a training at SpaceX in Hawthorne, Claifornia.
Cosmonaut Anna Kikina poses for a portrait before her launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
A SpaceX suit bears the name of cosmonaut Anna Kikina and a Russian flag. Kikina is a crewmember of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station.
Cosmonaut Anna Kikina looks on while wearing a SpaceX launch and entry suit during a training in Hawthorne, California before her launch as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station.
jsc2025e074923 (September 16, 2025) --- Anna Menon was selected by NASA to join the 2025 astronaut candidate class. She reported for duty in September 2025. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford
jsc2025e074925 (September 16, 2025) --- Anna Menon was selected by NASA to join the 2025 astronaut candidate class. She reported for duty in September 2025. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford
jsc2025e074924 (September 16, 2025) --- Anna Menon was selected by NASA to join the 2025 astronaut candidate class. She reported for duty in September 2025. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford
jsc2025e074926 (September 16, 2025) --- Anna Menon was selected by NASA to join the 2025 astronaut candidate class. She reported for duty in September 2025. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford
jsc2025e074928 (September 16, 2025) --- Anna Menon was selected by NASA to join the 2025 astronaut candidate class. She reported for duty in September 2025. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford
jsc2025e074927 (September 16, 2025) --- Anna Menon was selected by NASA to join the 2025 astronaut candidate class. She reported for duty in September 2025. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford
jsc2025e076359 (09/22/2025) --- NASA announced its 2025 Astronaut Candidate Class on Sept. 22, 2025. Anna Menon was selected by NASA to join the 2025 astronaut candidate class. She reported for duty in September 2025.
jsc2025e076360 (09/22/2025) --- NASA announced its 2025 Astronaut Candidate Class on Sept. 22, 2025. Anna Menon was selected by NASA to join the 2025 astronaut candidate class. She reported for duty in September 2025.
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, left, speaks during a meeting with Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy Dr. Anna Christmann, second from right, Thursday, March 7, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Flags of Germany and the United States are seen during a meeting with NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy Dr. Anna Christmann, Thursday, March 7, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy Dr. Anna Christmann, center, speaks during a meeting with NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, left, Thursday, March 7, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, right, speaks during a meeting with Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy Dr. Anna Christmann, left, Thursday, March 7, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy speaks during a meeting with Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy Dr. Anna Christmann, Thursday, March 7, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
From left to right, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy Dr. Anna Christmann pose for a photo, Thursday, March 7, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, left, shakes hands with Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy Dr. Anna Christmann, right, Thursday, March 7, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
A patch belonging ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, left, is seen during a meeting with NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, center, and Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy Dr. Anna Christmann, right, Thursday, March 7, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, right, speaks during a meeting with NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, second from left, and Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy Dr. Anna Christmann, second from right, Thursday, March 7, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, center, listens as ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, left, speaks during a meeting with Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy Dr. Anna Christmann, right, Thursday, March 7, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
From left to right, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy Dr. Anna Christmann, and ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer pose for a photo, Thursday, March 7, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
From left to right, Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy Dr. Anna Christmann, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst, and ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer are seen prior to a meeting, Thursday, March 7, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
S78-35303 (31 Jan 1978) --- Astronaut Anna L. Fisher.
jsc2025e074865 (September 16, 2025) --- NASA astronaut candidate Anna Menon poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Menon was selected by NASA to join the 2025 astronaut candidate class and reported for duty in September 2025. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
S85-34358 (june 1985) - Astronaut Anna L. Fisher.
NASA Astronaut Josh Cassada, JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina train for their upcoming SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station inside a mockup facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/James Blair
Astronaut Anna Fisher observes Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) crew module and service module mating operations in Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building at Kennedy Space Center on June 9, 2014. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.
Astronaut Anna Fisher observes Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) crew module and service module mating operations in Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building at Kennedy Space Center on June 9, 2014. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.
Astronaut Anna Fisher observes Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) crew module and service module mating operations in Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building at Kennedy Space Center on June 9, 2014. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.
Astronaut Anna Fisher observes Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) crew module and service module mating operations in Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building at Kennedy Space Center on June 9, 2014. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.
Astronaut Anna Fisher observes Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) crew module and service module mating operations in Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building at Kennedy Space Center on June 9, 2014. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.
Astronaut Anna Fisher observes Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) crew module and service module mating operations in Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building at Kennedy Space Center on June 9, 2014. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.
Astronaut Anna Fisher observes Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) crew module and service module mating operations in Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building at Kennedy Space Center on June 9, 2014. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.
Astronaut Anna Fisher observes Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) crew module and service module mating operations in Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building at Kennedy Space Center on June 9, 2014. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.
Astronaut Anna Fisher observes Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) crew module and service module mating operations in Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building at Kennedy Space Center on June 9, 2014. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.
Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata, and NASA astronaut Nicole Mann prepare for the unlikely event of an emergency before their mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/James Blair
jsc2025e076271 (09/22/2025) --- NASA announced its 2025 Astronaut Candidate Class on Sept. 22, 2025. Anna Menon was selected by NASA to join the 2025 astronaut candidate class. She reported for duty in September 2025. Photo Credit: NASA - Helen Arase Vargas
S84-40162 (21 Aug. 1984) --- Astronaut Anna L. Fisher controls the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm from inside the "orbiter" as part of her training program in the Johnson Space Center's Shuttle Mock-up and Integration Laboratory. Dr. Fisher, one of three mission specialists for mission 51-A, is inside the cabin portion of a trainer called the Manipulatory Development Facility (MDF). She is able to operate the arm in conjunction with an air bearing floor and to log a great deal of rehearsal time for her flight, on which the retrieval of a low-orbiting communications satellite is planned. Photo credit: NASA
jsc2022e072965 (3/17/2022) --- A view into NASA's Kennedy Space Center’s Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) during experiment verification testing for the Plant Habitat-03 investigation. The image shows the Arabidopsis plants growing in the APH just before the four seed bags are installed. The plants are just beginning to develop flower stalks. Image courtesy of Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul.
From left to right: NASA Astronaut Josh Cassada, JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata, NASA Astronaut Nicole Mann, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina prepare for the unlikely event of an emergency by training inside a mockup that models the real orbiting lab at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas ahead of their upcoming International Space Station mission. Credit: NASA/James Blair
Anna Michalak, an Orbiting Carbon Observatory science team member from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, speaks during a media briefing to discuss the upcoming Orbiting Carbon Observatory mission, the first NASA spacecraft dedicated to studying carbon dioxide, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)
jsc2025e076361 (09/22/2025) --- Photographic coverage of NASA 2025 Astronaut Candidate (ASCAN) Announcement Ceremony
51A-20-004 (12 Nov. 1984) --- Astronaut Anna L. Fisher is pictured near the aft flight deck of Discovery, where she remained very busy on Nov. 12 and 14 while fellow crew members worked to retrieve two stranded communications satellites. Fisher appears to be taking photos from the observation station. A camera floats just above her head. Photo credit: NASA
NASA astronaut Serena Auñon-Chancellor's niece, Anna Sophia, listens as Jason Crusan, director, NASA Advanced Exploration Systems (AES) Division, speaks with the STEM in 30 team Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Swedish National Space Agency Director General, Anna Rathsman, speaks to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine during a multilateral meeting of the heads of space agencies at the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Deputy Administrator, Pam Melroy, left, poses for a photo with the Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy, Dr. Anna Christmann, Thursday, March 31, 2022, at NASA Headquarters in Washington DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Anna-Marie Williams talks on the phone to her husband Expedition 21 with Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams who is onboard the International Space Station (ISS) from the Mission Control Center Moscow in Korolev, Russia shortly after the successful docking of the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft with the International Space Station marking the start of Expedition 21 with Williams, Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, and Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy Anna Christmann delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Thursday, September 14, 2023, at the German Ambassador’s Residence in Washington. Germany is the 29th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy Anna Christmann delivers remarks during an Artemis Accords signing ceremony, Thursday, September 14, 2023, at the German Ambassador’s Residence in Washington. Germany is the 29th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA’s Artemis program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Expedition 74 backup crew member Anna Kikina of Roscosmos is seen in quarantine, behind glass, during a press conference, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 74 crewmembers: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft on November 27. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Anna L. Fisher, Astronaut-Candidate (ASCAN) in Water Immersion Facility (WIF) Training. 1. ASCAN Fisher, Anna L. - Training JSC, HOUSTON, TX
Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina is seen after being helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon shortly after she, along with NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, Nicole Mann, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber).
Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina is helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon shortly after she, along with NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, Nicole Mann, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber).
Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina is helped onto a helicopter onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon shortly after she, along with NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, Nicole Mann, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, landed while onboard SpaceX Dragon Endeavor spacecraft in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber).
Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina is seen inside the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon shortly after she, along with NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, Nicole Mann, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber).
12-year-old Anna Chibiskova of Moscow speaks during the Soyuz post-docking press conference at the Russian mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia on Saturday March 28, 2009. Chibiskova was the winner of an International logo design contest for the Expedition 19 mission. Stas Pyatkin, (not pictured) from the Uglegorsk Amur region, won third place and 12-year-old Keytlin Riley (not pictured) from New York won second place. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 74 backup crewmembers: Anil Menon of NASA, background, Roscosmos cosmonauts Petr Dubrov, and Anna Kikina, foreground, are seen behind glass as the prime crew has their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Chris Williams has his photo made with Expedition 74 backup crew member Anna Kikina of Roscosmos, by Expedition 74 backup crew member Anil Menon of NASA, as he waits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch on the Soyuz Rocket to the International Space Station with fellow crewmembers, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 74 backup crew members: Anna Kikina of Roscosmos, left, and Anil Menon of NASA, are seen as the Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, at Site 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 74 crewmembers: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikaev are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft on November 27. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 74 backup crew members Anil Menon of NASA, left, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Petr Dubrov, and Anna Kikina are seen in quarantine, behind glass, during a press conference, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 74 crewmembers: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft on November 27. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 74 backup crew members Anil Menon of NASA, left, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Petr Dubrov, and Anna Kikina, right, are seen in quarantine, behind glass, during a press conference, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 74 crewmembers: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft on November 27. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 74 backup crew members: Anil Menon of NASA, left, Petr Dubrov, and Anna Kikina of Roscosmos, right, pose for a photograph as the Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, at Site 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 74 crewmembers: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikaev are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft on November 27. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 74 backup crew members: Anna Kikina of Roscosmos, left, Petr Dubrov of Roscosmos, and Anil Menon of NASA, right, watch as the Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, at Site 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 74 crewmembers: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikaev are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft on November 27. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 74 backup crew members: Anil Menon of NASA, Petr Dubrov and Anna Kikina of Roscosmos, watch as the Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, at Site 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 74 crewmembers: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikaev are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft on November 27. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 74 backup crew members: Anil Menon of NASA, left, Petr Dubrov, and Anna Kikina of Roscosmos, right, pose for a photograph as the Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, at Site 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 74 crewmembers: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikaev are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft on November 27. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, left, NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, right, are seen inside the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina are returning after 157 days in space as part of Expedition 68 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber).
Expedition 74 price crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, left, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev, along with Expedition 74 backup crew members Anil Menon of NASA, Roscosmos cosmonauts Petr Dubrov, and Anna Kikinam, right, are seen in quarantine, behind glass, as they finish a press conference, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 74 crewmembers: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft on November 27. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 74 crewmembers: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, along with Expedition 74 backup crew members: Anil Menon of NASA, Petr Dubrov of Roscosmos, and Anna Kikina of Roscosmos, right, are seen during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 74 to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Williams, Kud-Sverchkov and Mikaev, are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft on November 27. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Chris Williams, left, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev, along with Expedition 74 backup crew members Anil Menon of NASA, Roscosmos cosmonauts Petr Dubrov, and Anna Kikinam, right, are seen in quarantine, behind glass, as they arrive at a press conference, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 74 crewmembers: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft on November 27. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
iss068e041665 (Jan. 23, 2023) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Anna Kikina works on electronics hardware maintenance inside the International Space Station.
ISS043E182257 (05/08/2015) --- Hurricane Anna moves onto the US east coast with 50 mile an hour winds and heavy rain. Anna moved first into just north of Myrtle Beach South Carolina and is moving toward North Carolina and later Virginia. This image was taken by the crew onboard the International Space Station, Expedition 43.
From left to right, Head of Science and Technology Section, German Embassy, Dr. René Haak; Head of the German Aerospace Center’s (DLR) Washington Office, Mr. Marc Jochemich; the Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy, Dr. Anna Christmann; Deputy Director General, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), Holger Schlienkamp; Head of Division, BMWK, Claudia Andree; NASA Office of International and Interagency Relations Deputy Associate Administrator, Meredith McKay; and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy speak during a meeting, Thursday, March 31, 2022, at NASA Headquarters in Washington DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
From left to right, Head of Science and Technology Section, German Embassy, Dr. René Haak; Head of the German Aerospace Center’s (DLR) Washington Office, Mr. Marc Jochemich; the Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy, Dr. Anna Christmann; Deputy Director General, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), Holger Schlienkamp; Head of Division, BMWK, Claudia Andree, speak with NASA Office of International and Interagency Relations Deputy Associate Administrator, Meredith McKay, front right, and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, during a meeting, Thursday, March 31, 2022, at NASA Headquarters in Washington DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
From left to right, Head of Science and Technology Section, German Embassy, Dr. René Haak; Head of the German Aerospace Center’s (DLR) Washington Office, Mr. Marc Jochemich; the Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy, Dr. Anna Christmann; Deputy Director General, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), Holger Schlienkamp; Head of Division, BMWK, Claudia Andree; NASA Office of International and Interagency Relations Deputy Associate Administrator, Meredith McKay; and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy speak during a meeting, Thursday, March 31, 2022, at NASA Headquarters in Washington DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
iss068e040769 (Jan. 17, 2023) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Anna Kikina removes and replaces electronics hardware inside the International Space Station's Zarya module. Credit: Roscosmos
iss068e051617 (Feb. 12, 2023) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Anna Kikina plays with a sphere of water flying in microgravity that has been dyed with green food coloring and is bubbling due to an antacid that was placed inside.
jsc2022e068633 (June 27, 2022) --- SpaceX Crew-5 Mission Specialist Anna Kikina from Roscosmos poses for a portrait in her Crew Dragon flight suit at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX
jsc2022e068656 (Aug. 13, 2022) --- SpaceX Crew-5 Mission Specialist Anna Kikina from Roscosmos is pictured during a training session in her Crew Dragon flight suit at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX
jsc2022e068618 (Dec. 9, 2021) --- SpaceX Crew-5 Mission Specialist Anna Kikina from Roscosmos is pictured during a Crew Dragon cockpit training session at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX
iss068e045306 (Feb. 2, 2023) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Anna Kikina works on preventive maintenance inside the Zvezda service module's ventilation subsystem aboard the International Space Station.
jsc2022e068655 (Aug. 13, 2022) --- SpaceX Crew-5 Mission Specialist Anna Kikina from Roscosmos is pictured during a training session in her Crew Dragon flight suit at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX
iss068e041015 (Jan. 19, 2023) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Anna Kikina installs dosimeters, or radiation detectors, and collects data from them aboard the International Space Station. Credit: Roscosmos
iss068e042187 (Jan. 26, 2023) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina photographs NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, both Expedition 68 flight engineers, as he conducts orbital plumbing work aboard the International Space Station.
iss068e054601 (Jan. 3, 2023) --- Expedition 68 Flight Engineers (from left to right) Dmitri Petelin and Anna Kikina work inside the International Space Station's Zvezda service module collecting and analyzing microbe samples.
jsc2022e068622 (Dec. 16, 2021) --- SpaceX Crew-5 Mission Specialist Anna Kikina from Roscosmos is pictured during a Crew Dragon training session at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX
iss068e027424 (Dec. 5, 2022) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Anna Kikina services electronics hardware aboard the International Space Station. Credit: Roscosmos
jsc2022e068616 (Dec. 7, 2021) --- SpaceX Crew-5 Mission Specialist Anna Kikina from Roscosmos is pictured during a Crew Dragon cockpit training session at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX
iss068e031231 (Dec. 20, 2022) --- Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Anna Kikina and International Space Station Commander Sergey Prokopyev, both from Roscosmos, are pictured working together inside the Zvezda service module.
jsc2022e068619 (Dec. 9, 2021) --- SpaceX Crew-5 Mission Specialist Anna Kikina from Roscosmos is pictured during a Crew Dragon cockpit training session at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX
iss068e029372 (Dec. 12, 2022) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Anna Kikina is pictured inside the International Space Station's Zarya module conducting cleaning activities.
Anna Maria Ruby, project scientist for the ISS Research Office at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, views samples on a microscope in the Microgravity Simulation Support Facility on Dec. 20, 2018.
iss068e017239 (Oct. 13, 2022) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Anna Kikina works on electronics and communications maintenance inside the International Space Station's Nauka multipurpose laboratory module. Credit: Roscosmos
jsc2022e068621 (Dec. 13, 2021) --- SpaceX Crew-5 Mission Specialist Anna Kikina from Roscosmos poses for a portrait at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX
jsc2022e068634 (June 27, 2022) --- SpaceX Crew-5 Mission Specialist Anna Kikina from Roscosmos poses for a portrait in her Crew Dragon flight suit at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX
jsc2022e068625 (June 27, 2022) --- SpaceX Crew-5 Mission Specialist Anna Kikina from Roscosmos is pictured during a Crew Dragon cockpit training session at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX
iss068e012328 (Oct. 6, 2022) --- SpaceX Crew-5 Mission Specialist Anna Kikina of Roscosmos drinks from a water bottle aboard the Dragon Endurance crew ship during a flight to the International Space Station.