Officials, family and friends welcome home Expedition 59 cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at the Chkalovsky Airport in Star City, Russia. Kononenko, NASA astronaut Anne McClain, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques landed their Soyuz MS-11 capsule near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan earlier on June 25 (June 24 Eastern Time). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Officials, family and friends welcome home Expedition 59 cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at the Chkalovsky Airport in Star City, Russia. Kononenko, NASA astronaut Anne McClain, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques landed their Soyuz MS-11 capsule near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan earlier on June 25 (June 24 Eastern Time). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 54 cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos is welcomed at the Chkalovsky Airport in Star City, Russia by family and colleagues a few hours after he and NASA astronauts Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei landed their Soyuz MS-06 capsule near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 (February 27 Eastern time.) Acaba, Vande Hei, and Misurkin are returning after 168 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 53 and 54 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev, left, shakes hands with Deputy Chair of the State Commission Mr. Skorobogotov after Kondratyev arrived at the Chkalovsky airport outside Star City, Russia and several hours after he and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev, left, is seen after arriving at the Chkalovsky airport outside Star City, Russia several hours after he and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 26 Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, bottom, and Expedition 26 Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka are seen as they arrive at the Chkalovsky airport outside Star City, Russia several hours after they and Expedition 26 Commander Scott Kelly landed in their Soyuz TMA-01M capsule near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March 16, 2011. NASA Astronaut Kelly, Russian Cosmonauts Skripochka and Kaleri are returning from almost six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 25 and 26 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Chief, Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Sergei Krikalev shakes hands and welcomes home Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev at the Chkalovsky airport outside Star City, Russia several hours after Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman landed in their Soyuz TMA-20 southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Crowds of officials, family and media gather as Expedition 33 Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko of ROSCOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency) is welcomed home at the Chkalovsky Airport in Star City, Russia several hours after he, Commander Sunita Williams of NASA, and Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), landed their Soyuz spacecraft in a remote area outside the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Williams, Hoshide and Malenchenko returned from four months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Pilots look out from the cockpit and watch as Expedition 33 Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko of ROSCOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency) is welcomed home at the Chkalovsky Airport in Star City, Russia by officials and his family after he, Commander Sunita Williams of NASA, and Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), landed their Soyuz spacecraft in a remote area outside the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Williams, Hoshide and Malenchenko returned from four months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 35 Russian Flight Engineer Roman Romanenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) is welcomed home upon his return at Chkalovsky Airport in Russia, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 35 Russian Flight Engineer Roman Romanenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) greets his children upon his return home at Chkalovsky Airport in Russia, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

nhq201704110056 (April 101, 2017) --- Officials, family, and media gather to welcome home Expedition 50 Flight Engineers Sergey Ryzhikov, foreground, and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos at the Chkalovsky Airport in Star City, Russia several hours after they and NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough landed their Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft in a remote area outside the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 (Kazakh time). Kimbrough, Ryzhikov, and Borisenko are returning after 173 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 49 and 50 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

nhq201704110055 (April 101, 2017) --- Officials, family, and media gather to welcome home Expedition 50 Flight Engineers Sergey Ryzhikov, foreground, and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos at the Chkalovsky Airport in Star City, Russia several hours after they and NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough landed their Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft in a remote area outside the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 (Kazakh time). Kimbrough, Ryzhikov, and Borisenko are returning after 173 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 49 and 50 crews onboard 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)

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)

Officials, family, and friends gather to welcome home Expedition 56 Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, right, after he and NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold landed their Soyuz MS-08 capsule near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. Artemyev, Feustel, and Arnold are returning after 197 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 55 and 56 crews onboard 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)

Officials, family and friends gather to welcome home Expedition 57 cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos after he, Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA and Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) landed their Soyuz MS-09 capsule near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. Auñón-Chancellor, Gerst, and Prokopyev are returning after 197 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 56 and 57 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Officials, family and friends welcome home Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020 in Star City, Russia. Skvortsov and astronaut Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) returned after 201 days in space where they served as Expedition 60-61 crew members onboard the International Space Station along with NASA astronaut Christina Koch who logged 328 days in space --- the longest spaceflight in history by a woman --- as a member of Expeditions 59-60-61 on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Officials, family and friends gather to welcome home Expedition 57 cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos after he, Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA and Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) landed their Soyuz MS-09 capsule near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. Auñón-Chancellor, Gerst, and Prokopyev are returning after 197 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 56 and 57 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Officials, family, and media gather to welcome home Expedition 55 cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, right, after he and NASA astronauts Scott Tingle of NASA, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) landed their Soyuz MS-07 capsule near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Monday, June 4, 2018. Shkaplerov, Tingle, and Kanai are returning after 168 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 54 and 55 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 39 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, second from left, is welcomed home by family, friends, and government officials at the Chkalovsky airport outside Star City, Russia, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Tyurin, Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA landed in their Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft earlier in the day near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Wakata, Tyurin and Mastracchio returned to Earth after more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 38 and 39 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Family, friends, and government officials wait to welcome home Expedition 39 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos at the Chkalovsky airport outside Star City, Russia, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Tyurin, Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA landed in their Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft earlier in the day near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Wakata, Tyurin and Mastracchio returned to Earth after more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 38 and 39 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 39 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, left, departs a plane to a crowd of family, friends, and government officials at the Chkalovsky airport outside Star City, Russia, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Tyurin, Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA landed in their Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft earlier in the day near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Wakata, Tyurin and Mastracchio returned to Earth after more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 38 and 39 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 33 flight engineer Yuri Malenchenko, left, is welcomed home upon his arrival in Star City, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 in Russia. Malenchenko, Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams and JAXA flight engineer Akihiko Hoshide landed in their Soyuz TMA-05M earlier that day in a remote area outside of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. They returned home from four months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 32 and 33 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 29 Flight Engineer Sergei Volkov is welcomed home by colleagues and family in Star City, Russia on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. Russian Cosmonaut Volkov, Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa returned to Arkalyk, Kazakhstan earlier in the day from over five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedtion 28 and 29 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Officials, family, and media gather to welcome home Expedition 55 cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, left, after he and NASA astronauts Scott Tingle of NASA, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) landed their Soyuz MS-07 capsule near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Monday, June 4, 2018. Shkaplerov, Tingle, and Kanai are returning after 168 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 54 and 55 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

CHKALOVSKY, Russia -- Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson waves to a crowd of well wishers from the top of the airplane steps as she arrives at Chkalovsky airport near Star City along with Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and South Korean So-yeon Yi. Whitson, Malechenko and Yi landed their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft on April 19, 2008 in central Kazakhstan to complete 192 days in space for Whitson and Malenchenko and 11 days in orbit for Yi. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 29 Flight Engineer Sergei Volkov shakes hands with Federal Space Agency head Vladimir Popovkin as he is welcomed home in Star City, Russia on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. Russian Cosmonaut Volkov, Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa returned to Arkalyk, Kazakhstan earlier in the day from over five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedtion 28 and 29 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2017e136097 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 54-55 crewmember Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) waves to well-wishers Dec. 4 as he boards a bus to depart for nearby Chkalovsky Airfield and a flight to his launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Shkaplerov, Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Agency (JAXA) and Scott Tingle of NASA will launch Dec. 17 on the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

Expedition 16 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, second from left, and Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson meet with Russian officials at the foot of the airplane steps after they arrived at Chkalovsky Airport near Star City, Russia, Friday, April 19, 2008. Whitson, Malechenko and Yi landed their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft on April 19, 2008 in central Kazakhstan to complete 192 days in space for Whitson and Malenchenko and 11 days in orbit for Yi. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 49 crewmember Sergey Ryzhikov leads a crowd of people to a waiting bus Sept. 8 that took him, Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos to nearby Chkalovsky Airfield and a flight to the launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where they will launch on Sept. 24, Kazakh time on the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll

20140514_2BI6007 Expedition 38/39 Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) is welcomed home upon his return at Chkalovsky Airport in Russia, Wednesday, May 14, 2014, a few hours after landing in the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft in Kazakhstan. Tyurin, along with Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and NASA Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio (not pictured) completed 188 days in space following their launch in November, 2013. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

At Chkalovsky Airbase outside Star City, Russia, Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov is greeted at the foot of the stairs of the plane that brought him home from Kazakhstan June 2, 2010 after he and Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi landed in the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft earlier in the day to wrap up 163 days in space. Kotov is assisted by Alexei Krasnov (R), the head of Piloted Programs for the Russian Federal Space Agency. Credit: NASA/Stephanie Stoll

Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, bottom, South Korean spaceflight participant So-yeon Yi and Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, top, walk down the airplane steps as they arrive at Chkalovsky Airport near Star City, Russia, Friday, April 19, 2008. Whitson, Malechenko and Yi landed their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft on April 19, 2008 in central Kazakhstan to complete 192 days in space for Whitson and Malenchenko and 11 days in orbit for Yi. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 49 crewmember Shane Kimbrough of NASA flashes a smile Sept. 8 as he prepares to board a bus that took him and Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos to nearby Chkalovsky Airfield and a flight to the launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where they will launch on Sept. 24, Kazakh time on the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 49 crewmembers Shane Kimbrough of NASA (left) and Sergey Ryzhikov (center) and Andrey Borisenko (right) of Roscosmos walk to busses Sept. 8 that will take them to nearby Chkalovsky Airfield and a flight to the launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where they will launch on Sept. 24, Kazakh time on the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll

Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson waves to a crowd of well-wishers from the top of the airplane steps as she arrives at Chkalovsky Airport near Star City, Russia along with Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and South Korean spaceflight participant So-yeon Yi, Friday, April 19, 2008. Whitson, Malechenko and Yi landed their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft in central Kazakhstan to complete 192 days in space for Whitson and Malenchenko and 11 days in orbit for Yi. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

20140514_1BI5658 Expedition 38/39 Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) is welcomed home upon his return at Chkalovsky Airport in Russia, Wednesday, May 14, 2014, a few hours after landing in the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft in Kazakhstan. Tyurin, along with Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and NASA Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio (not pictured) completed 188 days in space following their launch in November, 2013. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

CHKALOVSKY, Russia -- Steve Lindsey, Chief of NASA's Astronaut office, left, and Michael Sufferdini, International Station Program Manager, examine a map of central Kazakhstan as they received information at the Arkalyk airport April 19, 2008, on the landing of the Expedition 16 crew in the Soyuz TMA-11 capsule. The Soyuz made a ballistic landing, touching down more then 400 kilometers short of the intended target, but the crew reported by satellite phone to recovery forces that they were in good shape. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

At Chkalovsky Airbase outside Star City, Russia, Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov is assisted down the stairs of the plane that brought him home from Kazakhstan June 2, 2010 after he and Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi landed in the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft earlier in the day to wrap up 163 days in space. Kotov is flanked by Chief Cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko (L) and Alexei Krasnov (R), the head of Piloted Programs for the Russian Federal Space Agency. Credit: NASA/Stephanie Stoll

3490a: At Chkalovsky Airfield in Star City, Russia on the outskirts of Moscow, Expedition 41 Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) is greeted by his daughters Nov. 10, just hours after he, NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst landed in Kazakhstan in their Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft to complete a 165-day mission on the International Space Station. Suraev completed his second flight in space and has now logged 334 days in space on his two missions. NASA/Stephanie Stoll

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 49 backup crewmembers Alexander Misurkin (far right) and Nikolai Tikhonov (second from right) of Roscosmos and Mark Vande Hei of NASA (third from right) say goodbye to well-wishers Sept. 8 before boarding busses that took them and prime crewmembers Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Andrey Borisenko and Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos to nearby Chkalovsky Airfield and a flight to the launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Kimbrough, Ryzhikov and Borisenko will launch on Sept. 24, Kazakh time on the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll

At Chkalovsky Airbase outside Star City, Russia, Expedition 24 Commander Alexander Skvortsov (foreground) and Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko (arms raised) descend from the plane that flew them from Karaganda, Kazakhstan back to their training base at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center September 25, 2010, just hours after returning to Earth in the Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft to wrap up 176 days in space, 174 days on the International Space Station. Their crewmate, Tracy Caldwell Dyson, who landed with them, flew home on a NASA plane to the Johnson Space Center. Credit: NASA/Jeremiah Maddix

Expedition 24 Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko, left, and Commander Alexander Skvortsov, shake hands with Russian dignitaries after their arrival at Chkalovskaya airport just outside Moscow on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Skvortsov, Kornienko and Expedition 24 Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson, landed in their Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Russian Cosmonauts Skvortsov and Kornienko and NASA Astronaut Caldwell Dyson, are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 23 and 24 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 24 Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko, embraces his family after he and Expedition 24 Commander Alexander Skvortsov arrived at Chkalovskaya airport just outside Moscow on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Skvortsov, Kornienko and Expedition 24 Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson, landed in their Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Russian Cosmonauts Skvortsov and Kornienko and NASA Astronaut Caldwell Dyson, are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 23 and 24 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 24 Commander Alexander Skvortsov, embraces his family after he and Expedition 24 Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko arrived at Chkalovskaya airport just outside Moscow on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Skvortsov, Kornienko and Expedition 24 Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson, landed in their Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Russian Cosmonauts Skvortsov and Kornienko and NASA Astronaut Caldwell Dyson, are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 23 and 24 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 24 Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko, foreground, and Expedition 24 Commander Alexander Skvortsov embrace their family and friends after their arrival at Chkalovskaya airport just outside Moscow on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Skvortsov, Kornienko and Expedition 24 Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson, landed in their Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Russian Cosmonauts Skvortsov and Kornienko and NASA Astronaut Caldwell Dyson, are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 23 and 24 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 24 Commander Alexander Skvortsov, front left, and Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko, back left, are helped down the stairs of an airplane after their arrival at Chkalovskaya airport just outside Moscow on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Skvortsov, Kornienko and Expedition 24 Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson, landed in their Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Russian Cosmonauts Skvortsov and Kornienko and NASA Astronaut Caldwell Dyson, are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 23 and 24 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 32 Commander is welcomed home upon his arrival in Star City, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012 in Russia. Padalka, NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba and Russian Flight Engineer Sergei Revin landed in their Soyuz TMA-04M earlier that day in a remote area outside of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. They returned home from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 31 and 32 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)