Expedition 65 Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy gives a virtual hug as he departs the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up with Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 65 Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov waves as he departs the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up with Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 65 NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei waves as he departs the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 65 NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei waves as he departs the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Family, friends, colleagues and media, say farewell to Expedition 61 crewmembers Jessica Meir of NASA and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel ahead of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Meir, Skripochka, and Almansoori will launch on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, left, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Zubritskiy interact with family and friends as they prepare depart the Cosmonaut Hotel along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (April 7 Eastern Time), in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Kim, Ryzhikov, Zubritskiy on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
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)
NASA astronaut Don Pettit, left, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Ivan Vagner, right, wave from a bus as they and fellow crew mate, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, 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 Sergey Kud-Sverchkov waves farewell, as he and fellow crewmembers, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Mikaev, and NASA astronaut Chris Williams, depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Williams, Kud-Sverchkov and Mikaev, on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Mikaev waves farewell, as he and fellow crewmembers, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and NASA astronaut Chris Williams, depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Williams, Kud-Sverchkov and Mikaev, on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 65 NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy, center, and Pyotr Dubrov wave as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 65 NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy, center, and Pyotr Dubrov wave as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 64 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins waves as she departs the Cosmonaut Hotel with fellow crewmates Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft with Ryzhikov, Kud-Sverchkov, and Rubins occurred at 1:45 a.m. EDT to begin their six-month mission onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 61 crewmember Jessica Meir of NASA waves farewell as she, Expedition 61 cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates depart the Cosmonaut Hotel ahead of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Meir, Skripochka, and Almansoori will launch on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Don Pettit puts his hand up to the bus window and his family reaches back to him, as he and fellow crew mates, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, 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)
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, left, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, right, wave as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (April 7 Eastern Time), in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Kim, Ryzhikov, Zubritskiy on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim is seen inside the bus as he and fellow Expedition73 crewmates Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy prepare to depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (April 7 Eastern Time), in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Kim, Ryzhikov, Zubritskiy on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Pavel Shvets)
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, left, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, center, and Alexey Zubritskiy, right, are seen as they walk out of the Cosmonaut Hotel as they prepare to head to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Kim, Ryzhikov, Zubritskiy on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, left, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, center, and Alexey Zubritskiy, right, are seen as they walk out of the Cosmonaut Hotel as they prepare to head to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Kim, Ryzhikov, Zubritskiy on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, left, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, center, and Alexey Zubritskiy, right, are seen as they walk out of the Cosmonaut Hotel as they prepare to head to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Kim, Ryzhikov, Zubritskiy on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, left, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, center, and Alexey Zubritskiy, right, are seen as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to head to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Kim, Ryzhikov, Zubritskiy on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim waves as he prepares to depart the Cosmonaut Hotel with fellow crewmates Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (April 7 Eastern Time), in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Kim, Ryzhikov, Zubritskiy on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 61 crewmember Jessica Meir of NASA waves farewell to her mother as she, Expedition 61 cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates depart the Cosmonaut Hotel ahead of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Meir, Skripochka, and Almansoori will launch on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Chris Williams puts his hands to the glass of the bus with his children, as he and fellow crewmembers, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev, depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Williams, Kud-Sverchkov and Mikaev, on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The bus carrying Expedition 74 crewmembers: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev, departs the Cosmonaut Hotel to building 254 for the trio to suit-up for their Soyuz launch, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Williams, Kud-Sverchkov and Mikaev, on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko, center, and Nikolai Chub depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 64 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, left, and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, center, and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, right, of Roscosmos, wave as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft with Ryzhikov, Kud-Sverchkov, and Rubins occurred at 1:45 a.m. EDT to begin their six-month mission onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, left, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, right, wave as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (April 7 Eastern Time), in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Kim, Ryzhikov, Zubritskiy on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, left, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Zubritskiy and Sergey Ryzhikov, right, are seen as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (April 7 Eastern Time), in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Kim, Ryzhikov, Zubritskiy on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
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 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA, left, and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, right, wave as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Rubio, Prokopyev and Petelin launched on their Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft later in the day from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 65 Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy , left, Pyotr Dubrov, center, and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, wave as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Later that same day the crew launched in their Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, left, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, right, are seen as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (April 7 Eastern Time), in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Kim, Ryzhikov, Zubritskiy on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
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 64 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, left, and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, center, and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, right, of Roscosmos, are seen as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft with Ryzhikov, Kud-Sverchkov, and Rubins occurred at 1:45 a.m. EDT to begin their six-month mission onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 64 Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, left, and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, center, of Roscosmos, and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, left, are seen as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft with Ryzhikov, Kud-Sverchkov, Rubins occurred at 1:45 a.m. EDT to begin their six-month mission onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 68 cosmonaut Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, left, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, and Frank Rubio of NASA, right, give a thumbs up as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Rubio, Prokopyev and Petelin launched on their Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft later in the day from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, left, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Zubritskiy and Sergey Ryzhikov, right, are seen as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (April 7 Eastern Time), in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Kim, Ryzhikov, Zubritskiy on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA, left, and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, right, wave as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Rubio, Prokopyev and Petelin launched on their Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft later in the day from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 65 NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Later that same day the crew launched in their Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Mikaev, left, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and NASA astronaut Chris Williams, right, wave farewell as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Williams, Kud-Sverchkov and Mikaev, on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Chris Williams, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Mikaev, and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, right, depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Williams, Kud-Sverchkov and Mikaev, on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Chris Williams, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev, right, depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Williams, Kud-Sverchkov and Mikaev, on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Chris Williams, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Mikaev, and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, right, depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Williams, Kud-Sverchkov and Mikaev, on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates waves farewell as he, Expedition 61 crewmembers Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Jessica Meir of NASA depart the Cosmonaut Hotel ahead of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Meir, Skripochka, and Almansoori will launch on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, left, and Expedition 61 crewmembers Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Jessica Meir of NASA wave farewell as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel ahead of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Meir, Skripochka, and Almansoori will launch on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko, center, and Nikolai Chub, along with Expedition 70 backup crewmembers Tracy Dyson of NASA, second row left, and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko, center, and Nikolai Chub, along with Expedition 70 backup crewmembers Tracy Dyson of NASA, second row left, and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 60 flight engineer Andrew Morgan of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, center, and flight engineer Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency), right, are seen as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Saturday, July 20, 2019 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft with Skvortsov, Morgan, and Parmitano occurred at 12:28 p.m. Eastern time (9:28 p.m. Baikonur time) on July 20 beginning their mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 60 flight engineer Andrew Morgan of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, center, and flight engineer Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency), right, wave as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Saturday, July 20, 2019 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft with Skvortsov, Morgan, and Parmitano occurred at 12:28 p.m. Eastern time (9:28 p.m. Baikonur time) on July 20 beginning their mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 60 flight engineer Andrew Morgan of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, center, and flight engineer Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency), right, wave as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Saturday, July 20, 2019 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft with Skvortsov, Morgan, and Parmitano occurred at 12:28 p.m. Eastern time (9:28 p.m. Baikonur time) on July 20 beginning their mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 60 flight engineer Andrew Morgan of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, center, and flight engineer Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency), right, wave as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Saturday, July 20, 2019 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft with Skvortsov, Morgan, and Parmitano occurred at 12:28 p.m. Eastern time (9:28 p.m. Baikonur time) on July 20 beginning their mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 60 flight engineer Andrew Morgan of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, center, and flight engineer Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency), right, wave as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Saturday, July 20, 2019 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft with Skvortsov, Morgan, and Parmitano occurred at 12:28 p.m. Eastern time (9:28 p.m. Baikonur time) on July 20 beginning their mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 64 crew members Kate Rubins of NASA, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, Thursday, April 15, 2021, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda. Rubins, Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov will be returning after 185 days in space having served as Expedition 63-64 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 64 crew members Kate Rubins of NASA, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, Thursday, April 15, 2021, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda. Rubins, Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov will be returning after 185 days in space having served as Expedition 63-64 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 64 crew members Kate Rubins of NASA, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, Thursday, April 15, 2021, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda. Rubins, Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov will be returning after 185 days in space having served as Expedition 63-64 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 4, 2024, to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Friday, April 18, 2025, to discuss 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)
NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Friday, April 18, 2025, to discuss 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)
NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 4, 2024, to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 4, 2024, to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 4, 2024, to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 66 crew members Mark Vande Hei of NASA, and Pyotr Dubrov, and Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Monday, March 28, 2022, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Vande Hei and Dubrov will be returning to Earth after logging 355 days in space as members of Expeditions 64-66 aboard the International Space Station. For Vande Hei, his mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history. Shkaplerov will be returning after 176 days in space, serving as a Flight Engineer for Expedition 65 and commander of Expedition 66. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, left, and Roscosmos cosmonaut \Alexey Zubritskiy, center, place an Expedition 73 sticker on the wall of the bus taking them to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (April 7 Eastern Time), in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Kim, Ryzhikov, Zubritskiy on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Pavel Shvets)
NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 64 crew members Kate Rubins of NASA, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, Thursday, April 15, 2021, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda. Rubins, Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov will be returning after 185 days in space having served as Expedition 63-64 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov is seen during a traditional tree planting ceremony at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, June 2, 2018 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Kotov was in Karaganda to help support the Expedition 55 crew Soyuz landing from the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 29 Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin is seen at a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission is set to launch November 14 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 29 NASA backup crew member Joe Acaba is seen at a press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission is set to launch November 14 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 70 Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko signs a mural at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing the hotel for launch on a Soyuz rocket with fellow crewmates NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and Roscosmos cosmonaut Nikolai Chub, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 70 Roscosmos cosmonaut Nikolai Chub signs a mural at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing the hotel for launch on a Soyuz rocket with fellow crewmates NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 66 crew members Mark Vande Hei of NASA, and Pyotr Dubrov, and Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Monday, March 28, 2022, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Vande Hei and Dubrov will be returning to Earth after logging 355 days in space as members of Expeditions 64-66 aboard the International Space Station. For Vande Hei, his mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history. Shkaplerov will be returning after 176 days in space, serving as a Flight Engineer for Expedition 65 and commander of Expedition 66. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 65 Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy performs the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing the hotel for launch on a Soyuz rocket with fellow crewmates Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will sent the trio on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector
Expedition 65 Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy receives the traditional blessing outside the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing the hotel for launch on a Soyuz rocket with fellow crewmates Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket sent the trio on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 65 Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov receives the traditional blessing outside the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing the hotel for launch on a Soyuz rocket with fellow crewmates Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket sent the trio on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 65 Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov performs the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing the hotel for launch on a Soyuz rocket with fellow crewmates Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will sent the trio on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector
Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara signs a mural at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing the hotel for launch on a Soyuz rocket with fellow crewmates Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Sergei Krikalev, head of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, speaks at the State Commission meeting held at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Children from a local orphanage meet with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronauts, Koichi Wakata, and Takuya Onishi, along with NASA astronauts Doug Wheelock, and Kjell Lindgren, at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, June 2, 2018 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. The astronauts were in Karaganda to help support the Expedition 55 crew Soyuz landing from the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA and Roscosmos team members, along with Russian Search and Recovery Forces, meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel and Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA, along with Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. Feustel, Arnold, and Artemyev 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)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata is seen during a traditional tree planting ceremony at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, June 2, 2018 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Wakata was in Karaganda to help support the Expedition 55 crew Soyuz landing from the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut and Astronaut Office Representative Kjell Lindgren is seen during a traditional tree planting ceremony at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Saturday, June 2, 2018 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Lindgren was in Karaganda to help support the Expedition 55 crew Soyuz landing from the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 25 NASA Flight Engineer Scott Kelly waves farewell to friends and family as he and his crew mates depart the Cosmonaut Hotel on the evening before their launch at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
A mural with signatures of astronauts and cosmonauts is seen inside the Cosmonaut Hotel, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, will sign the mural prior to launching to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 64 Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos performs the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing the hotel for launch on a Soyuz rocket with fellow crewmates Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos and Kate Rubins of NASA, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ryzhikov, Kud-Sverchkov, and Rubins launched in their Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft at 1:45 a.m. EDT to begin a six-month mission onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)
Expedition 65 NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei receives the traditional blessing outside the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing the hotel for launch on a Soyuz rocket with fellow crewmates Russian cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Oleg Novitskiy, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket sent the trio on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A mural in the Cosmonaut Hotel is seen with past crew signatures ahead of the Expedition 70 signing and departing the hotel for launch on a Soyuz rocket, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Director for Human Space Flight Programs, Russia, Jay Marschke, presents during a meeting with 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)
NASA Director for Human Space Flight Programs, Russia, Mark Thiessen, talks about NASA’s readiness for the landing of Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya, during a meeting with Roscosmos and Russian Search and Recovery Forces at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 4, 2024, Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Deputy Head of the Search-and-Rescue Department of Rosaviatsiya (Russian Federal Air Transport Agency) Aleksey Lukiyanov, presents during 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)
NASA Director for Human Space Flight Programs, Russia, Jay Marschke, listens during 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)
Trees planted by astronauts and cosmonauts that have flown in space are seen in front of the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. NASA and Roscosmos team members, along with Russian Search and Recovery Forces, meet in Karaganda to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel and Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA, along with Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos. 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)
Roscosmos Executive director of Human Spaceflight Programs Sergei Krikalev, is seen as NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 66 crew members Mark Vande Hei of NASA, and Pyotr Dubrov, and Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Monday, March 28, 2022, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Vande Hei and Dubrov will be returning to Earth after logging 355 days in space as members of Expeditions 64-66 aboard the International Space Station. For Vande Hei, his mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history. Shkaplerov will be returning after 176 days in space, serving as a Flight Engineer for Expedition 65 and commander of Expedition 66. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Director for Human Space Flight Programs, Russia, Tricia Mack gives a readiness update on behalf of NASA during landing team meeting with Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 66 crew members Mark Vande Hei of NASA, and Pyotr Dubrov, and Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Monday, March 28, 2022, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Vande Hei and Dubrov will be returning to Earth after logging 355 days in space as members of Expeditions 64-66 aboard the International Space Station. For Vande Hei, his mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history. Shkaplerov will be returning after 176 days in space, serving as a Flight Engineer for Expedition 65 and commander of Expedition 66. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Astronaut Office Representative, astronaut Drew Feustel is seen as NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 66 crew members Mark Vande Hei of NASA, and Pyotr Dubrov, and Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Monday, March 28, 2022, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Vande Hei and Dubrov will be returning to Earth after logging 355 days in space as members of Expeditions 64-66 aboard the International Space Station. For Vande Hei, his mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history. Shkaplerov will be returning after 176 days in space, serving as a Flight Engineer for Expedition 65 and commander of Expedition 66. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Deputy Head of the Search-and-Rescue Department of Rosaviatsiya (Russian Federal Air Transport Agency) Aleksey Lukiyanov is seen as NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 66 crew members Mark Vande Hei of NASA, and Pyotr Dubrov, and Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Monday, March 28, 2022, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Vande Hei and Dubrov will be returning to Earth after logging 355 days in space as members of Expeditions 64-66 aboard the International Space Station. For Vande Hei, his mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history. Shkaplerov will be returning after 176 days in space, serving as a Flight Engineer for Expedition 65 and commander of Expedition 66. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 43 NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly walks along the Avenue of the Cosmonauts where two long rows of trees are all marked with the name and year of the crew member who planted them starting from Yuri Gagarin's tree, Friday, March 20, 2015 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kelly, and Russian Cosmonauts Gennady Padalka, and Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) are preparing for launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 28, Kazakh time. As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A Russian Orthodox priest waits for the Expedition 70 crew departure in the lobby of the Cosmonaut Hotel, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub will launch on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss the readiness for the landing 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, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 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 will have logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss the readiness for the landing 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, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 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 will have logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)