Family of Expedition 65 prime crew member, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, bids him farewell prior to his departure to Baikonur for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Friday, March 26, 2021 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Friends, family, NASA, Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC), and Roscosmos staff join in for a photo with Expedition 65 prime and backup crew members during an official farewell ceremony prior to their departure to Baikonur for the prime crew’s launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Friday, March 26, 2021 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

JSC2000-E-29123 (27 November 2000) --- Astronaut Michael J. Bloomfield, STS-97 pilot, is pictured in the cockpit of a NASA T-38 jet trainer at Ellington Field. The five-member crew was minutes away from departure to Florida, where it will continue preparations for launch later this week aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

Expedition 41 Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA, gives a rose to his daughter, Daryn, before departing the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the early hours of Sept. 26 and will send Samokutyaev, Wilmore, and Serova on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

From left to right, Expedition 65 backup crew members, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, and NASA astronaut Anne McClain, pose for a photo with Expedition 65 prime crew members, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, and Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, during an official farewell ceremony prior to their departure to Baikonur for the prime crew’s launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Friday, March 26, 2021 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 65 prime crew members, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, left, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, second from left, and Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, second from right, are seen walking with friends and family during an official farewell ceremony prior to their departure to Baikonur for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Friday, March 26, 2021 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 65 prime crew member, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, waves goodbye during an official farewell ceremony prior to his departure to Baikonur for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Friday, March 26, 2021 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 65 prime crew members, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, left, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, center, and Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, right, pose for a photo during an official farewell ceremony prior to their departure to Baikonur for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Friday, March 26, 2021, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 65 prime crew members, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, left, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, second from left, and Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, second from right, are seen walking with friends and family during an official farewell ceremony prior to their departure to Baikonur for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Friday, March 26, 2021 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 65 prime crew members, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, left, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, center, and Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, right, pose for a photo during an official farewell ceremony prior to their departure to Baikonur for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Friday, March 26, 2021, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Friends and family join in for a photo with Expedition 65 backup crew members, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, second from left, Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, third from left, NASA astronaut Anne McClain, fourth from left, and Expedition 65 prime crew members, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, fifth from left, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, fourth from right, and Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, third from right, during an official farewell ceremony prior to their departure to Baikonur for the prime crew’s launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Friday, March 26, 2021 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (ESA), presses her hands against the bus window as she departs the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit up for the Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the early hours of Nov. 24 and will send Cristoforetti, Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti, of the European Space Agency (ESA), left, Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), center, and Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA, right, pose for a photo with senior officials of Roscosmos, NASA, and ESA prior to boarding the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft for launch, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Cristoforetti, Virts, and Shkaplerov will spend the next five and a half months aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Expedition 41 crew members, Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), center, and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos, right, wave farewell to family and friends as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the early hours of Sept. 26 and will send Samokutyaev, Serova and Wilmore on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

JSC2000-E-29124 (27 November 2000) --- Astronaut Marc Garneau, mission specialist representing the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), is pictured in the cockpit of a NASA T-38 jet trainer at Ellington Field. The five-member STS-97 crew was minutes away from departure to Florida, where it will continue preparations for launch later this week aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

JSC2000-E-29121 (27 November 2000) --- Astronaut Joseph R. Tanner, STS-97 mission specialist, goes over a readiness check in the cockpit of a NASA T-38 jet trainer at Ellington Field. The five-member crew was minutes away from departure to Florida, where it will continue preparations for launch later this week aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

JSC2000-E-29131 (27 November 2000) --- Astronaut Brent W. Jett, Jr., mission commander, is pictured in the cockpit of a NASA T-38 jet trainer at Ellington Field. The five-member STS-97 crew was minutes away from departure to Florida, where it will continue preparations for launch later this week aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

JSC2000-E-29120 (27 November 2000) --- Astronaut Carlos I. Noriega, STS-97 mission specialist, climbs into the cockpit of a NASA T-38 jet trainer at Ellington Field. The five-member crew was minutes away from departure to Florida, where it will continue preparations for launch later this week aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

Expedition 42 crew members, Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), center, and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (ESA), right, wave farewell to family and friends as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the early hours of Nov. 24 and will send Shkaplerov, Virts, and Cristoforetti on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Expedition 42 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) waves farewell to family and friends as he departs the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit up for the Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the early hours of Nov. 24 and will send Shkaplerov, Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (ESA), and Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA, waves farewell to family and friends as he departs the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit up for the Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the early hours of Nov. 24 and will send Virts, Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (ESA) on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Expedition 42 crew members, Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), center, and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (ESA), right, wave farewell to family and friends as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the early hours of Nov. 24 and will send Virts, Shkaplerov, and Cristoforetti on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The STS-135 astronauts prepare to depart NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to return to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew touched down on Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility runway 5:57 a.m., July 21, 2011, bringing a close to 30 years of space shuttle missions. Here, STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson and his son walk toward a Gulfstream III jet that will take them back home. STS-135 Mission Specialist Sandy Magnus follows close behind them, at left. Securing the space shuttle fleet's place in history, Atlantis marked the 26th nighttime landing of the Space Shuttle Program and the 78th landing at Kennedy. Atlantis and its crew delivered to the International Space Station the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with more than 9,400 pounds of spare parts, equipment and supplies that will sustain station operations for the next year. STS-135 was the 33rd and final flight for Atlantis and the final mission of the Space Shuttle Program. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts135/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The STS-135 astronauts prepare to depart NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to return to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew touched down on Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility runway 5:57 a.m., July 21, 2011, bringing a close to 30 years of space shuttle missions. Here, STS-135 Mission Specialist Rex Walheim and his family stop for a photo before boarding a Gulfstream III jet that will take them back home. Securing the space shuttle fleet's place in history, Atlantis marked the 26th nighttime landing of the Space Shuttle Program and the 78th landing at Kennedy. Atlantis and its crew delivered to the International Space Station the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with more than 9,400 pounds of spare parts, equipment and supplies that will sustain station operations for the next year. STS-135 was the 33rd and final flight for Atlantis and the final mission of the Space Shuttle Program. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts135/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The STS-135 astronauts prepare to depart NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to return to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew touched down on Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility runway 5:57 a.m., July 21, 2011, bringing a close to 30 years of space shuttle missions. Here, STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson and his son walk toward a Gulfstream III jet that will take them back home. Securing the space shuttle fleet's place in history, Atlantis marked the 26th nighttime landing of the Space Shuttle Program and the 78th landing at Kennedy. Atlantis and its crew delivered to the International Space Station the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with more than 9,400 pounds of spare parts, equipment and supplies that will sustain station operations for the next year. STS-135 was the 33rd and final flight for Atlantis and the final mission of the Space Shuttle Program. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts135/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The STS-135 astronauts prepare to depart NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to return to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew touched down on Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility runway 5:57 a.m., July 21, 2011, bringing a close to 30 years of space shuttle missions. Here, STS-135 Mission Specialist Sandy Magnus walks toward a Gulfstream III jet that will take her back home. Securing the space shuttle fleet's place in history, Atlantis marked the 26th nighttime landing of the Space Shuttle Program and the 78th landing at Kennedy. Atlantis and its crew delivered to the International Space Station the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with more than 9,400 pounds of spare parts, equipment and supplies that will sustain station operations for the next year. STS-135 was the 33rd and final flight for Atlantis and the final mission of the Space Shuttle Program. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts135/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

The five crew members of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-98 mission depart NASA Dryden to return to the Johnson Space Center at Houston. They briefly extended greetings to Dryden staff members on the ramp area behind Dryden's Main Building at a crew ceremony on February 21, 2001.

SHOWN IS A CONCEPT IMAGE OF THE ARES V EARTH DEPARTURE STAGE AND LUNAR SURFACE ACCESS MODULE DOCKED WITH THE ORION CREW EXPLORATION VEHICLE IN EARTH ORBIT. THE DEPARTURE STAGE, POWERED BY A J-2X ENGINE, IS NEEDED TO ESCAPE EARTH'S GRAVITY AND SEND THE CREW VEHICLE AND LUNAR MODULE ON THEIR JOURNEY TO THE MOON.

STS-83 crew departure from Patrick Air Force Base

STS-133 LAUNCH L-0 SCRUB - CREW DEPARTURE

STS-83 crew departure from Patrick Air Force Base

STS-133 LAUNCH L-0 SCRUB - CREW DEPARTURE

STS-133 LAUNCH L-0 SCRUB - CREW DEPARTURE

STS-133 LAUNCH L-0 SCRUB - CREW DEPARTURE

STS-133 LAUNCH L-0 SCRUB - CREW DEPARTURE

STS-133 LAUNCH L-0 SCRUB - CREW DEPARTURE

STS-133 LAUNCH L-0 SCRUB - CREW DEPARTURE

Ground crew ready ready C-141 KAO (NASA 714) departure from Ames Research Center, CA for Australia.

From left to right, Expedition 65 prime crew members, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, wave goodbye after boarding the bus to their flight to Baikonur for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Friday, March 26, 2021 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

From left to right, Expedition 65 prime crew members, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, wave goodbye after boarding the bus to their flight to Baikonur for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Friday, March 26, 2021 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 65 prime crew member, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, waves goodbye after boarding the bus to his flight to Baikonur for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Friday, March 26, 2021 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 41 crew members, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), left, Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos, center, and Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA, right, wave farewell to family and friends as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the early hours of Sept. 26 and will send Samokutyaev, Serova and Wilmore on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Expedition 65 prime crew members, Russian cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, left, and Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, wave goodbye after boarding the bus to their flight to Baikonur for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Friday, March 26, 2021 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 65 prime crew members, Russian cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, left, and Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, wave goodbye after boarding the bus to their flight to Baikonur for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Friday, March 26, 2021 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 65 prime crew member, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei bids farewell as he boards the bus that will take him to his flight to Baikonur for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Friday, March 26, 2021 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 65 prime crew member, Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, boards the bus that will take him to his flight to Baikonur for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Friday, March 26, 2021 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA, left, takes a quick glimpse up at the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft before boarding to launch with fellow crewmates Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (ESA) Monday, Nov. 24, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Cristoforetti, Virts, and Shkaplerov will spend the next five and a half months aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Chuck from the ground crew ready ready C-141 KAO (NASA 714) departure from Ames Research Center, CA for Australia.

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, left, and Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov invite VIP’s in for the crew departure breakfast prior to their departure from Star City, Russia for Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Monday, Oct. 4, 2004. The Expedition 10 crew will launch on the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft October 14, 2004 to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, sixth from left, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, fifth from left, join VIP’s for the crew departure breakfast prior to their departure from Star City, Russia for Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Monday, Oct. 4, 2004. The Expedition 10 crew will launch on the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft October 14, 2004 to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Documentary views of Space Shuttle Columbia on Lakebed Runway during De-Servicing, Crew Egress and departure from Orbiter at the end of STS-2 Mission. EAFB, CA Also available in 70 CN

Views of the STS-3 Crew, Astronauts Lousma and Fullerton, during departure activities with family and friends to include Astronaut Brewster Shaw. 1. ASTRONAUT SHAW, BREWSTER - STS-3 EAFB, HOUSTON, TX

Expedition 33/34 crew members, Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS, right, depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to head to another building across the Baikonur Cosmodrome where they will suit-up for their soyuz launch, on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford performs the traditional door signing before he and fellow cremates, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin depart the Cosmonaut Hotel for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 33/34 Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy performs the traditional door signing before he and fellow cremates, Flight Engineer Kevin Ford, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin depart the Cosmonaut Hotel for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 33/34 crew members, Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy of ROSCOSMOS, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS, right, receive the traditional blessing from a Russian Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel on the morning of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of a Soyuz rocket later in the afternoon will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 33/34 crew members, Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy of ROSCOSMOS, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS, right, wave farewell to family and friends as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their soyuz launch to the International Space Station, on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

JSC2000-E-29119 (27 November 2000) --- Performing final tasks prior to leaving Ellington Field for Florida are four members of the STS-97 crew. From the left are astronauts Brent W. Jett, Jr., Michael J. Bloomfield, Carlos I. Noriega and Joseph R. Tanner. Marc Garneau, who represents the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), is not pictured. Launch from Florida's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is scheduled for November 30.

Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin performs the traditional door signing before he and fellow cremates, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, and Flight Engineer Kevin Ford depart the Cosmonaut Hotel for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Brazilian Space Agency Soyuz crew member Marcos Pontes performs the traditional signing of a bedroom door at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Thursday, March 30, 2006 prior to the crew’s departure to building 254 and their suit up for launch onboard the Soyuz. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2024e024937 (March 1, 2024) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 members Commander Zena Cardman and Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson focus closely on their training, which shows them how to ensure proper weight and balance across the Dragon spacecraft prior to departure and entry. Credit: SpaceX

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)

At the Shuttle Landing Facility, STS-99 Commander Kevin Kregel is joined by his wife, Jeanne, before their departure for Houston. The STS-99 crew completed a successful 11-day Shuttle Radar Topography Mission mapping 47 million square miles of the Earth's surface before landing at KSC Feb. 22

At the Shuttle Landing Facility, STS-99 Commander Kevin Kregel is joined by his wife, Jeanne, before their departure for Houston. The STS-99 crew completed a successful 11-day Shuttle Radar Topography Mission mapping 47 million square miles of the Earth's surface before landing at KSC Feb. 22

Expedition 13 Commander Pavel V. Vinogradov does the traditional signing of a bedroom door at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Thursday, March 30, 2006 prior to the crew’s departure to building 254 and their suit up for launch onboard the Soyuz. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ISS031-E-005810 (27 April 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 31 commander, uses a still camera at a window in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station to photograph the departure of the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft carrying Expedition 30 crew members back to Earth.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Prime crew astronauts Bob Crippen (left) and John Young (right) discuss checklist items during suit-up in the Operations and Checkout Building iiror to departure for the launch pad during the final countdown rehearsal before launch of STS-1.

ISS028-E-050148 (15 Sept. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 29 commander, closes the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) hatch in preparation of the departure of the Expedition 28 crew members on the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft.

KAZAKHSTAN - Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox calls his wife Annie from the airplane prior to departure from Astana, Kazakhstan, to Moscow. The Expedition Six crew spent 161 days in space, 159 manning the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

ISS031-E-005786 (27 April 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 31 flight engineer, uses a still camera at a window in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station to photograph the departure of the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft carrying Expedition 30 crew members back to Earth.

Expedition 13 Science Officer and Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams does the traditional signing of a bedroom door at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Thursday, March 30, 2006 prior to the crew’s departure to building 254 and their suit up for launch onboard the Soyuz. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Technicians inside NASA’s Kennedy Space Centers Multi-Payload Processing Facility (MPPF) in Florida use a crane to load the Artemis I spacecraft - now called an environmental test article – into the crew module transportation fixture in preparation for its departure to NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio

Expedition 28 crew members, Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa, left, Soyuz commander Sergei Volkov, center, and Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, answer reporters questions during a crew departure press conference held on the grounds of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Wednesday, May 25, 2011 in Star City, Russia. The crew later departed for Baikonur, Kazakhstan in preparation for their June launch onboard a Soyuz rocket. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Members of the STS-101 crew gather with families and friends at Patrick Air Force Base before departure for Houston. Mission Specialist Mary Ellen Weber is joined by her husband, Dr. Jerome Elkind. After landing at 2:20 a.m. EDT May 29, the crew and their families enjoyed the Memorial Day holiday in Florida. The crew returned from the third flight to the International Space Station where they made repairs, transferred cargo and completed a space walk to install and connect several pieces of equipment on the outside of the Space Station

iss072e742584 (March 11, 2025) --- The four SpaceX Crew-9 members are suited up in their Dragon pressure suits testing them for a fit check one week before their departure aboard the Dragon crew spacecraft. Clockwise from top left are, NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Nick Hague, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov. The Commercial Crew quartet is pictured inside the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module.

iss065e006538 (April 26, 2021) --- Expedition 65 Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Megan McArthur, both NASA astronauts, are pictured during crew handover activities aboard the International Space Station. Walker was preparing for her departure with her SpaceX Crew-1 crewmates and helping McArthur, a Crew-2 Pilot, get up to speed with station systems.

Expedition 28 crew members, Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa, left, Soyuz commander Sergei Volkov, center, and Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, answer reporters questions during a crew departure press conference held on the grounds of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Wednesday, May 25, 2011 in Star City, Russia. The crew later departed for Baikonur, Kazakhstan in preparation for their June launch onboard a Soyuz rocket. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Members of the STS-101 crew gather with families and friends at Patrick Air Force Base before departure for Houston. Mission Specialist Mary Ellen Weber is joined by her husband, Dr. Jerome Elkind. After landing at 2:20 a.m. EDT May 29, the crew and their families enjoyed the Memorial Day holiday in Florida. The crew returned from the third flight to the International Space Station where they made repairs, transferred cargo and completed a space walk to install and connect several pieces of equipment on the outside of the Space Station

iss063e063155 (Aug. 1, 2020) --- The Expedition 63 crew gathers for a final portrait before the departure of NASA's commercial crew astronauts (front row, from left) Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley. In the center back row, is NASA Commander Chris Cassidy flanked by Roscosmos Flight Engineers (from left) Ivan Vagner and Anatoly Ivanishin.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STS-1 Prime Crew Astronauts, John Young (in front) and Bob Crippen, are followed by Flight Operations Director George Abbey, crew trainer Richard Nygram, and a space suit technician as they depart KSC’s Operations and Checkout Building enroute to Pad 39A for boarding of the Space Shuttle. Just visible to the left, is KSC’s Gather Cottee, coordinating TV coverage at the OandC departure point.

ISS035-E-040104 (13 May 2013) --- One of the final acts aboard the International Space Station following a change of command and prior to a crew departure traditionally has been placement of respective increment logo decals at various places onboard the orbital outpost. Expedition 36 Commander Pavel Vinogradov (mostly out of frame) adds his crew's decal to the many that have been placed over a period of many years in the Unity node.

S117-E-08032 (19 June 2007) --- Backdropped by a blue and white Earth, the International Space Station moves away from the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Earlier the STS-117 and Expedition 15 crews concluded about eight days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 9:42 a.m. (CDT) on June 19, 2007. Astronaut Lee Archambault, STS-117 pilot, was at the controls for the departure and fly-around, which gave Atlantis' crew a look at the station's new expanded configuration.

S117-E-08041 (19 June 2007) --- Backdropped by a blue and white Earth, the International Space Station moves away from the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Earlier the STS-117 and Expedition 15 crews concluded about eight days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 9:42 a.m. (CDT) on June 19, 2007. Astronaut Lee Archambault, STS-117 pilot, was at the controls for the departure and fly-around, which gave Atlantis' crew a look at the station's new expanded configuration.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Skid Strip, STS-109 Mission Specialists James Newman and Nancy Currie wave to onlookers as they head for the aircraft and departure for Houston. The crew returned to KSC aboard Columbia March 12 after an 11-day mission servicing the Hubble Space Telescope. The other crew members are Commander Scott Altman, Pilot Duane Carey and Mission Specialists John Grunsfeld, Richard Linnehan and Michael Massimino

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, second from left, and Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov greet the first woman to fly in space, Valentina Tereshkova, right, prior to the crews' departure from Star City, Russia to Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Monday, October 4, 2004. The Expedition 10 crew will launch on the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft October 14, 2004 to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the Expedition 27 prime crew members participate in a ceremonial breakfast March 21, 2011 prior to their departure for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. From left to right are prime crew members Ron Garan of NASA, Soyuz commander Alexander Samokutyaev, and Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, Garan, Samokutyaev and Borisenko are scheduled to launch April 5 ( Kazakhstan time) on the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Stephanie Stoll

iss072e098007 (Oct. 23, 2024) -- The Expedition 72 crew poses for a group portrait ahead of the departure of NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission. From top left is NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, astronauts Matthew Dominick and Mike Barratt, and cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Aleksandr Gorbunov. From bottom left are astronauts Suni Williams, Nick Hague, Don Pettit and Butch Wilmore, and cosmonaut Ivan Vagner.

S117-E-07999 (19 June 2007) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space, the International Space Station moves away from the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Earlier the STS-117 and Expedition 15 crews concluded about eight days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 9:42 a.m. (CDT) on June 19, 2007. Astronaut Lee Archambault, STS-117 pilot, was at the controls for the departure and fly-around, which gave Atlantis' crew a look at the station's new expanded configuration.

ISS039-E-020769 (13 May 2013) --- Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency waves good bye as one of the three remaining crew members on the orbital outpost records video of the crew departure. Already on the other side of the hatch are Expedition Flight Engineers Rick Mastracchio of NASA and Mikhail Tyurin of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos).

S117-E-08015 (19 June 2007) --- Backdropped by a colorful Earth, the International Space Station moves away from the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Earlier the STS-117 and Expedition 15 crews concluded about eight days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 9:42 a.m. (CDT) on June 19, 2007. Astronaut Lee Archambault, STS-117 pilot, was at the controls for the departure and fly-around, which gave Atlantis' crew a look at the station's new expanded configuration.

S117-E-08731 (19 June 2007) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space, the International Space Station moves away from the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Earlier the STS-117 and Expedition 15 crews concluded about eight days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 9:42 a.m. (CDT) on June 19, 2007. Astronaut Lee Archambault, STS-117 pilot, was at the controls for the departure and fly-around, which gave Atlantis' crew a look at the station's new expanded configuration.

S117-E-08001 (19 June 2007) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space, the International Space Station moves away from the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Earlier the STS-117 and Expedition 15 crews concluded about eight days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 9:42 a.m. (CDT) on June 19, 2007. Astronaut Lee Archambault, STS-117 pilot, was at the controls for the departure and fly-around, which gave Atlantis' crew a look at the station's new expanded configuration.

Members of the STS-101 crew gather with families and friends at Patrick Air Force Base before departure for Houston. Mission Specialist Jeffrey N. Williams is joined by his wife, Anna-Marie, and two sons. After landing at 2:20 a.m. EDT May 29, the crew and their families enjoyed the Memorial Day holiday in Florida. The crew returned from the third flight to the International Space Station where they made repairs, transferred cargo and completed a space walk to install and connect several pieces of equipment on the outside of the Space Station

Members of the STS-101 crew gather with families and friends at Patrick Air Force Base before departure for Houston. Mission Specialist Jeffrey N. Williams is joined by his wife, Anna-Marie, and two sons. After landing at 2:20 a.m. EDT May 29, the crew and their families enjoyed the Memorial Day holiday in Florida. The crew returned from the third flight to the International Space Station where they made repairs, transferred cargo and completed a space walk to install and connect several pieces of equipment on the outside of the Space Station

Members of the STS-101 crew gather with families and friends at Patrick Air Force Base before departure for Houston. In the foreground are Mission Specialists Susan J. Helms, Jeffrey N. Williams and Yury Usachev of Russia. At far left is Mission Specialist James S. Voss. After landing at 2:20 a.m. EDT May 29, the crew and their families enjoyed the Memorial Day holiday in Florida. The crew returned from the third flight to the International Space Station where they made repairs, transferred cargo and completed a space walk to install and connect several pieces of equipment on the outside of the Space Station

Members of the STS-101 crew gather with families and friends at Patrick Air Force Base before departure for Houston. Pilot Scott “Doc” Horowitz is joined by his wife, Lisa, and daughter; Mission Specialist Susan J. Helms is at right. After landing at 2:20 a.m. EDT May 29, the crew and their families enjoyed the Memorial Day holiday in Florida. The crew returned from the third flight to the International Space Station where they made repairs, transferred cargo and completed a space walk to install and connect several pieces of equipment on the outside of the Space Station

STS-88 Commander Robert D. Cabana (at microphone) speaks to the news media before the crew's departure at Cape Canaveral Air Station. At left are Mission Specialists Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev and James H. Newman. The other crew members (not shown) are Mission Specialists Jerry L. Ross and Nancy J. Currie, and Pilot Frederick W. "Rick" Sturckow. The STS-88 crew returned Dec. 15 from a 12-day mission on orbit constructing the first elements of the International Space Station, the U.S.-built Unity connecting module and Russian-built Zarya control module

Members of the STS-101 crew gather with families and friends at Patrick Air Force Base before departure for Houston. In the foreground are Mission Specialists Susan J. Helms, Jeffrey N. Williams and Yury Usachev of Russia. At far left is Mission Specialist James S. Voss. After landing at 2:20 a.m. EDT May 29, the crew and their families enjoyed the Memorial Day holiday in Florida. The crew returned from the third flight to the International Space Station where they made repairs, transferred cargo and completed a space walk to install and connect several pieces of equipment on the outside of the Space Station

Members of the STS-101 crew gather with families and friends at Patrick Air Force Base before departure for Houston. Pilot Scott “Doc” Horowitz is joined by his wife, Lisa, and daughter; Mission Specialist Susan J. Helms is at right. After landing at 2:20 a.m. EDT May 29, the crew and their families enjoyed the Memorial Day holiday in Florida. The crew returned from the third flight to the International Space Station where they made repairs, transferred cargo and completed a space walk to install and connect several pieces of equipment on the outside of the Space Station

JSC2011-E-040204 (2 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, prepares for departure from Moffett Field in a T-38 trainer home to Houston after the crew of STS-135 trained in the Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS) at NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif. on March 2, 2011, Photo credit: NASA Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool