Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at sunset, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007 in their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft. They will dock with the International Space Station on October 12. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station, while Shukor will return to Earth October 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 16 Launch

Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at sunset, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007 in their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft. They will dock with the International Space Station on October 12. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station, while Shukor will return to Earth October 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 16 Preflight

The Soyuz launch pad is seen prior to the arrival of the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft, Monday, Oct. 8, 2007, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz was transported by railcar to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome for an October 10th launch date, when it will carry Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to the International Space Station. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station. Shukor, who is flying under an agreement between Malaysia and the Russian Federal Space Agency, will return to Earth October 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crew members currently on the complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 16 Preflight

The Soyuz launch pad is seen prior to the arrival of the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft, Monday, Oct. 8, 2007, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz was transported by railcar to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome for an October 10th launch date, when it will carry Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to the International Space Station. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station. Shukor, who is flying under an agreement between Malaysia and the Russian Federal Space Agency, will return to Earth October 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crew members currently on the complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz TMA-16 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 carrying Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev and Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté to the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 21 Launches

Expedition 16 Preflight

The Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft was transported by railcar to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Monday, Oct. 8, 2007, in Kazakhstan for an October 10th launch date. The Soyuz will carry Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to the International Space Station. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station. Shukor, who is flying under an agreement between Malaysia and the Russian Federal Space Agency, will return to Earth October 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crew members currently on the complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 16 Preflight

The Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft is transported by railcar to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Monday, Oct. 8, 2007, in Kazakhstan for an October 10th launch date. The Soyuz will carry Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to the International Space Station. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station. Shukor, who is flying under an agreement between Malaysia and the Russian Federal Space Agency, will return to Earth October 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crew members currently on the complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 16 Preflight

The Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft was transported by railcar to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Monday, Oct. 8, 2007, in Kazakhstan for an October 10th launch date. The Soyuz will carry Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to the International Space Station. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station. Shukor, who is flying under an agreement between Malaysia and the Russian Federal Space Agency, will return to Earth October 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crew members currently on the complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 16 Preflight

The Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft was transported by railcar to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Monday, Oct. 8, 2007, in Kazakhstan for an October 10th launch date. The Soyuz will carry Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to the International Space Station. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station. Shukor, who is flying under an agreement between Malaysia and the Russian Federal Space Agency, will return to Earth October 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crew members currently on the complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 21 Launches

Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, top, Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté, middle, and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev wave farewell from the bottom of the Soyuz launch pad prior shortly before their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-16 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 21 Crew Prepares For Launch

Expedition 24 Launch Day

Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineer Shannon Walker, top, Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineer Doug Wheelock, center, and Expedition 24 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin wave farewell from the bottom of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Walker, Wheelock and Yurchikhin launched in their Soyuz TMA-19 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 24 Launch Day

Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineer Shannon Walker, top, Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineer Doug Wheelock, center, and Expedition 24 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin prepare to board their Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Walker, Wheelock and Yurchikhin launched in their Soyuz TMA-19 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 24 Launch Day

Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineer Shannon Walker, top, Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineer Doug Wheelock, center, and Expedition 24 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin wave farewell from the bottom of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Walker, Wheelock and Yurchikhin launched in their Soyuz TMA-19 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

STS-120 water survival training at the NBL

JSC2007-E-06461 (31 Jan. 2007) --- Attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, astronaut Daniel M. Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer, awaits the start of a water survival training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center. Tani will join Expedition 16 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station aboard Atlantis on mission STS-120 and will return home aboard Discovery on mission STS-122.

STS-120 water survival training at the NBL

JSC2007-E-06401 (31 Jan. 2007) --- Attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, astronaut Daniel M. Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer, awaits the start of a water survival training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center. Tani will join Expedition 16 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station aboard Atlantis on mission STS-120 and will return home aboard Discovery on mission STS-122.

STS-120 Crewmembers during payload egress training

JSC2007-E-18063 (9 April 2007) --- Astronaut Daniel M. Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer, dons a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit in preparation for a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center. Tani is scheduled to join Expedition 16 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station on mission STS-120 and is scheduled to return home on mission STS-122. United Space Alliance suit technician Ryan Carabaja assisted Tani.

Expedition 16 Preflight

Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson dons her flight suit prior to launch, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 16 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, Whitson, and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at sunset n their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft bound for a docking to the International Space Station on Oct. 12. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station, while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 16 Preflight

Expedition 16 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko dons his flight suit prior to launch, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, Malenchenko, and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at sunset n their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft bound for a docking to the International Space Station on Oct. 12. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station, while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 16 Preflight

Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson dons her flight suit prior to launch, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 16 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, Whitson, and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at sunset n their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft bound for a docking to the International Space Station on Oct. 12. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station, while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 16 Preflight

Expedition 16 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko dons his flight suit prior to launch, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, Malenchenko, and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at sunset n their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft bound for a docking to the International Space Station on Oct. 12. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station, while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Soyuz rocket is seen shortly after arrival to the launch pad Monday, Sept. 28, 2009 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz is scheduled to launch the crew of Expedition 21 and a spaceflight participant on Sept. 30, 2009. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 21 Soyuz Rollout

The Soyuz rocket is rolled out to the launch pad Monday, Sept. 28, 2009 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz is scheduled to launch the crew of Expedition 21 and a spaceflight participant on Sept. 30, 2009. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 21 Soyuz Rollout

Launch scaffolding is raised into place around the Soyuz rocket shortly after arrival to the launch pad Monday, Sept. 28, 2009 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz is scheduled to launch the crew of Expedition 21 and a spaceflight participant on Sept. 30, 2009. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 21 Soyuz Rollout

Launch pad engineers watch as the Soyuz rocket is rolled onto the launch pad Monday, Sept. 28, 2009 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz is scheduled to launch the crew of Expedition 21 and a spaceflight participant on Sept. 30, 2009. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 21 Soyuz Rollout

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JSC2007-E-18096 (9 April 2007) --- Astronauts Pamela A. Melroy (left), STS-120 commander; Daniel M. Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer; and George D. Zamka, STS-120 pilot, enjoy a light moment as they await the start of a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Tani is scheduled to join Expedition 16 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station on mission STS-120 and is scheduled to return home on mission STS-122.

STS-120 crew during NBL training with Dan Tani

JSC2007-E-46535 (18 Sept. 2007) --- Astronaut Daniel M. Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer, dons a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center. European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespoli, STS-120 mission specialist, assisted Tani who is scheduled to join Expedition 16 after launching to the International Space Station on mission STS-120.

STS-120 crew during NBL training with Dan Tani

JSC2007-E-46533 (18 Sept. 2007) --- Astronaut Daniel M. Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer, dons a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center. European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespoli (left), STS-120 mission specialist, assisted Tani who is scheduled to join Expedition 16 after launching to the International Space Station on mission STS-120.

STS-120 crew during NBL training with Dan Tani

JSC2007-E-46540 (18 Sept. 2007) --- Astronaut Daniel M. Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer, dons a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center. European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespoli, STS-120 mission specialist, assisted Tani who is scheduled to join Expedition 16 after launching to the International Space Station on mission STS-120.

STS-120 crew during NBL training with Dan Tani

JSC2007-E-46530 (18 Sept. 2007) --- Astronaut Daniel M. Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer, dons a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center. European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespoli, STS-120 mission specialist, assisted Tani who is scheduled to join Expedition 16 after launching to the International Space Station on mission STS-120.

jsc2018e078861 (Nov. 16, 2017) --- Expedition 57-58 crew members (from left) Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos are pictured in Sokol launch and entry suits at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

Wheelock portrait in Sokal suit

PHOTO DATE: 3-18-16 LOCATION: Bldg 30 - FCR-1 SUBJECT: Expedition 47 flight control team during launch of Expedition 47-48 Crew (Ovchinin, Skripochka, J. Williams) on the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

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jsc2020e016994 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster stand at their vertical position at the Site 31 launch pad April 6 following rollout for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

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jsc2020e017005 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster stand vertically the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch following rollout. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

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jsc2020e016993 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster stand at their vertical position at the Site 31 launch pad April 6 following rollout for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

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jsc2020e017000 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster are transported from the integration building to the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

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jsc2020e017002 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster are transported from the integration building to the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

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jsc2020e016989 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster are transported from the integration building to the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

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jsc2020e016987 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster are transported from the integration building to the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

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jsc2020e017004 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster are transported from the integration building to the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

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jsc2020e016995 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster stand at their vertical position at the Site 31 launch pad April 6 following rollout for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

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jsc2020e016996 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster stand at their vertical position at the Site 31 launch pad April 6 following rollout for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

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jsc2020e016991 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster are raised to a vertical position at the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

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jsc2020e016997 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster stand at their vertical position at the Site 31 launch pad April 6 following rollout for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

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jsc2020e016988 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster are transported from the integration building to the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

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jsc2020e016990 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster are transported from the integration building to the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

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jsc2020e016998 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster stand at their vertical position at the Site 31 launch pad April 6 after the closing of gantry arms following rollout for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

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jsc2020e016992 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster are raised to a vertical position at the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

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jsc2020e017001 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster are transported from the integration building to the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

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jsc2020e016999 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster are transported from the integration building to the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

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jsc2020e017003 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster are transported from the integration building to the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

Expedition 16 Preflight

Expedition 16 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko speaks during the State Commission meeting and press conference, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Expedition 16 crew is in preparation for their launch to the International Space Station Oct. 10 in their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft. Commander Peggy Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station while spaceflight participant Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"

Expedition 16 Preflight

Expedition 16 backup Commander Michael Fincke, right, photographs Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, left, shortly before they and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007. Their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft will dock to the International Space Station on Oct. 12. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station, while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 16 Preflight

Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson listens during the State Commission meeting and press conference, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Expedition 16 crew is in preparation for their launch to the International Space Station Oct. 10 in their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft. Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko will spend six months on the station while spacelfight participant Sheikh Muszhaphar Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"

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jsc2017e095961 (July 16, 2017) --- Aboard a Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center aircraft en route to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 52-53 Flight Engineer Randy Bresnik of NASA (right), with the help of crewmate Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, left), affixes stickers bearing the Soyuz and Expedition 53 mission insignias to the wall of the plane’s cabin July 16 in a traditional ceremony. Bresnik, Ryazanskiy and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency will launch July 28 from Baikonur on the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

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JSC2007-E-08815 (7 Feb. 2007) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespoli (left), STS-120 mission specialist, and astronaut Daniel M. Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer, converse as they await the start of a post insertion/de-orbit training session in one of the full-scale trainers (out of frame) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Nespoli and Tani are wearing training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suit. Tani will join Expedition 16 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station aboard Atlantis on mission STS-120 and is scheduled to return home aboard Discovery on mission STS-122.

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JSC2007-E-21237 (1 May 2007) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Leopold Eyharts, Expedition 16 flight engineer; astronaut Stanley G. Love (partially out of frame) and ESA astronaut Hans Schlegel (out of frame), both STS-122 mission specialists, participate in a training session in one of the full-scale trainers in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, the three are seated on the middeck for a post insertion/de-orbit training session. Eyharts is scheduled to join Expedition 16 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station on mission STS-122.

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JSC2007-E-08830 (7 Feb. 2007) --- Astronauts Daniel M. Tani (left), Expedition 16 flight engineer; European Space Agency's (ESA) Paolo Nespoli and Scott E. Parazynski, both STS-120 mission specialists, participate in a training session in one of the full-scale trainers in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suit, the three are seated on the middeck for a post insertion training session. Tani will join Expedition 16 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station aboard Atlantis on mission STS-120 and is scheduled to return home aboard Discovery on mission STS-122.

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JSC2007-E-08817 (7 Feb. 2007) --- Attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, astronaut Daniel M. Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer, awaits the start of a post insertion/de-orbit training session in one of the full-scale trainers (out of frame) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Tani will join Expedition 16 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station aboard Atlantis on mission STS-120 and is scheduled to return home aboard Discovery on mission STS-122.

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jsc2017e095962 (July 16, 2017) --- Aboard a Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center aircraft en route to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 52-53 Flight Engineers Randy Bresnik of NASA (left), Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency (right) point to the stickers bearing the Soyuz and Expedition 53 mission insignias that they affixed to the wall of the plane’s cabin July 16 in a traditional ceremony. Bresnik, Ryazanskiy Nespoli will launch July 28 from Baikonur on the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

STS-120 water survival training at the NBL

JSC2007-E-06411 (31 Jan. 2007) --- Astronaut Daniel M. Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer, dons a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit in preparation for a water survival training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center. United Space Alliance (USA) suit technician George Brittingham assisted Tani, who will join Expedition 16 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station aboard Atlantis on mission STS-120 and will return home aboard Discovery on mission STS-122.

STS-120 Crew Training, Bldg. 9NW, FFT Mockup

JSC2007-E-08831 (7 Feb. 2007) --- Astronauts Daniel M. Tani (left), Expedition 16 flight engineer; European Space Agency's (ESA) Paolo Nespoli and Scott E. Parazynski, both STS-120 mission specialists, participate in a training session in one of the full-scale trainers in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suit, the three are seated on the middeck for a post insertion training session. Tani will join Expedition 16 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station aboard Atlantis on mission STS-120 and is scheduled to return home aboard Discovery on mission STS-122.

STS-120 Crewmembers during payload egress training

JSC2007-E-18060 (9 April 2007) --- Astronauts Daniel M. Tani (foreground right), Expedition 16 flight engineer; European Space Agency's (ESA) Paolo Nespoli (background right) and Douglas H. Wheelock (background center), both STS-120 mission specialists, don training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits in preparation for a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center. Tani is scheduled to join Expedition 16 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station on mission STS-120 and is scheduled to return home on mission STS-122. United Space Alliance suit technician Ryan Carabaja assisted Tani.

STS-122 Preflight Egress Training

JSC2007-E-21236 (1 May 2007) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Leopold Eyharts (foreground), Expedition 16 flight engineer; astronaut Stanley G. Love and ESA astronaut Hans Schlegel, both STS-122 mission specialists, participate in a training session in one of the full-scale trainers in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, the three are seated on the middeck for a post insertion/de-orbit training session. Eyharts is scheduled to join Expedition 16 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station on mission STS-122.

Expedition 24 Launch Day

Expedition 24 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, far right, and Flight Engineer Doug Wheelock, third from right, are escorted to the Soyuz rocket at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Yurchikhin, Wheelock and Flight Engineer Shannon Walker launched in their Soyuz TMA-19 rocket at 3:35 a.m. Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

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jsc2020e016984 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 63 backup crewmembers Steve Bowen of NASA (left) and Sergey Ryzhikov (center) and Andrei Babkin (right) of Roscosmos pose for pictures April 3 in front of the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft as part of pre-launch activities. They are the backups to the prime crew, Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, who will launch April 9 on the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from Baikonur on April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Courtesy/Roscosmos.

STS-120 crew portrait

STS120-S-002 (16 Feb. 2007) --- These seven astronauts take a break from training to pose for the STS-120 crew portrait. Pictured from the left are astronauts Scott E. Parazynski, Douglas H. Wheelock, Stephanie D. Wilson, all mission specialists; George D. Zamka, pilot; Pamela A. Melroy, commander; Daniel M. Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer; and Paolo A. Nespoli, mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA). The crewmembers are attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits. Tani is scheduled to join Expedition 16 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station on mission STS-120 and is scheduled to return home on mission STS-122.

The Soyuz rocket is seen shortly after arrival to the launch pad Sunday, June 13, 2010, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz is scheduled to launch the crew of Expedition 24 on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 24 Soyuz Rollout

The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen shortly after arrival to the launch pad Monday, Dec. 13, 2010 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz is scheduled to launch the crew of Expedition 26 on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010 at 1:09 a.m. local time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 26 Soyuz Rollout

The Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft is seen at the Soyuz launch pad secured by its scaffolding at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 13, 2010. The Soyuz is scheduled to launch the crew of Expedition 24 on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 24 Soyuz Rollout

The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen shortly after arriving at the launch pad Monday, Dec. 13, 2010 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz is scheduled to launch the crew of Expedition 26 on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010 at 1:09 a.m. local time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 26 Soyuz Rollout

The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it arrives at the launch pad Monday, Dec. 13, 2010 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz is scheduled to launch the crew of Expedition 26 on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 26 Soyuz Rollout

STS-120 crew during NBL training with Dan Tani

JSC2007-E-46552 (18 Sept. 2007) --- Astronauts Daniel M. Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer; and Scott E. Parazynski (partially obscured), STS-120 mission specialist, are about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center. Tani and Parazynski are attired in training versions of their Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit. SCUBA-equipped divers (out of frame) are in the water to assist the crewmembers in their rehearsal, intended to help prepare them for work on the exterior of the International Space Station. Tani is scheduled to join Expedition 16 after launching to the station on mission STS-120.

STS-120 Cake Cutting Ceremony

JSC2007-E-44684 (29 Aug. 2007) --- The STS-120 crewmembers celebrate the end of formal crew training with a cake-cutting ceremony in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at Johnson Space Center. Pictured from the left are astronauts George D. Zamka, pilot; Daniel M. Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer; Stephanie D. Wilson, mission specialist; Pamela A. Melroy, commander; Douglas H. Wheelock, Scott E. Parazynski, and European Space Agency's (ESA) Paolo Nespoli, all mission specialists. Tani is scheduled to join Expedition 16 after launching to the International Space Station on mission STS-120.

STS-120 crew during NBL training with Dan Tani

JSC2007-E-46551 (18 Sept. 2007) --- Astronauts Daniel M. Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer; and Scott E. Parazynski (partially obscured), STS-120 mission specialist, are about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center. Tani and Parazynski are attired in training versions of their Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit. SCUBA-equipped divers (out of frame) are in the water to assist the crewmembers in their rehearsal, intended to help prepare them for work on the exterior of the International Space Station. Tani is scheduled to join Expedition 16 after launching to the station on mission STS-120.

ISS Progress 24 Rollout

JSC2007-E-03082 (16 Jan. 2007) --- Roll-out of the Progress 24 vehicle occurred on schedule at 7:00 a.m., Jan. 16, 2007 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The vehicle was in the vertical and hard-down at the pad by 9:30 a.m. The gantry towers were placed around the vehicle shortly thereafter. Progress is targeted for launch on Jan. 18, 2007 for a two-day trip to the International Space Station carrying 2 1/2 tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 14 crew. Photo Credit: NASA

ISS003-E-5678 (16 September 2001) --- The Russian Docking Compartment, named Pirs, the Russian word for pier, approaches the International Space Station (ISS). One of the Expedition Three crew members, using a digital still camera with a 180mm lens, recorded the image from onboard the orbital outpost. The vehicle was launched on September 14, 2001 and docking occurred on September 16.

View of the Pirs Docking Compartment approaching the ISS during Expedition Three

ISS003-E-5677 (16 September 2001) --- The Russian Docking Compartment, named Pirs, the Russian word for pier, approaches the International Space Station (ISS). One of the Expedition Three crew members, using a digital still camera with a 180mm lens, recorded the image from onboard the orbital outpost. The vehicle was launched on September 14, 2001 and docking occurred on September 16.

View of the Pirs Docking Compartment approaching the ISS during Expedition Three