The Soyuz TMA-20 rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, December 16, 2010 carrying Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli to the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)

The Soyuz TMA-20 rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010 carrying Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Cady Coleman of the U.S. and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli to the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 26 Soyuz Launch

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-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

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

Launch pad engineers are seen as they begin final prelaunch preparations on the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft after its rollout to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday, Dec. 13, 2010 in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev, NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman, and Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli is scheduled for 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 raised into vertical position at the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Monday, Dec. 13, 2010 in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev, NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman, and Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli is scheduled for Thursday, Dec., 16, 2010 at 1:09 a.m. local time. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 26 crew members from bottom Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev, NASA Flight Engineer Cady Coleman and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli, wave to the crowd prior to launching at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 26 Prelaunch

JSC2007-E-41113(2 Aug. 2007) --- The ISS Progress 26 launched Aug. 2 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on time at 12:33:46 pm (CDT) and 11:33:46 pm, Baikonur time. Ascent was nominal and by the book. Once in orbit, the Progress separated from the third stage of the booster and all appendages and antennas were deployed on time. Photo Credit: NASA/Mark Bowman

Expedition 15 Progress 26 Launch

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA prepares to depart Feb. 26 for his launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA prepares to depart Feb. 26 for his launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch on March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Beth Weissinger

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the Expedition 59 prime and backup crewmembers pose for pictures Feb. 26 in front of the statue of Vladimir Lenin as they prepared to depart for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the Expedition 59 prime and backup crewmembers pose for pictures Feb. 26 in front of the statue of Vladimir Lenin as they prepared to depart for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training. From left to right are the backup crew, Drew Morgan of NASA, Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency, and the prime crew, Christina Koch of NASA, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA, who will launch on March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Beth Weissinger

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA (left) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) share a moment Feb. 26 before departing for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan fo

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA (left) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) share a moment Feb. 26 before departing for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training. Hague, Koch and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch on March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e007202 - Expedition 59 crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) pose for pictures Feb. 26 after arriving at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training

Expedition 59 crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) pose for pictures Feb. 26 after arriving at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training following a flight from their training base at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. They will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2019e007200 - Expedition 59 crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) arrive at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Feb. 26 for final pre-launch training following a flight from th

Expedition 59 crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) arrive at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Feb. 26 for final pre-launch training following a flight from their training base at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. They will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

The Soyuz rocket is seen in this 90-second exposure photograph as it launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, onboard, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 72 Launch

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, onboard, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 72 Launch

jsc2019e007203 - Expedition 59 backup crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) arrive at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Feb. 26 for final pre-launch tr

Expedition 59 backup crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) arrive at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Feb. 26 for final pre-launch training following a flight from their training base in Star City, Russia. They are the backups to the prime crew, Nick Hague of NASA, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, who will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

Expedition 26 Prelaunch

Expedition 26 European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked, while Expedition 26 Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman, far right, speaks with back up crew member Mike Fossum at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. Nespoli and fellow Expedition 26 crew members Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratryev and NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman launched in their Soyuz TMA-20 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning at 1:09 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 26 prime and backup crew members portraits

JSC2010-E-185682 (8 Nov. 2010) --- Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev (center), Expedition 26 flight engineer and Expedition 27 commander; along with NASA astronaut Catherine Coleman and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespoli, both Expedition 26/27 flight engineers, take a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center

Expedition 25 portraits in Russia

JSC2010-E-124006 (August 2010) --- Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly (left), Expedition 25 flight engineer and Expedition 26 commander; along with Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kaleri (center) and Oleg Skripochka, both Expedition 25/26 flight engineers, take a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center

Expedition 26 Prelaunch

Expedition 26 NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman has her Russian Sokol suit pressure checked prior to her launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 in Kazakhstan. Coleman and fellow Expedition 26 crew members Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratryev and ESA Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli launched in their Soyuz TMA-20 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning at 1:09 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 26 Prelaunch

Expedition 26 NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman has her Russian Sokol suit pressure checked prior to her launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 in Kazakhstan. Coleman and fellow Expedition 26 crew members Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratryev and ESA Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli launched in their Soyuz TMA-20 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning at 1:09 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 26 Prelaunch

Expedition 26 NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman has her Russian Sokol suit pressure checked prior to her launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 in Kazakhstan. Coleman and fellow Expedition 26 crew members Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratryev and ESA Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli launched in their Soyuz TMA-20 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning at 1:09 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 26 Prelaunch

Expedition 26 NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman has her Russian Sokol suit pressure checked prior to her launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 in Kazakhstan. Coleman and fellow Expedition 26 crew members Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratryev and ESA Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli launched in their Soyuz TMA-20 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning at 1:09 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 26 Prelaunch

Expedition 26 NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman has her Russian Sokol suit pressure checked prior to her launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 in Kazakhstan. Coleman and fellow Expedition 26 crew members Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratryev and ESA Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli launched in their Soyuz TMA-20 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning at 1:09 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

The Soyuz rocket is erected at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 24, 2003. Expedition 7 is scheduled to launch onboard the Soyuz on Saturday April 26, 2003. Photo credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

In front of St. Basil’s Cathedral at Red Square in Moscow Nov. 26, 2010, Expedition 26 prime and backup crew members posed for pictures as part of ceremonial activities leading to the launch of the Expedition 26 crew in the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Dec. 16 (Kazakhstan time). Among those at the Kremlin were JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (left), backup flight engineer and backup Soyuz commander Anatoly Ivanishin (second from left), NASA’s Mike Fossum (third from left), backup flight engineer; NASA’s Cady Coleman (fourth from left), Expedition 26 prime flight engineer, prime Soyuz commander Dmitry Kondratyev (fifth from left) and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli (far right), prime flight engineer. Credit: NASA/Stephanie Stoll

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 48-49 prime crewmember Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency signs in for the start of final qualification exams May 26 as his crewmates, Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (left) and Kate Rubins of NASA (right) look on. Rubins, Onishi and Ivanishin will launch June 24 on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a four-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Stephanie Stoll.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 48-49 prime crewmember Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency signs in for the start of final qualification exams May 26 as his crewmates, Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (left) and Kate Rubins of NASA (right) look on. Rubins, Onishi and Ivanishin will launch June 24 on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 48-49 prime crewmember Kate Rubins of NASA signs in for the start of final qualification exams May 26 as her crewmates, Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (left) and Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) look on. Rubins, Onishi and Ivanishin will launch June 24 on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a four-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Stephanie Stoll.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 48-49 prime crewmember Kate Rubins of NASA signs in for the start of final qualification exams May 26 as her crewmates, Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (left) and Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) look on. Rubins, Onishi and Ivanishin will launch June 24 on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 48-49 prime crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) pose for pictures May 26 during a final qualification exam session. Rubins, Onishi and Ivanishin will launch June 24 on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a four-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Stephanie Stoll.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 48-49 prime crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) pose for pictures May 26 during a final qualification exam session. Rubins, Onishi and Ivanishin will launch June 24 on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, training instructors monitor the work of Expedition 48-49 prime crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA, Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos during final qualification exams May 26. Rubins, Onishi and Ivanishin will launch June 24 on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a four-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Stephanie Stoll.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, training instructors monitor the work of Expedition 48-49 prime crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA, Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos during final qualification exams May 26. Rubins, Onishi and Ivanishin will launch June 24 on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll

Outside their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) listen to remarks June 26 during the traditional raising of the American, Russian, Japanese and Kazakh flags. The trio will launch on July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Alexander Vysotsky.

Outside their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) listen to remarks June 26 during the traditional raising of the American, Russian, Japanese and Kazakh flags. The trio will launch on July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 48-49 prime crewmembers Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Kate Rubins of NASA (right) report to officials May 26 at the start of final qualification exams. Rubins, Onishi and Ivanishin will launch June 24 on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a four-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Stephanie Stoll.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 48-49 prime crewmembers Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Kate Rubins of NASA (right) report to officials May 26 at the start of final qualification exams. Rubins, Onishi and Ivanishin will launch June 24 on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll

Outside their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 48-49 prime and backup crewmembers conduct the traditional raising of the Russian, Japanese, American and Kazakh flags June 26. Prime crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA, Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will launch on July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Alexander Vysotsky.

Outside their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 48-49 prime and backup crewmembers conduct the traditional raising of the Russian, Japanese, American and Kazakh flags June 26. Prime crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA, Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will launch on July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 48-49 prime crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) pose for pictures May 26 during a final qualification exam session. Rubins, Onishi and Ivanishin will launch June 24 on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a four-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Stephanie Stoll.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 48-49 prime crewmembers Kate Rubins of NASA (left), Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos (center) and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right) pose for pictures May 26 during a final qualification exam session. Rubins, Onishi and Ivanishin will launch June 24 on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll

Expedition 26 Prelaunch

Expedition 26 European Space Agency astronaut and Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli performs the traditional door signing Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Nespoli was launched onboard the Soyuz rocket the following morning with Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 26 Prelaunch

Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. Kondratyev and fellow Expedition 26 crew members NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli launched in their Soyuz TMA-20 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning at 1:09 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 26 Prelaunch

Expedition 26 NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman performs the traditional door signing Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Coleman was launched onboard the Soyuz rocket the following morning with Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and ESA Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 26 Prelaunch

Expedition 26 European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. Nespoli and fellow Expedition 26 crew members Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratryev and NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman launched in their Soyuz TMA-20 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning at 1:09 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 26 Prelaunch

Expedition 26 European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. Nespoli and fellow Expedition 26 crew members Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratryev and NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman launched in their Soyuz TMA-20 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning at 1:09 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 26 Prelaunch

Expedition 26 European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. Nespoli and fellow Expedition 26 crew members Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratryev and NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman launched in their Soyuz TMA-20 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning at 1:09 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 26 Prelaunch

Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. Kondratyev and fellow Expedition 26 crew members NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli launched in their Soyuz TMA-20 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning at 1:09 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 26 Prelaunch

Expedition 26 European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. Nespoli and fellow Expedition 26 crew members Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratryev and NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman launched in their Soyuz TMA-20 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning at 1:09 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)

JSC2010-E-185685 (8 Nov. 2010) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 26 flight engineer and Expedition 27 commander, attired in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, takes a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center

Expedition 26 prime and backup crew members portraits

Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt waves goodbye to his family from the bus that will take him, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi to the Soyuz launch pad on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 19 Launch Day

Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi receives the traditional blessing at the Cosmonaut Hotel on the morning of his Soyuz launch with Expedition 19 Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka and Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt to the International Space Station on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 19 Launch Day

Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka receives the traditional blessing at the Cosmonaut Hotel on the morning of his Soyuz launch with Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi to the International Space Station on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 19 Launch Day

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Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt receives the traditional blessing at the Cosmonaut Hotel on the morning of his Soyuz launch with Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi to the International Space Station on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 19 Launch Day

JSC2010-E-124007 (August 2010) --- NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, Expedition 25 flight engineer and Expedition 26 commander, attired in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, takes a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center

Expedition 25 portraits in Russia - Scott Kelly

Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt, background, and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi walk with Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka to the base of the Soyuz rocket prior to launch on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 19 Launch Day

Expedition 40 backup Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency, ESA, is interviewed by members of the media during rollout activities on Monday, May 26, 2014, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Cristoforetti is slated to launch to the International Space Station in November of 2014 as a member of Expedition 41. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Expedition 40 Preflight

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13-26-08: In the Baikonur Cosmodrome Museum in Kazakhstan, Expedition 39/40 Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos; left), Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA (right) hold a banner bearing the insignia of their Soyuz crew patch March 21 during traditional ceremonies. Swanson, Skvortsov and Artemyev are wrapping up training for their launch to the station March 26, Kazakh time, Swanson, Skvortsov and Artemyev are wrapping up training for their launch to the station March 26, Kazakh time, on the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the orbital laboratory. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

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(26 April 2012) -- At the headquarters of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka (left), flight engineer Sergei Revin and NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba field questions from Roscosmos officials April 26, 2012 prior to their departure May 2 for their launch site in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Padalka, Revin and Acaba are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station May 15 in their Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft. Photo credit: NASA

Fisheye View of Dragon interior following Hatch Opening

ISS031-E-077779 (26 May 2012) --- This “fisheye” image of the inside of the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft was photographed by an Expedition 31 crew member aboard the International Space Station on May 26, 2012, the day after grapple. The SpaceX Falcon 9 and its Dragon spacecraft launched on Tuesday, May 22, at 3:44 a.m. EDT. This mission is a demonstration flight by Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, as part of its contract with NASA to have private companies launch cargo safely to the International Space Station.

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(26 April 2012) -- At the headquarters of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Expedition 31 backup crewmembers Kevin Ford of NASA (left), and Russian cosmonauts Evgeny Tarelkin and Oleg Novitskiy, field questions from Roscosmos officials April 26, 2012 prior to their departure May 2 for their launch site in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Prime crewmembers Gennady Padalka, Sergei Revin and Joe Acaba (not pictured) are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station May 15 in their Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft. Photo credit: NASA

Fisheye View of Dragon interior following Hatch Opening

ISS031-E-077780 (26 May 2012) --- This “fisheye” image of the inside of the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft was photographed by an Expedition 31 crew member aboard the International Space Station on May 26, 2012, the day after grapple. The SpaceX Falcon 9 and its Dragon spacecraft launched on Tuesday, May 22, at 3:44 a.m. EDT. This mission is a demonstration flight by Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, as part of its contract with NASA to have private companies launch cargo safely to the International Space Station.