The Soyuz TMA-21 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 carrying Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko to the International Space Station. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed "Gagarin", is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 27 Launch
The Soyuz TMA-21 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 carrying Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko to the International Space Station. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed "Gagarin", is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 27 Launch
The Soyuz TMA-21 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 carrying Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko to the International Space Station. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed "Gagarin", is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 27 Launch
The Soyuz TMA-21 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 carrying Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko to the International Space Station. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed "Gagarin", is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Launch
The Soyuz TMA-21 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 carrying Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko to the International Space Station. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed "Gagarin", is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Launch
The Soyuz launch pad is seen in the distance in the early morning hours at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, April 2, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko is scheduled for Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Soyuz Rollout
The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft is seen on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, April 2, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko is scheduled for Tuesday, April 5, 2011. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin”, is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. The first stage of the Soyuz booster is emblazoned with the name “Gagarin” and the likeness of the first person to fly in space. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Soyuz Rollout
The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft is seen on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, April 2, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko is scheduled for Tuesday, April 5, 2011. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin”, is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. The first stage of the Soyuz booster is emblazoned with the name “Gagarin” and the likeness of the first person to fly in space. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Soyuz Rollout
The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft is seen on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, April 2, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko is scheduled for Tuesday, April 5, 2011. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin”, is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. The first stage of the Soyuz booster is emblazoned with the name “Gagarin” and the likeness of the first person to fly in space. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Soyuz Rollout
The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft is seen on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, April 2, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko is scheduled for Tuesday, April 5, 2011. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin”, is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. The first stage of the Soyuz booster is emblazoned with the name “Gagarin” and the likeness of the first person to fly in space. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Soyuz Rollout
The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft is seen on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, April 2, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko is scheduled for Tuesday, April 5, 2011. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin”, is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. The first stage of the Soyuz booster is emblazoned with the name “Gagarin” and the likeness of the first person to fly in space. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Soyuz Rollout
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Expedition 59 crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) share a playful moment with their Sokol launch and entry suits Feb. 27 after completing the first of two Soyuz spacecraft fit checks during pre-launch training. 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
jsc2019e009960 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Expedition 59 crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) share a playful moment with their Sokol launch and entry suits Feb. 27
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Christina Koch of NASA undergoes a Sokol launch suit pressure check Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Koch, Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos 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
jsc2019e009954 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Christina Koch of NASA undergoes a Sokol launch suit pressure check Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Koch, Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will laun
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Christina Koch of NASA undergoes a Sokol launch suit pressure check Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Koch, Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos 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
jsc2019e009953 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Christina Koch of NASA undergoes a Sokol launch suit pressure check Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Koch, Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will laun
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Christina Koch of NASA undergoes a Sokol launch suit pressure check Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Koch, Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos 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
jsc2019e009952 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Christina Koch of NASA undergoes a Sokol launch suit pressure check Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Koch, Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will laun
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA undergoes a Sokol launch suit pressure check Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos 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
jsc2019e009949 = At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA undergoes a Sokol launch suit pressure check Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will lau
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA undergoes a Sokol launch suit pressure check Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos 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
jsc2019e009951 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA undergoes a Sokol launch suit pressure check Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will lau
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA undergoes a Sokol launch suit pressure check Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos 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
jsc2019e009950 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA undergoes a Sokol launch suit pressure check Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will lau
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA works inside the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos 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
jsc2019e009944 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA works inside the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch M
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA works inside the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos 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
jsc2019e009945 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA works inside the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch M
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA works inside the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos 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
jsc2019e009957 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA works inside the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch M
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA works inside the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos 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
jsc2019e009958 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA works inside the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch M
The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft is lifted into position on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, April 2, 2011. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin”, is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. The first stage of the Soyuz booster is emblazoned with the name “Gagarin” and the likeness of the first person to fly in space. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Soyuz Rollout
The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft is seen shortly after arriving at the launch pad Saturday, April 2, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin”, is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. The first stage of the Soyuz booster is emblazoned with the name “Gagarin” and the likeness of the first person to fly in space. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Soyuz Rollout
The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft is lifted into position on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, April 2, 2011. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin”, is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. The first stage of the Soyuz booster is emblazoned with the name “Gagarin” and the likeness of the first person to fly in space. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Soyuz Rollout
The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft is seen shortly after arriving at the launch pad Saturday, April 2, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin”, is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. The first stage of the Soyuz booster is emblazoned with the name “Gagarin” and the likeness of the first person to fly in space. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Soyuz Rollout
The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft is seen shortly after arriving at the launch pad Saturday, April 2, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin”, is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. The first stage of the Soyuz booster is emblazoned with the name “Gagarin” and the likeness of the first person to fly in space. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Soyuz Rollout
The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft is seen shortly after arriving at the launch pad Saturday, April 2, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin”, is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. The first stage of the Soyuz booster is emblazoned with the name “Gagarin” and the likeness of the first person to fly in space. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Soyuz Rollout
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 59 prime and backup crewmembers pose for pictures Feb. 27 as part of their pre-launch training. In the front row are the prime crewmembers, Christina Koch of NASA, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA. In the back row are their backups, Drew Morgan of NASA, Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency. Koch, Hague and Ovchinin 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
jsc2019e009955 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 59 prime and backup crewmembers pose for pictures Feb. 27 as part of their pre-launch training. In the front row are the prime crewmembers, Christina Koch of NASA, Alexey Ovchinin o
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Christina Koch of NASA suits up for a Soyuz fit check dress rehearsal Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Koch, Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos 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
jsc2019e009947 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Christina Koch of NASA suits up for a Soyuz fit check dress rehearsal Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Koch, Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will la
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Christina Koch of NASA works inside the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Koch, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA (right) 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
jsc2019e009959 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Christina Koch of NASA works inside the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Koch, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA (right) will l
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Christina Koch of NASA works inside the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Koch, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA (right) 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
jsc2019e009943 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Christina Koch of NASA works inside the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Koch, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA (right) will l
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA suits up for a Soyuz fit check dress rehearsal Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos 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
jsc2019e009946 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA suits up for a Soyuz fit check dress rehearsal Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will l
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmembers Nick Hague (left) and Christina Koch (right) of NASA discuss procedures Feb. 27 during a Soyuz fit check dress rehearsal that is part of pre-launch training. Hague, Koch and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos 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
jsc2019e009948 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmembers Nick Hague (left) and Christina Koch (right) of NASA discuss procedures Feb. 27 during a Soyuz fit check dress rehearsal that is part of pre-launch training. Hague, Koch
Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, left, Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, third from left, depart the Cosmonaut Hotel on the evening before their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Monday, April 4, 2011 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin”, is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 27 Prelaunch
Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, left, Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, right, talk to officials prior to their launch on board the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft to the International Space Station, Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin”, is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 27 Prelaunch
Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, left, Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, third from left, walk out to salute Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency Anatoly Perminov at the Baikonur Cosmodrome prior to their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-21 to the International Space Station (ISS), Tuesday, April 5, 2011 in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 27 Prelaunch
Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, left, Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, third from left, walk out to salute Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency Anatoly Perminov, far right, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome prior to their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-21 to the International Space Station (ISS), Tuesday, April 5, 2011 in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 27 Prelaunch
A Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Launch
A Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Launch
A Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Launch
A Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Launch
A Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Launch
A Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Launch
A Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Launch
A Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Launch
A Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Launch
A Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Launch
A Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Launch
A Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Launch
A Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Launch
In this black and white infrared image, a Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Launch
A Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Launch
A Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Launch
A Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Launch
A Soyuz rocket is seen as final preparations for launch are underway to send Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, on a mission to the International Space Station, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Preflight
A Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Launch
A Soyuz rocket is seen at sunrise ahead of the launch to the International Space Station of Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Preflight
A Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Launch
A Soyuz rocket is seen at sunrise ahead of the launch to the International Space Station of Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Preflight
A Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Launch
A Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Launch
A Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Launch
A Soyuz rocket is seen as the service structure is lowered in preparation for launch to the International Space Station of Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 Preflight
A Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, onboard, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
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JSC2011-E-024230 (24 Feb. 2011) --- Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko (right), Expedition 27 flight engineer and Expedition 28 commander; along with Russian cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev (center) and NASA astronaut Ron Garan, both Expedition 27/28 flight engineers, take a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
Expedition 27 prime and backup crew and individual portraits from Russia
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 26 prime and backup crew members portraits
Expedition 27 Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, far right, Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, third from right, talk to Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency Anatoly Perminov, far left, prior to their launch on board the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft to the International Space Station, Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin”, is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 27 Prelaunch
Expedition 27 Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, far right, Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, third from right, talk to Mike Suffredini, Manager, International Space Station (ISS) Program, far left, prior to their launch on board the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft to the International Space Station, Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin”, is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
Expedition 27 Prelaunch
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Ron Garan of NASA conducts a leak check of his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit during a dress rehearsal of launch activities March 22, 2011. Garan, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko are scheduled to launch April 5 (April 4, U.S. time) in the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft that has been dubbed “Gagarin” in honor of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin as the first human in space from the same launch pad that the Expedition 27 will begin its journey from. NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Ron Garan of NASA flashes a smile during a leak check of his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit in the midst of a dress rehearsal of launch activities March 22, 2011. Garan, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko are scheduled to launch April 5 (April 4, U.S. time) in the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft that has been dubbed “Gagarin” in honor of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin as the first human in space from the same launch pad that the Expedition 27 will begin its journey from. NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev performs the traditional door signing Monday, April 4, 2011 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Samokutyaev was launched onboard the Soyuz rocket the following morning with Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Prelaunch
Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Ron Garan performs the traditional door signing Monday, April 4, 2011 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Garan was launched onboard the Soyuz rocket the following morning with Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Prelaunch
At the Kremlin Wall in Moscow March 11, 2011 (from the left to right) Expedition 27 backup crewmembers Daniel Burbank of NASA, and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shklaperov and Anatoly Ivanishin posed for photographers. The three had just lain flowers in honor of fallen Russian icons as part of the ceremonial activities leading to the launch March 30 (Kazakhstan time) of the Expedition 27 prime crew in their Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Mark Polansky
Expedition 27 Preflight
Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev performs the traditional door signing Monday, April 4, 2011 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Samokutyaev was launched onboard the Soyuz rocket the following morning with Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Prelaunch
Expedition 27 Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko performs the traditional door signing Monday, April 4, 2011 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Borisenko was launched onboard the Soyuz rocket the following morning with Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Prelaunch
Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Ron Garan performs the traditional door signing Monday, April 4, 2011 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Garan was launched onboard the Soyuz rocket the following morning with Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Prelaunch
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Ron Garan of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev (center) and Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko suit up for a dress rehearsal of their launch activities and checkout of their Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft March 22, 2011. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin” and which bears the likeness of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space, is scheduled for launch on April 5 (April 4, U.S. time), just one week shy of the 50th anniversary of Gagarin’s historic journey into space from the same launch pad that the Expedition 27 crew will begin their mission from. NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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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
JSC2011-E-024232 (24 Feb. 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko, Expedition 27 flight engineer and Expedition 28 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 27 prime and backup crew and individual portraits from Russia
JSC2009-E-049931 (February 2009) --- 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
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At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Ron Garan of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev (center) and Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko pose for pictures outside their Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft during a check of its systems March 22, 2011. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin” and which bears the likeness of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space, is scheduled for launch on April 5 (April 4, U.S. time), just one week shy of the 50th anniversary of Gagarin’s historic journey into space from the same launch pad that the Expedition 27 crew will begin their mission from.NASA/Victor Zelentso v
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At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Ron Garan of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev (center) and Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko pose for pictures outside their Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft during a check of its systems March 22, 2011. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin” and which bears the likeness of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space, is scheduled for launch on April 5 (April 4, U.S. time), just one week shy of the 50th anniversary of Gagarin’s historic journey into space from the same launch pad that the Expedition 27 crew will begin their mission rom. NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, famed Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov (right) offers thoughts to the Expedition 27 prime crew members at a breakfast March 21, 2011 prior to their departure for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 27 crewmembers Ron Garan of NASA, flight engineer; Russian cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev, Soyuz commander; and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko, flight engineer, are scheduled to launch April 5 (Kazakhstan time) on the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Stephanie Stoll
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Expedition 73 backup crewmember Sergey Mikaev of Roscosmos is seen during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 73 to the International Space Station, Monday, April 7, 2025, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft on April 8. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 State Commission
Expedition 73 backup crewmember Sergey Kud-Skverchkov of Roscosmos is seen during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 73 to the International Space Station, Monday, April 7, 2025, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft on April 8. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 State Commission
Expedition 73 backup crewmember Chris Williams of NASA is seen during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 73 to the International Space Station, Monday, April 7, 2025, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 73 crew members: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy, are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft on April 8. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 73 State Commission
The Soyuz rocket is seen at the launch pad, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 74 crewmembers: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft on November 27. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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Expedition 27 prime crew members Ron Garan of NASA, and Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko and Alexander Samokutyaev (far left), along with Expedition 27 backup crew members Anton Shklaperov, Anatoly Ivanishin and Daniel Burbank of NASA (far right), participate in a news conference held March 11, 2011 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Garan, Borisenko and Samokutyaev will launch in the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 30 (Kazakhstan time) for a 5 ½ month stay on the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Stephanie Stoll
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Expedition 27 prime crew members Ron Garan of NASA, and Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko and Alexander Samokutyaev (far left), along with Expedition 27 backup crew members Anton Shklaperov, Anatoly Ivanishin and Daniel Burbank of NASA (far right), participate in a photo opportunity after a news conference held March 11, 2011 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Garan, Borisenko and Samokutyaev will launch in the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 30 (Kazakhstan time) for a 5 ½ month stay on the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Stephanie Stoll
Expedition 27 Preflight
Expedition 27 prime crew members Ron Garan of NASA, and Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko and Alexander Samokutyaev (far left), along with Expedition 27 backup crew members Anton Shklaperov, Anatoly Ivanishin and Daniel Burbank of NASA (far right), participate in a news conference held March 11, 2011 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Garan, Borisenko and Samokutyaev will launch in the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 30 (Kazakhstan time) for a 5 ½ month stay on the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Stephanie Stoll
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After laying flowers at the Kremlin Wall in Moscow March 11, 2011 as part of their ceremonial activities, the Expedition 27 prime and backup crew members pose for photographers in front of the Tsar Cannon at the Kremlin. From left to right are NASA astronaut Ron Garan, prime Expedition 27 flight engineer; Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko and Alexander Samokutyaev; and their backups -- NASA astronaut Daniel Burbank, and Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Anton Shklaperov. The three prime crew members will launch March 30 (Kazakhstan time) in their Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Stephanie Stoll
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ISS043E055850 (03/27/2015) --- The Soyuz TMA 16M spacecraft approaches the International Space Station after launching 27 Mar. 2015 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan . Expedition 43 Russian Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, and Russian Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka of Roscosmos are onboard and will enter the station after docking.
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iss073e0075996 (May 15, 2025) --- The Soyuz MS-27 crew ship is pictured docked to the International Space Station's Prichal module as the orbital outpost soared 271 miles above a cloudy South Pacific Ocean. The Soyuz MS-27 launched from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrme then docked to Prichal on April 8, 2025, carrying Expedition 73 Flight Engineers Jonny Kim of NASA and Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, both from Roscosmos.
The Soyuz MS-27 crew ship is pictured docked to the Prichal module
ISS027-E-015253 (22 April 2011) --- A close-up view of the unpiloted ISS Progress 41 supply vehicle is photographed by an Expedition 27 crew member as it departs from the International Space Station at 7:41 a.m. (EDT) on April 22, 2011. Filled with trash and discarded items, Progress 41 will remain in orbit a safe distance from the station for engineering tests before being commanded by flight controllers to descend to a destructive re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean. The departure of Progress 41 clears the way for the next unpiloted supply ship, ISS Progress 42, which is set to launch April 27 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, delivering three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 27 crew.
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ISS027-E-015247 (22 April 2011) --- A close-up view of the unpiloted ISS Progress 41 supply vehicle is photographed by an Expedition 27 crew member as it departs from the International Space Station at 7:41 a.m. (EDT) on April 22, 2011. Filled with trash and discarded items, Progress 41 will remain in orbit a safe distance from the station for engineering tests before being commanded by flight controllers to descend to a destructive re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean. The departure of Progress 41 clears the way for the next unpiloted supply ship, ISS Progress 42, which is set to launch April 27 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, delivering three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 27 crew.
Progress 41P Spacecraft after Undocking from DC1
Seated in the right seat of the descent module of the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft, Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Ron Garan of NASA runs through a checklist of procedures during a dress rehearsal of launch activities at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 22, 2011. Garan, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev (center) and Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko are scheduled to launch April 5 (April 4, U.S. time) in the Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin” and which bears the likeness of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space. The launch will occur just one week shy of the 50th anniversary of Gagarin’s historic journey into space from the same launch pad that the Expedition 27 crew will begin their mission from. NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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Seated in the right seat of the descent module of the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft, Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Ron Garan of NASA runs through a checklist of procedures during a dress rehearsal of launch activities at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 22, 2011. Garan, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev (center) and Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko are scheduled to launch April 5 (April 4, U.S. time) in the Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin” and which bears the likeness of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space. The launch will occur just one week shy of the 50th anniversary of Gagarin’s historic journey into space from the same launch pad that the Expedition 27 crew will begin their mission from. NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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Expedition 27 Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, sitting far left, smiles as NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan flashes the peace sign to friends and family as they await to have their Russian Sokol suits prepared for launch on April 5, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Prelaunch
JSC2012-E-238485 (27 Aug. 2012) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 34 backup crew member, 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
Official portrait of European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano in Russian Sokol suit