The Expedition 8 and 9 crews and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands are viewed on the front screen of the Flight Control Room at the Russian Mission Control Center outside Moscow, Wednesday, April 21, 2004, in a televised welcoming ceremony following their docking to the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Under the televised view of the two crews is the insignia of the Expedition 9 crew, consisting of commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer and NASA International Space Station Science Officer Michael Fincke, who will spend six months on the Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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October 12, 2003, Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (left to right) Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale, European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain and Valery Korzun, Chief of Cosmonauts arrive in Baikonur. Expedition 8 is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on October 18th onboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"

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October 12, 2003, Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (left to right) European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri gather on the bus after the flight down from Moscow to Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 8 is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on October 18th onboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"

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October 12, 2003, Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Victor Grin, A member of the Russian State Commission (left) greets (left to right) Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain. Expedition 8 is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on October 18th onboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"

Expedition 8 / Expedition 9 official Change of Command Ceremony in U.S. Lab

ISS008-E-22320 (26 April 2004) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station (ISS) gather in the Destiny laboratory for the ceremony of Changing-of Command from Expedition 8 to Expedition 9. From the left are astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 commander and NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Alexander Y. Kaleri, Expedition 8 flight engineer; astronaut Edward M. (Mike) Fincke, Expedition 9 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands; and cosmonaut Gennady I. Padalka, Expedition 9 commander. Kaleri and Padalka represent Russias Federal Space Agency.

ISS008-E-08950 (December 2003) --- A partial moon is visible in this view of Earths horizon and airglow, photographed by an Expedition 8 crewmember onboard the International Space Station (ISS).

View of the Crescent Moon / moonset taken during Expedition 8

ISS007-E-14547 (8 September 2003) --- This view featuring thunderstorms over the east coast of the United States was taken by an Expedition 7 crewmember onboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth observations taken by the Expedition Seven crew

ISS008-E-16328 (15 February 2004) --- A major dust storm in the Kerman Desert, just east of the city of Bam in Southeastern Iran, was featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 8 crewmember onboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Crew Earth Observations (CEO) taken during Expedition 8

ISS007-E-14572 (8 September 2003) --- This view of the Mississippi River Delta on the Gulf of Mexico was taken by an Expedition 7 crewmember onboard the International Space Station (ISS). This delta area is often referred to as the "crow's foot."

Earth observations taken by the Expedition Seven crew

Expedition 64 Soyuz Landing

Expedition 64 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins signs a memento while onboard a Russian MI-8 helicopter that will take her to Karaganda after she, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, landed in their Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Saturday, April 17, 2021. Rubins, Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov returned after 185 days in space having served as Expedition 63-64 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Expedition 8 Arrival

European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, left, Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale and Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri gather on a bus following their arrival in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2003, in preparation for their Oct. 18 launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome onboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 8 crewmembers attend pre-launch inspection briefing at Baikonur

JSC2003-E-59057 (13 October 2003) --- Astronaut C. Michael Foale (left), Expedition 8 mission commander and NASA ISS science officer, is briefed by a technician inside the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle in a processing facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan during a pre-launch inspection of the spacecraft. Expedition 8 is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on October 18 onboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Expedition 7 and Expedition 8 on-orbit crew portrait

ISS007-E-17904 (24 October 2003) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station (ISS) gather for a group portrait in the Destiny laboratory. From the left (front row) are cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 commander; European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain; astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 commander and NASA ISS science officer. From the left (back row) are astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, and cosmonaut Alexander Y. Kaleri, Expedition 8 flight engineer. Malenchenko and Kaleri represent Rosaviakosmos.

Expedition 7 and Expedition 8 on-orbit crew portrait

ISS007-E-17897 (24 October 2003) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station (ISS) gather for a group portrait in the Destiny laboratory. From the left (front row) are cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 mission commander; European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain; astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 mission commander and NASA ISS science officer. From the left (back row) are astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, and cosmonaut Alexander Y. Kaleri, Expedition 8 flight engineer. Malenchenko and Kaleri represent Rosaviakosmos.

Expedition 60 Soyuz MS-11 Landing

An all-terrain vehicle, with Expedition 60 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA onboard, is backed up to an awaiting helicopter after Hague landed in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft with Expedition 60 crewmember Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, and visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 60 Soyuz MS-11 Landing

An all-terrain vehicle, with Expedition 60 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA onboard, arrives to an awaiting helicopter after Hague landed in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft with Expedition 60 crewmember Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, and visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 60 Soyuz MS-11 Landing

An all-terrain vehicle, with Expedition 60 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA onboard, is backed up to an awaiting helicopter after Hague landed in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft with Expedition 60 crewmember Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, and visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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

ISS007-E-16807 (8 October 2003) --- The Honolulu International Airport runway juts into the water on the left side of this image of Oahu, taken by an Expedition 7 crewmember onboard the International Space Station (ISS). In the center is Keehi Lagoon and on the right is Sand Island.

Earth observations taken by the Expedition Seven crew

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

STS102-324-019 (8-21 March 2001) --- Astronaut James D. Wetherbee, STS-102 commander, is photographed while onboard the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition One flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos, is visible in the background.

Wetherbee takes a photo in the ISS U.S. Laboratory

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

S128-E-007310 (4 Sept. 2009) ---- Astronaut José Hernandez, STS-128 mission specialist, is busy at a work station in the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory onboard the International Space Station during flight day 8 for the Discovery astronauts, currently working with the Expedition 20 crewmembers aboard the orbital outpost.

Hernandez at laptop in Japanese Experiment Module (JEM)

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Expedition 73 Launch

Expedition 73 Preflight

Expedition 73 Launch

ISS008-E-16355 (15 February 2004) --- A massive sandstorm over the Persian Gulf state of Qatar blows southward toward southeastern Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in this image photographed by an Expedition 8 crewmember onboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Crew Earth Observations (CEO) taken during Expedition 8

Expedition 73 Launch

Expedition 56 Soyuz MS-08 Landing

A Russian MI-8 helicopter waits to take Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel of NASA from the Soyuz MS-08 landing site to the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. Feustel, Expedition 56 Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA, and Expedition 56 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos returned after 197 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 55 and 56 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 56 Soyuz MS-08 Landing

A Russian MI-8 helicopter waits to take Expedition 56 Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA from the Soyuz MS-08 landing site to the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. Arnold, Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel of NASA, and Expedition 56 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos returned after 197 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 55 and 56 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 60 Soyuz MS-12 Landing

Expedition 60 NASA astronaut Nick Hague, left, and NASA Flight Surgeon Blake Chamberlain wait inside at Russian MI-8 helicopter after arriving at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan from a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Hague and fellow Expedition 60 crewmember Alexey Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates also returned with the crew after logging 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 60 Soyuz MS-12 Landing

Expedition 60 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA is chelped into a Russian MI-8 helicopter after he and fellow Expedition 60 crewmember Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates landed in their Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 32 Preflight

Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, right, shakes hands with Vladimir Popovkin, Director of Roscosmos prior to her launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Williams is seen with Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, center, and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide. The Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide onboard launched at 8:40 a.m. later that morning Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 32 Preflight

Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, right, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, left, receive a formal go for launch from Vitaly Alexandrovich Lopota, President of Energia, left, and Vladimir Popovkin, Director of Roscosmos prior to their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide onboard launched at 8:40 a.m. later that morning Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 60 Soyuz MS-12 Landing

Expedition 60 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos attends a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Expedition 60 crewmembers Ovchinin and Nick Hague of NASA are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 60 Soyuz MS-12 Landing

Expedition 60 astronaut Nick Hague of NASA attends a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Expedition 60 crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Hague are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei speaks with students during a visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School with Expedition 66 crewmates NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Expedition 28 Preflight

Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov, right, and Expedition 28 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Mike Fossum sit after having their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, June 7, 2011. The crew of Expedition 28 will launch onboard their Soyuz TMA-02M on the morning of June 8 to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 60 Soyuz MS-12 Landing

Expedition 60 astronaut Nick Hague of NASA attends a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Expedition 60 crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Hague are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 60 Soyuz MS-12 Landing

Expedition 60 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos attends a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Expedition 60 crewmembers Ovchinin and Nick Hague of NASA are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 60 Soyuz MS-12 Landing

Expedition 60 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos attends a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Expedition 60 crewmembers Ovchinin and Nick Hague of NASA are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA’s DC-8 aircraft prior to launch from Carlos Ibanez International Airport in Punta Arenas, Chile, during AirSAR 2004

NASA’s DC-8 aircraft prior to launch from Carlos Ibanez International Airport in Punta Arenas, Chile, during AirSAR 2004. AirSAR 2004 is a three-week expedition in Central and South America by an international team of scientists that is using an all-weather imaging tool, called the Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AirSAR), located onboard NASA's DC-8 airborne laboratory. Scientists from many parts of the world are combining ground research with NASA's AirSAR technology to improve and expand on the quality of research they are able to conduct.

NASA’s DC-8 aircraft at Carlos Ibanez International Airport in Punta Arenas, Chile. A portion of AirSAR hardware is visible on the left rear fuselage

NASA’s DC-8 aircraft at Carlos Ibanez International Airport in Punta Arenas, Chile. A portion of AirSAR hardware is visible on the left rear fuselage. AirSAR 2004 is a three-week expedition in Central and South America by an international team of scientists that is using an all-weather imaging tool, called the Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AirSAR), located onboard NASA's DC-8 airborne laboratory. Scientists from many parts of the world are combining ground research with NASA's AirSAR technology to improve and expand on the quality of research they are able to conduct.

ISS Flyaround views from STS-128

S128-E-009796 (8 Sept. 2009) --- Backdropped by Earth’s horizon and the blackness of space, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS-128 and Expedition 20 crew concluded nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 2:26 p.m. (CDT) on Sept. 8, 2009.

S128-E-010012 (8 Sept. 2009) --- Backdropped by a blue and white part of Earth, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS-128 and Expedition 20 crew concluded nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 2:26 p.m. (CDT) on Sept. 8, 2009.

ISS Overall View after STS-128 Undocking

S128-E-009999 (8 Sept. 2009) --- Backdropped by a blue and white part of Earth, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS-128 and Expedition 20 crew concluded nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 2:26 p.m. (CDT) on Sept. 8, 2009.

ISS Overall View after STS-128 Undocking

ISS Flyaround views from STS-128

S128-E-009800 (8 Sept. 2009) --- Backdropped by Earth’s horizon and the blackness of space, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS-128 and Expedition 20 crew concluded nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 2:26 p.m. (CDT) on Sept. 8, 2009.

ISS Flyaround views from STS-128

S128-E-009793 (8 Sept. 2009) --- Backdropped by Earth’s horizon and the blackness of space, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS-128 and Expedition 20 crew concluded nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 2:26 p.m. (CDT) on Sept. 8, 2009.

S128-E-010004 (8 Sept. 2009) --- Backdropped by a blue and white part of Earth, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS-128 and Expedition 20 crew concluded nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 2:26 p.m. (CDT) on Sept. 8, 2009.

ISS Overall View after STS-128 Undocking

S128-E-010011 (8 Sept. 2009) --- Backdropped by a blue and white part of Earth, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS-128 and Expedition 20 crew concluded nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 2:26 p.m. (CDT) on Sept. 8, 2009.

ISS Overall View after STS-128 Undocking

ISS Flyaround views from STS-128

S128-E-009805 (8 Sept. 2009) --- Backdropped by Earth’s horizon and the blackness of space, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS-128 and Expedition 20 crew concluded nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 2:26 p.m. (CDT) on Sept. 8, 2009.

S128-E-009674 (8 Sept. 2009) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS-128 and Expedition 20 crew concluded nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 2:26 p.m. (CDT) on Sept. 8, 2009.

ISS View after Undocking

ISS Overall View after STS-128 Undocking

S128-E-009993 (8 Sept. 2009) --- Backdropped by Earth’s horizon and the blackness of space, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS-128 and Expedition 20 crew concluded nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 2:26 p.m. (CDT) on Sept. 8, 2009.

ISS Overall View after STS-128 Undocking

S128-E-009996 (8 Sept. 2009) --- Backdropped by Earth’s horizon and the blackness of space, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS-128 and Expedition 20 crew concluded nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 2:26 p.m. (CDT) on Sept. 8, 2009.

S128-E-009804 (8 Sept. 2009) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS-128 and Expedition 20 crew concluded nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 2:26 p.m. (CDT) on Sept. 8, 2009.

ISS Flyaround views from STS-128

Expedition 60 Soyuz MS-11 Landing

A Russian MI-8 helicopter departs the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft landing site after the capsule landed with Expedition 60 crew members Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, along with visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Foale and McArthur practice satellite phone procedures for Expedition 8

JSC2003-E-59139 (15 October 2003) --- Astronauts C. Michael Foale (right) and William S. (Bill) McArthur, Jr., prime and backup Expedition 8 mission commander and NASA ISS science officer, respectively, practice procedures with a satellite phone during final training at their crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 8 is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on October 18 onboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS). Foale will be joined for launch by cosmonaut Alexander Y. Kaleri, Soyuz commander and flight engineer, and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Expedition 60 Soyuz MS-11 Landing

A Russian MI-8 helicopter departs the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft landing site more than hour after the capsule landed with Expedition 60 crew members Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, along with visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 11 and Expedition 12 on-orbit crew portrait

ISS011-E-14191 (8 October 2005) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station pose for a group photo in the Destiny laboratory following the ceremony of Changing-of-Command from Expedition 11 to Expedition 12. From the left (front row) are Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander; and astronaut William S. McArthur Jr., Expedition 12 commander and NASA science officer. From the left (back row) are astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA science officer and flight engineer; U.S. Spaceflight Participant Gregory Olsen; and Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, Expedition 12 flight engineer.

Expedition 56 Soyuz MS-08 Landing

A Russian MI-8 helicopter leaves the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft landing site after it the capsule landed with Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel and Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA, along with Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. Feustel, Arnold, and Artemyev are returning after 197 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 55 and 56 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei pose for a photo with students during their visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Expedition 60 Soyuz MS-12 Landing

Officials, family and friends welcome home visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, left, and Expedition 60 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 in Star City, Russia. Ovchinin returned after 203 days in space with NASA astronaut Nick Hague where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn is seen during science demonstrations as he and fellow crewmates Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, and Mark Vande Hei visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Expedition 54 Landing Preparations

Russian Search and Rescue teams deploy on MI-8 helicopters from Karaganda to Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan to prepare for the Soyuz MS-06 landing with Expedition 54 crew members Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei of NASA and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. Acaba, Vande Hei, and Misurkin are returning after 168 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 53 and 54 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 55 Soyuz MS-07 Landing

A Russian MI-8 helicopter is seen at the landing zone after Expedition 55 crew members Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) landed in their Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday, June 3, 2018. Shkaplerov, Tingle, and Kanai are returning after 168 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 54 and 55 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

Students and faculty are seen during NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei’s visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Expedition 54 Landing Preparations

Russian Search and Rescue teams deploy on MI-8 helicopters from Karaganda to Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan to prepare for the Soyuz MS-06 landing with Expedition 54 crew members Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei of NASA and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. Acaba, Vande Hei, and Misurkin are returning after 168 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 53 and 54 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 54 Landing Preparations

Russian Search and Rescue teams deploy on MI-8 helicopters from Karaganda to Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan to prepare for the Soyuz MS-06 landing with Expedition 54 crew members Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei of NASA and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. Acaba, Vande Hei, and Misurkin are returning after 168 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 53 and 54 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 60 Soyuz MS-12 Landing

Officials, family and friends welcome home visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, left, and Expedition 60 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 in Star City, Russia. Ovchinin returned after 203 days in space with NASA astronaut Nick Hague where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 60 Soyuz MS-12 Landing

Visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates attends a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Expedition 60 crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, second from left, speaks with students as he and fellow crewmates Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Raja Chari visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, speaks with local media during a visit by NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, left, and crewmates Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, and Mark Vande Hei, to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

$\Expedition 60 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos is welcomed home by his daughter, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 in Star City, Russia. Ovchinin returned after 203 days in space with NASA astronaut Nick Hague where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Also returning was Hazzaa Ali Almansoori who logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)$

Expedition 60 Soyuz MS-12 Landing

\Expedition 60 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos is welcomed home by his daughter, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 in Star City, Russia. Ovchinin returned after 203 days in space with NASA astronaut Nick Hague where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Also returning was Hazzaa Ali Almansoori who logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn is seen during science demonstrations as he and fellow crewmates Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, and Mark Vande Hei visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

NASA astronaut Kayla Barron is seen as she and fellow crewmates Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Astronauts visit Amidon-Bowen Elementary School

Center of Science and Industry (COSI) learning lunchboxes are seen during NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Mark Vande Hei’s visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Vande Hei spent 355 days in space as a member of Expedition 65/66 and was joined during Expedition 66 by Marshburn, Chari, and Barron who spent 177 days onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Expedition 54 Landing Preparations

Russian Search and Rescue teams deploy on MI-8 helicopters from Karaganda to Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan to prepare for the Soyuz MS-06 landing with Expedition 54 crew members Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei of NASA and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. Acaba, Vande Hei, and Misurkin are returning after 168 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 53 and 54 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 56 Soyuz MS-08 Landing

Russian MI-8 helicopters wait at the Zhezkazgan Airport in Kazakhstan to deploy to the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft landing with Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel and Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA, along with Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. Feustel, Arnold, and Artemyev are returning after 197 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 55 and 56 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 54 Landing Preparations

Russian Search and Rescue teams deploy on MI-8 helicopters from Karaganda to Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan to prepare for the Soyuz MS-06 landing with Expedition 54 crew members Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei of NASA and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. Acaba, Vande Hei, and Misurkin are returning after 168 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 53 and 54 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 64 Soyuz Landing

Expedition 64 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins boards a Russian MI-8 helicopter to take her to Karaganda after she, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, landed in their Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Saturday, April 17, 2021. Rubins, Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov returned after 185 days in space having served as Expedition 63-64 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Expedition 42 Soyuz TMA-14M Landing

Russian MI-8 Helicopters are seen during the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft landing with Expedition 42 commander Barry Wilmore of NASA, Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Elena Serova of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, March 12, 2015. NASA Astronaut Wilmore, Russian Cosmonauts Samokutyaev and Serova are returning after almost six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 41 and 42 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)