U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman Jr. is seen during an interview with NASA Public Affairs Office Rob Navias in the Moscow Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia after the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft docked with the International Space Station, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman Jr. is seen in the Moscow Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia while waiting to speak with the Soyuz MS-07 crew after their docking with the International Space Station, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. Hatches were opened at 5:55 a.m. EST and Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) joined Expedition 54 Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos and crewmates Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba of NASA aboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman Jr. speaks with the Soyuz MS-07 crew from the Moscow Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia a few hours after the Soyuz MS-07 docked to the International Space Station on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. Hatches were opened at 5:55 a.m. EST and Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) joined Expedition 54 Commander Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos and crewmates Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba of NASA aboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

U. S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman Jr. takes a picture while watching Expedition 56 flight engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, and flight engineer Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) have their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked in preparation for launch aboard the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft, Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Auñón-Chancellor, Prokopyev, and Gerst launched aboard the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft at 7:12am EDT (5:12pm Baikonur time) on June 6 to begin their journey to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman Jr., right, is seen during an interview with NASA Public Affairs Officer Rob Navias, left, in the Moscow Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia after the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft docked with the International Space Station, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA International Space Station Program Manager Kirk Shireman, right, speaks with U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman Jr., left, at the Moscow Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia a few hours after the Soyuz MS-07 docked to the International Space Station on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman Jr. is seen during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 56 to the International Space Station, Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 56 Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, and Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft on Wednesday, June 6. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Expedition 54 flight engineers Scott Tingle of NASA, bottom left, Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, bottom center, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) bottom right, are seen with flight engineer Joe Acaba of NASA, top left, Commander Alexander Misurkin, top center, and flight engineer Mark Vande Hei of NASA, top right, on a video monitor as they U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman Jr. at the Moscow Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia a few hours after the Soyuz MS-07 docked to the International Space Station on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman Jr. is interviewed by NASA Public Affairs Officer Rob Navias after the completion of the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 56 to the International Space Station, Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 56 Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, and Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft on Wednesday, June 6. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman Jr. is interviewed by NASA Public Affairs Officer Rob Navias after the completion of the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 56 to the International Space Station, Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 56 Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, and Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft on Wednesday, June 6. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Expedition 54 flight engineers Scott Tingle of NASA, bottom left, Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, bottom center, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) bottom right, are seen with flight engineer Joe Acaba of NASA, top left, Commander Alexander Misurkin, top center, and flight engineer Mark Vande Hei of NASA, top right, on a video monitor as they U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman Jr. at the Moscow Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia a few hours after the Soyuz MS-07 docked to the International Space Station on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)