Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, left, and NASA astronaut Don Pettit, are seen talking with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, as they prepare to have their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked as they and fellow crew mate, Roscosmos cosmonaut Ivan Vagner, prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

JSC2016e058963 (05/13/2016) --- Official photograph of Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky of Expedition 50

Expedition 72 crew members, in quarantine behind glass: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, and backup crew members Alexey Zubritskiy, Sergey Ryzhikov, both of Roscosmos, and Jonny Kim of NASA, right, are photographed by Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky at the conclusion of the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of the prime crew to the International Space Station, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The trio are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft on September 11. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

PHOTO DATE:07-11-16 LOCATION: Bldg. 8, Room 183 - Photo Studio SUBJECT: Official Expedition 50 crew portrait PROOFS with 48S crew: Shane Kimbrough, Andrei Borisenko, Sergei Ryzhikov and 49S crew: Peggy Whitson, Thomas Pesquet, Oleg Novitsky. PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky, left, and Oleg Artemyev, participate in the traditional blessing by Bishop Ignatii of Kyzylorda and Aktobe, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome site 31 launch pad in Kazakhstan. Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft on September 11. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Bishop Ignatii of Kyzylorda and Aktobe, front center, blesses the Soyuz rocket as Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky, back left, and Oleg Artemyev, back right, look on, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome site 31 launch pad in Kazakhstan. Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft on September 11. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)