iss060e033225 (Aug. 7, 2019) --- Glaciers are pictured in the Pamir Mountains as the International Space Station orbited above Tajikistan. Credit: Roscosmos

iss060e033286 (Aug. 8, 2019) --- The Russian seaport of Tuapse is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited above the Black Sea. Credit: Roscosmos

iss060e033304 (Aug. 8, 2019) --- A portion of the Volga River is pictured as the International Space Station orbited above Russia near the Caspian Sea. Credit: Roscosmos

iss058e007788 (Jan. 30, 2019) --- Expedition 58 Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos is pictured in the Zvezda service module at the end of the work day wrapping up science operations on a laptop computer. Credit: Roscosmos

iss063e077237 (Aug. 21, 2020) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 63 Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin works inside the International Space Station's Zvezda service module preparing for an event commemorating Russian space activities.

iss056e011715 (June 14, 2018) --- Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev (at bottom) and Sergey Prokopyev work inside the Zvezda service module performing monthly maintenance on the Smart Switch Router. Credit: Roscosmos

iss068e032401 (Dec. 22, 2023) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer conducts communications and electronics maintenance while wearing personal protective equipment aboard the International Space Station.

JSC2006-E-38876 (8 Nov. 2005) --- Spaceflight participant Anousheh Ansari, attired in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, takes a break from an ISS Soyuz 13 (TMA-9) mission training session in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. Photo credit: Roscosmos / Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center

iss059e007838 (April 1, 2019) --- (From right) Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin and Commander Oleg Kononenko, both cosmonauts from Roscosmos, train for the arrival of the Russian Progress 72 (72P) resupply ship. The Expedition 59 duo inside the Zvezda service module practiced using the TORU, a backup manual docking system, to guide the 72P to a docking in the unlikely event the resupply ship’s automatic Kurs docking system failed.

iss056e142697 (8/15/2018) --- A view of Cosmonaut in red-striped Orlan suit, as he works to install Payload “ICARUS” on URM-D work station on PI.II of SM [PO] during ISS Extravehicular Activity 45 (EVA 45). ICARUS is a collaborative project between Roscosmos and the German aerospace center (DLR) to study the migratory patterns of small animals tagged on earth with GPS hardware.

iss056e081639 (July 6, 2018) --- Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Sergey Prokopyev practice using the TORU, or telerobotically-operated rendezvous system, inside the Zvezda service module which is part if the International Space Station's Russian segment. If necessary a crew member could use the TORU to manually dock an approaching Russian Progress cargo craft at the space station in case of an emergency. Credit: Roscosmos

iss056e186451 (Sept. 24, 2018) --- (From left) Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel of NASA and Soyuz MS-08 Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos practice on a computer the Soyuz descent procedures they will use when they return to Earth on Oct. 4. NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold (out of frame) will join the duo for the ride home inside the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft ending the Expedition 56 mission.

iss066e012273 (Oct. 25, 2021) --- Roscosmos cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov (foreground) and Pyotr Dubrov were inside the International Space Station's Zvezda service module training for the arrival of the ISS Progress 79 cargo craft. The duo practiced rendezvous maneuvers on the tele-robotically operated rendezvous unit (TORU) ahead of the Progress 79's automated approach, rendezvous and docking that took place on Oct. 29, 2021.

iss069e008804 (May 3, 2023) --- Roscosmos spacewalker Dmitri Petelin works outside the International Space Station's Roscosmos segment during the installation of an experiment airlock on the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module.

iss069e008728 (May 3, 2023) --- Roscosmos spacewalker Sergey Prokopyev works outside the International Space Station's Roscosmos segment during the installation of an experiment airlock on the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module.

iss058e002448 (Jan. 9, 2019) --- Expedition 58 Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos is pictured inside the Pirs docking compartment during operations to install gear for the VIZIR earth observation experiment. The study tests the technology of automated coordinate referencing of images of the Earth’s surface, and space, taken by crew members using “free-floating” photography equipment in weightlessness. Credit: Roscosmos

jsc2025e032495 (March 18, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov conducts training for the unlikely event of an emergency at the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/David DeHoyos

iss072e005775 (Sept. 28, 2024) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Alexander Grebenkin is pictured inside the vestibule between the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft and the Harmony module's space-facing port on the International Space Station.

jsc2025e012275 - (February 17, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and SpaceX Crew-10 Mission Specialist Kirill Peskov in his flight suit at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

jsc2025e064538 (March 6, 2025) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission specialist and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov participates in a training session at SpaceX facilities in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2025e064535 (March 6, 2025) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission specialist and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov poses for a photo during a training session at SpaceX facilities in Hawthorne, California. Credit SpaceX

jsc2025e064537 (March 6, 2025) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission specialist and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov participates in a training session at SpaceX facilities in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e077064_alt (Aug. 7, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 74 Flight Engineer Sergey Mikaev poses for a portrait in his flight suit at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/James Blair

iss069e008757 (May 3, 2023) --- Roscosmos spacewalkers Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin work outside the International Space Station's Roscosmos segment during the installation of an experiment airlock on the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module.

iss072e005806 (Sept. 28, 2024) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Alexander Grebenkin poses for a portrait inside the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft docked to the Harmony module's space-facing port on the International Space Station. Gorbunov appears next to his mission's insignia, SpaceX Crew-8, alongside the insignias of four other missions that have launched to space aboard Dragon Endeavour.

jsc2025e012017_alt (Feb. 24, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and mission specialist for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission Oleg Platonov poses for a portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz

jsc2025e012009_alt (Feb. 26, 2026) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and mission specialist for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission Oleg Platonov poses for a portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz

jsc2025e033526 (April 23, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Soyuz MS-27 Commander Sergey Ryzhikov poses for a portrait in his Sokol launch and entry suit at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia.

jsc2025e033531 (Jan. 16, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Soyuz MS-27 Backup Commander Sergey Kud-Sverchkov poses for a portrait in his Sokol launch and entry suit at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia.

jsc2025e034096 (Feb. 3, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Soyuz MS-27 Commander Sergey Ryzhikov poses for a portrait in his Sokol launch and entry suit at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia

jsc2025e033532 (Feb. 10, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Soyuz MS-27 Backup Flight Engineer Sergey Mikaev poses for a portrait in his Sokol launch and entry suit at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia.

jsc2025e033527 (April 23, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Soyuz MS-27 Flight Engineer Alexey Zubritsky poses for a portrait in his Sokol launch and entry suit at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia.

jsc2025e033528 (Feb. 10, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Soyuz MS-27 Flight Engineer Alexey Zubritsky poses for a portrait in his Sokol launch and entry suit at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia.

iss071e665075 (Sept. 16, 2024) --- Two Roscosmos crew ships, the Soyuz MS-26 docked to the Rassvet module (foreground) and the Soyuz MS-25 (background) docked to the Prichal docking module, are pictured parked at the International Space Station as it orbited 257 miles above the Atlantic Ocean near Brazil's Amazon Delta.

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Fossum and fellow Expedition 28 crew members Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and JAXA (Japanase Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa launched in their Soyuz TMA-02M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning on June 8th. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Fossum and fellow Expedition 28 crew members Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and JAXA (Japanase Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa launched in their Soyuz TMA-02M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning on June 8th. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Fossum and fellow Expedition 28 crew members Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and JAXA (Japanase Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa launched in their Soyuz TMA-02M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning on June 8th. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer displays the Expedition 29 crew sticker while riding on the prime crew bus to Building 254 the eve of his launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, June June 7, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Fossum will be the ISS Commander for Expedition 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Fossum and fellow Expedition 28 crew members Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and JAXA (Japanase Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa launched in their Soyuz TMA-02M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning on June 8th. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

iss073e0981126 (Oct. 16, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov is pictured attached to the end effector of the European robotic arm, holding the high-resolution camera (HRC) monoblock he removed during a six-hour and nine-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station's Roscosmos segment. The HRC monoblock is part of a scientific optical telescope system designed to test compact radio-optical detectors for Earth observation, ecological monitoring, and emergency response.

jsc2025e007980 (Feb. 20, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov poses for a photo during an interview in a studio at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, before his upcoming mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz

jsc2024e080750 (Nov. 18, 2024) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Mission Specialist Kirill Peskov of Roscosmos stands in front of a Falcon 9 first-stage booster at SpaceX’s HangarX facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2025e007964 (Feb. 20, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov poses for a photo during an interview in a studio at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, before his upcoming mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz

jsc2025e064536 (March 6, 2025) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission specialist and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov participates in a training session at SpaceX facilities in Hawthorne, California. His name, “O. Platonov” is prominently shown with the Russian flag. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2025e074499 (Jan. 16, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Soyuz MS-28 Flight Engineer Sergey Mikaev poses for a portrait in his Sokol launch and entry suit at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Credit: GCTC

Expedition 28 JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa places a mission sticker on the inside wall of the prime crew bus on the eve of his launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

iss072e143497 (Nov. 3, 2024) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin gives a thumbs up inside the Internationla Space Station's Harmony module.

iss072e143768 (Nov. 1, 2024) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Aleksandr Gorbunov plays an electronic keyboard aboard the International Space Station's Harmony module.

JSC2013-E-013363 (February 2013) --- Portrait of Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov of Roscosmos, Expedition 35 flight engineer and Expedition 36 commander. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center

iss073e0704036 (Sept. 18, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 73 Commander Sergey Ryzhikov smiles for a portrait while inspecting an Orlan spacesuit inside the International Space Station's Poisk module.

jsc2024e077067_alt (Nov. 25, 2024) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 74 Flight Engineer Sergey Kud-Sverchkov poses for a portrait in his flight suit at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/James Blair

Expedition 28 JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Furukawa and fellow Expedition 28 crew members Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum launched in their Soyuz TMA-02M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning on June 8th. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa waves as he has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft will launch the following morning on June 8 carrying Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov, NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum and Furukawa. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28 JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Furukawa and fellow Expedition 28 crew members Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum launched in their Soyuz TMA-02M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning on June 8th. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

iss069e006030 (April 28, 2023) --- Four main components on the Roscosmos segment of the International Space Station are pictured as the orbital outpost soared 261 miles above the north Atlantic Ocean. From top to bottom, are the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module, the European robotic arm attached to Nauka, the Prichal docking module, and the Soyuz MS-23 crew ship.

iss063e077238 (Aug. 21, 2020) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy works inside the International Space Station's Zvezda service module preparing for an event commemorating Russian space activities.

iss053e470644 (11/20/2017) --- A view of the Asteria Satellite moments after deployment from the International Space Station (ISS). The Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research in Astrophysics (ASTERIA) is a six-unit (6U) CubeSat deployed from the ISS that tests new technologies for astronomical observation, such as the detection of planets outside our solar system (a.k.a., exoplanets).

iss054e067484 (12/21/2017) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Norishige Kanai is photographed in the U.S. Lab performing Microscope operations for Synthetic Bone experiment. Synthetic Bone tests the functionality and effectiveness of a new material that can assist in recovery from bone injuries or dental work during long-term space travel.

iss061e013837 (10/28/2019) --- A view of the Zvezda Service Module (SM) aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The Zvezda Service Module was the first fully Russian contribution to the International Space Station and served as the early cornerstone for the first human habitation of the station. The module provides station living quarters, life support systems, electrical power distribution, data processing systems, flight control systems and propulsion systems. It provides a communications system that includes remote command capabilities from ground flight controllers, and a docking port for Russian Soyuz and Progress spacecraft.

iss062e152575 (March 5, 2020) --- Crater Lake National Park. Oregon, is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 264 miles above.

jsc2019e004063 (Feb. 20, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew member Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos signs in for the second day of final pre-launch qualification exams Feb. 20 as his crewmate, Nick Hague of NASA looks on. Ovchinin, Hague and Christina Koch of NASA will launch March 14, U.S. time, in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e004060 (Feb. 20, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew member Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos is seen inside a Soyuz spacecraft simulator Feb. 20 during the second day of final pre-launch qualification exams. Ovchinin and crewmates Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA will launch March 14, U.S. time, in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

iss069e003171 (April 13, 2023) --- Three Roscosmos components on the International Space Station were photographed by UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi while orbiting 263 miles above a partly cloudy northern Europe. At left, from top to bottom, are the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module's forward port, the Prichal docking module, and the Soyuz MS-23 crew ship.

iss073e0257848 (July 8, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Alexey Zubritsky poses on the Zvezda service module's treadmill aboard the International Space Station. Zubritskiy was working on treadmill maintenance inspecting, removing, and replacing components on the exercise device. Credit: Roscosmos

iss073e0257842 (July 8, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonauts (from left) Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, both Expedition 73 flight engineers, join each other and photograph treadmill components for inspection inside the International Space Station's Zvezda service module. Credit: Roscosmos

Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, right, has his Russian Sokol suit checked by Peggy Whitson, Chief of the Astronaut Office at Johonson Space Center, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Fossum and fellow Expedition 28 crew members Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and JAXA (Japanase Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa launched in their Soyuz TMA-02M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning on June 8th. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, left, Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov of Russia, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa, right, have their Russian Sokol suits prepared for launch by a technicians at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tueday, June 7, 2011. Fossum, Volkov and Furukawa and launched in their Soyuz TMA-02M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning on June 8th. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer, left, and Expedition 28 JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa share a few words during preparation activities for their launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, June June 7, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

The crew of Expedition 28 gives the thumbs after having their Russian Sokol suits prepared for launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Tuesday, June 7, 2011 in Kazakhstan. Pictured from left are NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 28 JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa, left, and Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov have their Russian Sokol suits prepared for launch by a technicians at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tueday, June 7, 2011. Furukawa, Volkov and Fossum launched in their Soyuz TMA-02M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning on June 8th. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

jsc2025e034093 (Dec. 5, 2024) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, a mission specialist for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station, trains for his mission at a SpaceX facility in Hawthorne, California.

jsc2025e034086 (Dec. 4, 2024) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, a mission specialist for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station, trains for his mission at a SpaceX facility in Hawthorne, California.

jsc2024e066718 (Oct. 4, 2024) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, SpaceX Crew-10 Mission Specialist and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer, poses for a crew portrait at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

jsc2025e034087 (Dec. 4, 2024) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, a mission specialist for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station, trains for his mission at a SpaceX facility in Hawthorne, California.

JSC2015E053684 (04/30/2015) --- Expedition 44 backup crewmember Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (ROSCOSMOS).

iss072e940013 (April 8, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Sergey Ryzhikov enters the International Space Station shortly after docking to the Prichal module aboard the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft. Ryzhikov is greeted by station Commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (left) and flight engineers Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), at right, and Don Pettit of NASA (far right).

iss073e0257845 (July 8, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Sergey Ryzhikov poses for a playful portrait in the Zvezda service module seemingly holding its treadmill above his head aboard the International Space Station. Ryzhikov was working on treadmill maintenance inspecting, removing, and replacing components on the exercise device. Credit: Roscosmos

iss073e0881103 (Oct. 16, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Zubritsky (center) and Sergey Ryzhikov (upper right) are pictured during a spacewalk outside the Roscosmos segment of the International Space Station. During the six-hour and nine-minute excursion, the duo installed a semiconductor materials experiment, removed a high-resolution camera monoblock, cleaned a window on the Zvezda service module, and dismantled a materials exposure container.

jsc2025e060298 (May 19, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, mission specialist of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station, poses for a portrait in his pressure suit at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2025e074498 (Jan. 16, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Soyuz MS-28 Commander Sergey Kud-Sverchkov poses for a portrait in his Sokol launch and entry suit at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Credit: GCTC

iss073e0883425 (Oct. 16, 2025) --- This view of the International Space Station’s Roscosmos segment shows (from left) the Soyuz MS-27 crew spacecraft docked to the Prichal module. Prichal is connected to the Nauka science module, which in turn is attached to the Earth-facing port of the Zvezda service module. At the time of this photograph, the orbital complex was soaring 265 miles above North Dakota.

iss073e0885731 (Oct. 16, 2025) --- This view of the International Space Station’s Roscosmos segment shows (from left) the Soyuz MS-27 crew spacecraft docked to the Prichal module. Prichal is connected to the Nauka science module, which in turn is attached to the Earth-facing port of the Zvezda service module. At the time of this photograph, the orbital complex was soaring into a sunset 270 miles above the Indian Ocean, between South Africa and Antarctica, at approximately 8:22 p.m. local time.

iss073e0988184 (Oct. 28, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Alexey Zubritsky is pictured in his Orlan spacesuit conducting a spacewalk 262 miles above Earth. During the spacewalk, Zubritsky installed a pulse plasma injector, cleaned a window on the Nauka science module, replaced a materials science cassette on Nauka, and moved a controller interface for the European robotic arm.

iss073e0988292 (Oct. 28, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Alexey Zubritsky is pictured in his Orlan spacesuit conducting a spacewalk 271 miles above Earth. During the the spacewalk, Zubritsky installed a pulse plasma injector, cleaned a window on the Nauka science module, replaced a materials science cassette on Nauka, and moved a controller interface for the European robotic arm.

iss072e660544 (Feb. 25, 2025) --- The Roscosmos Progress 89 cargo craft departs the vicinity of the International Space Station after undocking from the orbital outpost's Zvezda service module.

iss072e660543 (Feb. 25, 2025) --- The Roscosmos Progress 89 cargo craft departs the vicinity of the International Space Station after undocking from the orbital outpost's Zvezda service module.

iss072e660540 (Feb. 25, 2025) --- The Roscosmos Progress 89 cargo craft departs the vicinity of the International Space Station after undocking from the orbital outpost's Zvezda service module.

Expedition 28 NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum, front left, Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov, front center, and Expedition 28 JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa pose with backup crewmembers NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit of the U.S., back left, Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko of Russia, back center, and ESA (European Space Agency) Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of The Netherlands, prior to the crews’ launch onboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station on Tuesday, June 7, 2011, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Roscosmos/Andrey Shelepin)

jsc2025e032537 (March 18, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov smiles as he returns to Johnson Space Center's Ellington Field in Houston after completing a long-duration science mission aboard the International Space Station. After undocking from the orbiting laboratory, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 splashed down at 5:57 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 18, in the Gulf of America near Tallahassee, Florida.

jsc2025e032538 (March 18, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov smiles as he returns to Johnson Space Center's Ellington Field in Houston after completing a long-duration science mission aboard the International Space Station. After undocking from the orbiting laboratory, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 splashed down at 5:57 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 18, in the Gulf of America near Tallahassee, Florida.

jsc2025e032668 (March 18, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov smiles as he returns to Johnson Space Center's Ellington Field in Houston after completing a long-duration science mission aboard the International Space Station. After undocking from the orbiting laboratory, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 splashed down at 5:57 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 18, in the Gulf of America near Tallahassee, Florida.

jsc2025e045069 (May 14, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Chris Williams (middle) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov. (right) participate in a training session at the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, to prepare for the unlikely event of an emergency during their International Space Station mission.

iss072e454972 (Jan. 9, 2025) --- This long-duration photograph highlights the Roscosmos segment of the International Space Station with the Soyuz MS-26 crew ship (bottom center) docked to the Rassvet module. Star trails and Earth's atmospheric glow are also prominently pictured from the orbital outpost as it soared 258 miles above the Pacific Ocean.

iss072e939999 (April 8, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Alexey Zubritsky enters the International Space Station shortly after docking to the Prichal module aboard the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft. Flight Engineer Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), at right, greets Zubritsky with a hug.

iss073e0284397 (July 5, 2025) --- Roscosmos' Progress 92 cargo craft carrying nearly 3,000 pounds of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 73 crew approaches the International Space Station for an automated docking to the orbital outpost's Poisk module.

iss073e0547545 (Aug. 27, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Alexey Zubritsky is pictured with an air sampling device to detect and analyze trace contaminants such as carbon dioxide and ammonia to ensure a safe breathable environment aboard the International Space Station.

iss073e0547546 (Aug. 27, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Oleg Platonov is pictured with an air sampling device to detect and analyze trace contaminants such as carbon dioxide and ammonia to ensure a safe breathable environment aboard the International Space Station.

iss073e0658312 (Sept. 10, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 73 Commander Sergey Ryzhikov holds a headset inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock. Ryzhikov was conducting a hearing examination frequently conducted inside Quest due to the module's quiet environment. Quest is used primarily to service spacesuits and stage spacewalks.

NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 4, 2024, to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces meet at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Friday, April 18, 2025, to discuss the readiness for the landing of Expedition 72 NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)