ISS005-E-12244 (3 September 2002) --- Astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition Five flight engineer, dons a Russian Sokol suit in the Unity node on the International Space Station (ISS).
ISS005-E-12228 (3 September 2002) --- Astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition Five flight engineer, is pictured holding a Russian Sokol suit in the functional cargo block (FGB), or Zarya on the International Space Station (ISS).
ISS005-E-12226 (3 September 2002) --- Cosmonaut Sergei Y. Treschev, Expedition Five flight engineer, wearing a Russian Sokol suit, moves through a hatch in a Soyuz spacecraft that is docked to the International Space Station (ISS). Treschev represents Rosaviakosmos.
ISS005-E-12220 (3 September 2002) --- Cosmonaut Sergei Y. Treschev, Expedition Five flight engineer, wearing a Russian Sokol suit, is pictured in the functional cargo block (FGB), or Zarya on the International Space Station (ISS). Treschev represents Rosaviakosmos.
Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineer Shannon Walker dons her Russian Sokol Suit with the help of suit technicians at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 25 Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka has his Russian Sokol Suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 25 NASA Flight Engineer Scott Kelly has his Russian Sokol Suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 25 NASA Flight Engineer Scott Kelly has his Russian Sokol Suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 25 NASA Flight Engineer Scott Kelly has his Russian Sokol Suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 25 NASA Flight Engineer Scott Kelly has his Russian Sokol Suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 25 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri has his Russian Sokol Suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Russian Sokol suit technicians talk with Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt about his glasses as he and fellow crew member Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka don their Sokol flights suits in preparation for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station with Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Russian Sokol suit gloves are seen as Expedition 49 NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, and Russian cosmonauta Sergei Ryzhikov of Roscosmos and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos don their Russian Sokol suits ahead of their Soyuz qualification exams, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 25 Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka awaits to have his Russian Sokol Suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 25 Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka has his Russian Sokol Suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 25 Flight Engineer Scott Kelly awaits to have his Russian Sokol Suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Russian Sokol suit gloves are seen ahead of Expedition 74 crewmates: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev, having their Sokol suits pressure checked to prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Russian Sokol gloves are seen ahead of Expedition 68 crew members, Frank Rubio of NASA, and Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos having their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Rubio, Prokopyev and Petelin launched onboard the Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 27 Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko awaits to have his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
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
ISS005-E-12255 (3 September 2002) --- Cosmonaut Valery G. Korzun, Expedition Five mission commander, dons a Russian Sokol suit in the functional cargo block (FGB), or Zarya on the International Space Station (ISS). Korzun represents Rosaviakosmos.
ISS005-E-12260 (3 September 2002) --- Cosmonaut Valery G. Korzun, Expedition Five mission commander, wearing a Russian Sokol suit, floats through a hatch into the Unity node on the International Space Station (ISS). Korzun represents Rosaviakosmos.
ISS009-E-28631 (7 July 2004) --- Astronaut Edward M. (Mike) Fincke, Expedition 9 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, wearing a Russian Sokol suit, gives a “thumbs up” as he floats in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS).
The Russian Sokol suit gloves of Expedition 60 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Rosprepares are seen on a table as he prepares to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for launch aboard the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft, Saturday, July 20, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. launched aboard the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft at 12:28 p.m. Eastern time (9:28 p.m. Baikonur time) on July 20 to begin their journey to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi dons his Russian Sokol suit in preparation for his Soyuz launch to the International Space Station with Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka and Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 25 NASA Flight Engineer Scott Kelly of the U.S., left, and Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri have their Russian Sokol suits prepared for launch by technicians at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 25 NASA Flight Engineer Scott Kelly of the U.S., left, Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka, right, have their Russian Sokol suits prepared for launch by technicians at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. Kondratyev and fellow Expedition 26 crew members NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli launched in their Soyuz TMA-20 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning at 1:09 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 26 European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. Nespoli and fellow Expedition 26 crew members Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratryev and NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman launched in their Soyuz TMA-20 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning at 1:09 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. Kondratyev and fellow Expedition 26 crew members NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli launched in their Soyuz TMA-20 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning at 1:09 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 28 and NASA astronaut Mike Fossum is helped by Russian suit technicians to a chair where his Russian Sokol suit will be 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, JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa and Fossum. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 28 and NASA astronaut Mike Fossum is helped by Russian suit technicians to a chair where his Russian Sokol suit will be 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, JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa and Fossum. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, has a leak check performed on his Russian Sokol suit in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, has a leak check performed on his Russian Sokol suit in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko dons his Russian Sokol suit for the leak check, seat liner check and Soyuz inspection at the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko has a leak check performed on his Russian Sokol suit in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, has a leak check performed on his Russian Sokol suit in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, has a leak check performed on his Russian Sokol suit in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko has a leak check performed on his Russian Sokol suit in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, has a leak check performed on his Russian Sokol suit in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko has a leak check performed on his Russian Sokol suit in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan awaits to have his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko dons his Russian Sokol suit for the leak check, seat liner check and Soyuz inspection at the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko has a leak check performed on his Russian Sokol suit in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, has a leak check performed on his Russian Sokol suit in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko has a leak check performed on his Russian Sokol suit in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko dons his Russian Sokol suit for the leak check, seat liner check and Soyuz inspection at the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi talks with Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka as he waits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 65 Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmates, prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Friday, April 9, 2021 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will sent Novitskiy, Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)
Expedition 25 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri has his Russian Sokol Suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 25 NASA Flight Engineer Scott Kelly awaits to have his Russian Sokol Suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 25 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri has his Russian Sokol Suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 23 Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko of Russia has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, April 2, 2010. Kornienko and fellow Expedition 23 crewmembers Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov and NASA Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson launched in their Soyuz TMA-18 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, April 2, 2010. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 9 Flight Engineer Michael Fincke is checked out in the medical tent prior to removal of his sokol suit. Fincke landed in the Soyuz capsule along with Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin. The crew landed in their Soyuz capsule approximately 85 kilometers northeast of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, Sunday, October 24, 2004. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Russian Sokol Suits are carried from the medical tent after the landing of the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft in the steppes of Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft touched down at 7:48 p.m. EDT on Saturday, April 9, 2006. Returning with Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev was Brazil’s first astronaut, Marcos Pontes, who arrived at the station with Expedition 13 on Sunday, April 1, 2006. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Russian Sokol flight suits of Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and South Korean spaceflight participant So-yeon Yi are seen laying on the ground shortly after their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft landed in central Kazakhstan, Friday, April 19, 2008, to complete 192 days in space for Whitson and Malenchenko and 11 days in orbit for Yi. Photo Credit: (NASA/Reuters/Pool)
Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt's Russian Sokol suit gloves are ready for him to wear during the pressure check procedure prior to the Soyuz launch to the International Space Station with Commander Gennady I. Padalka and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Russian Sokol suit gloves and pressure monitoring equipment is seen ahead of Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, having their suits pressure checked prior to 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)
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 Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, left, and Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev have a word after having their Russian Sokol suits prepared for launch on the morning of Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Russian Sokol suit gloves and pressure testing equipment are in place for Expedition 65 NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov as they prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Friday, April 9, 2021 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket sent the trio on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Russian Sokol suits await crew members during suit up at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Monday, Sept. 18, 2006, in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 10:09 a.m. local time carrying Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, Soyuz Commander and Expedition 14 Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin and American spaceflight participant Anousheh Ansari, who will spend nine days on the International Space Station under a commercial agreement with the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow cremates, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, on Tuesday, March, 25, 2014, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Skvortsov, Swanson, and Artemyev on a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 35 Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy is seen talking to family members after donning his Russian Sokol suit in preparation for his launch aboard the Soyuz rocket, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmates Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Misurkin, Vinogradov and Cassidy on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/ Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 35 Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Misurkin, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan gives the thumbs up while his Russian Sokol suit is prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Garan, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko launched in their Soyuz TMA-21 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:18 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Misurkin, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 NASA Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov is has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Vinogradov, NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 35 NASA Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov is has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Vinogradov, NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 35 Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Misurkin, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Artemyev, Expedition 39 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA is scheduled to launch at 3:17 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Wednesday, March 26. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 35 Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Misurkin, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy is helped into his chair in order to pressure check his Russian Sokol suit ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Borisenko, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan launched in their Soyuz TMA-21 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:18 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Swanson, Expedition 39 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos is scheduled to launch at 3:17 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Wednesday, March 26. (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 35 Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Misurkin, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy is seen talking to family members after donning his Russian Sokol suit in preparation for his launch aboard the Soyuz rocket, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov is seen talking to family members after donning his Russian Sokol suit in preparation for his launch aboard the Soyuz rocket, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Vinogradov, Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 39 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow cremates, Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, on Tuesday, March, 25, 2014, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Skvortsov, Swanson, and Artemyev on a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 27 Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Borisenko, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan launched in their Soyuz TMA-21 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:18 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Borisenko, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan launched in their Soyuz TMA-21 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:18 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Samokutyaev, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko launched in their Soyuz TMA-21 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:18 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Samokutyaev, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko launched in their Soyuz TMA-21 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:18 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Garan, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko launched in their Soyuz TMA-21 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:18 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov is seen talking to family members after donning his Russian Sokol suit in preparation for his launch aboard the Soyuz rocket, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Vinogradov, Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy is seen talking to family members after donning his Russian Sokol suit in preparation for his launch aboard the Soyuz rocket, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov is seen talking to family members after donning his Russian Sokol suit in preparation for his launch aboard the Soyuz rocket, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Vinogradov, Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Samokutyaev, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko launched in their Soyuz TMA-21 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:18 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Samokutyaev, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko launched in their Soyuz TMA-21 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:18 a.m. local time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, speaks with his family during Russian Sokol suit pressure checks in preparation for launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Artemyev, Expedition 39 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA is scheduled to launch at 3:17 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Wednesday, March 26. (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA, center, speaks with his family during Russian Sokol suit pressure checks in preparation for launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Swanson, Expedition 39 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos is scheduled to launch at 3:17 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Wednesday, March 26. (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Expedition 39 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Skvortsov, Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos is scheduled to launch at 3:17 a.m. Kazakhstan Time on Wednesday, March 26. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)
ISS006-E-45806 (14 April 2003) --- Attired in his Russian Sokol suit, astronaut Donald R. Pettit, Expedition Six NASA ISS science officer, is pictured in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). The crewmembers are preparing for their return flight home scheduled for May 3, 2003, onboard the Soyuz TMA-1 spacecraft.