ISS018-E-040994 (18 March 2009) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 18 flight engineer, attired in his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, is pictured near a hatch on the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-119) remains docked with the station.

iss059e103489 (June 17, 2019) --- Expedition 59 crew members (from left) Anne McClain, Oleg Kononenko and David Saint-Jacques are wearing the Sokol launch and entry suits they will wear on the way back to Earth aboard the Soyuz MS-11 crew ship.

ISS018-E-040996 (18 March 2009) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 18 flight engineer, attired in his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, tries out his seat liner in the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-119) remains docked with the station.

ISS023-E-031289 (3 May 2010) --- Attired in his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer, Expedition 23 flight engineer, works in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS023-E-031288 (3 May 2010) --- Attired in his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer, Expedition 23 flight engineer, works in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS023-E-031749 (3 May 2010) --- NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer, Expedition 23 flight engineer, attired in his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, is pictured in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

ISS023-E-031284 (3 May 2010) --- From the Harmony node, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, Expedition 23 flight engineer, wearing his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, is pictured in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS023-E-031286 (3 May 2010) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, Expedition 23 flight engineer, wearing his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, is pictured floating freely in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

STS105-E-5389 (20 August 2001) --- Scott J. Horowitz (center), STS-105 commander, and Daniel T. Barry, mission specialist, pose among the stowage bags and Sokol suits in the Soyuz spacecraft which is docked to the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS023-E-031285 (3 May 2010) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, Expedition 23 flight engineer, wearing his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, is pictured floating freely in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS010-E-15348 (1 February 2005) --- Wearing a Russian Sokol suit, cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov, Expedition 10 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, is seated in a Soyuz spacecraft that is docked to the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS023-E-031748 (3 May 2010) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, Expedition 23 flight engineer, attired in his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, is pictured in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

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).

ISS010-E-15374 (1 February 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and Space Station science officer, is positioned at the hatchway of the Zvezda Service Module. Chiao is wearing a Russian Sokol suit.

ISS010-E-15375 (1 February 2005) --- Wearing a Russian Sokol suit, astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, floats in a hatch in the Unity node of the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS007-E-14441 (4 September 2003) --- Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 mission commander, wearing a Russian Sokol suit, is pictured in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). Malenchenko represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS003-E-8393 (8 December 2001) --- Astronaut Daniel W. Bursch, Expedition Four flight engineer, wearing a Russian Sokol suit, is photographed in the functional cargo block (FGB), or Zarya on the International Space Station (ISS). The image was taken with a digital still camera.

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.

ISS007-E-14440 (4 September 2003) --- Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, wearing a Russian Sokol suit, floats in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS).

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.

ISS003-E-8391 (8 December 2001) --- Astronaut Carl E. Walz, Expedition Four flight engineer, wearing a Russian Sokol suit, is photographed in the functional cargo block (FGB), or Zarya on the International Space Station (ISS). The image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS023-E-031292 (3 May 2010) --- Attired in their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (right), Expedition 23 commander; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi (out of frame), both flight engineers, conduct a standard suit leak check in the Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) spacecraft in preparation for the scheduled relocation of the Soyuz from the Zarya nadir port to the Zvezda Service Module's aft port on May 12, 2010.

ISS023-E-031302 (3 May 2010) --- Attired in their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (left), Expedition 23 commander; along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi and NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer (out of frame), both flight engineers, conduct a standard suit leak check in the Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) spacecraft in preparation for the scheduled relocation of the Soyuz from the Zarya nadir port to the Zvezda Service Module's aft port on May 12, 2010.

ISS023-E-031296 (3 May 2010) --- Attired in their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (right), Expedition 23 commander; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi (out of frame), both flight engineers, conduct a standard suit leak check in the Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) spacecraft in preparation for the scheduled relocation of the Soyuz from the Zarya nadir port to the Zvezda Service Module's aft port on May 12, 2010.

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)

ISS023-E-031305 (3 May 2010) --- Attired in his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, Expedition 23 flight engineer, is pictured in the Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) spacecraft currently docked to the International Space Station’s Zarya nadir port. Noguchi, along with Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov and NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer (both out of frame) were conducting a standard suit leak check in the Soyuz spacecraft in preparation for its scheduled relocation from the Zarya nadir port to the Zvezda Service Module's aft port on May 12, 2010.

ISS023-E-031752 (3 May 2010) --- Attired in their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (center), Expedition 23 commander; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer (left) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers, pose for a photo in the Unity node of the International Space Station. Kotov, Noguchi and Creamer were about to conduct a standard suit leak check in preparation for the scheduled relocation of the Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) spacecraft from the Zarya nadir port to the Zvezda Service Module's aft port on May 12, 2010.

ISS023-E-031751 (3 May 2010) --- Attired in their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (center), Expedition 23 commander; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer (left) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers, pose for a photo in the Unity node of the International Space Station. Kotov, Noguchi and Creamer were about to conduct a standard suit leak check in preparation for the scheduled relocation of the Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) spacecraft from the Zarya nadir port to the Zvezda Service Module's aft port on May 12, 2010.

ISS023-E-031287 (3 May 2010) --- Attired in their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (center), Expedition 23 commander; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer (left) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers, are pictured in the Unity node of the International Space Station. Kotov, Noguchi and Creamer were about to conduct a standard suit leak check in preparation for the scheduled relocation of the Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) spacecraft from the Zarya nadir port to the Zvezda Service Module's aft port on May 12, 2010.

ISS010-E-15373 (1 February 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and Space Station science officer, stands in the transfer compartment of the Zvezda Service Module. Chiao is wearing a Russian Sokol suit.

ISS007-E-14437 (4 September 2003) --- The Expedition 7 crewmembers, wearing Russian Sokol suits, pose for a crew photo in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). Pictured are cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko (left), mission commander, and astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer. Malenchenko 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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

ISS010-E-15356 (1 February 2005) --- Wearing a Russian Sokol suit, cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov, Expedition 10 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, floats in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station (ISS).

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).

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)

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 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)

Sokol suit gloves for Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA and Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos are ready to be donned during the suit pressure checks, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. During the Soyuz spacecraft's climb to orbit, an anomaly occurred, resulting in an abort downrange. The crew was quickly recovered and is in good condition. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Russian Sokol suit of Expedition 69 Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev, is seen outside of the medical tent after he and crewmates NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Dmitri Petelin landed in their Soyuz MS-23 capsule, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, just outside of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. The trio are returned to Earth after logging 371 days in space as members of Expeditions 68-69 aboard the International Space Station. For Rubio, his mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Pavel Shvets)

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 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 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)

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)

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)

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)

NASA astronaut Chris Williams has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as he and fellow crewmates, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Mikaev, and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Pavel Shvets)

NASA astronaut Chris Williams has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as he and fellow crewmates, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Mikaev, and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Pavel Shvets)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Mikaevis helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmates, NASA astronaut Chris Williams, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Pavel Shvets)

NASA astronaut Chris Williams is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmates, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Mikaev, and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Pavel Shvets)

NASA astronaut Chris Williams has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as he and fellow crewmates, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Mikaev, and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Pavel Shvets)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmates, NASA astronaut Chris Williams, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Mikaev, prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Pavel Shvets)

NASA astronaut Chris Williams waits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch on the Soyuz Rocket to the International Space Station with fellow crewmembers, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Mikaev, and NASA astronaut Chris Williams, prepare to launch in the Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Chris Williams waits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch on the Soyuz Rocket to the International Space Station with fellow crewmembers, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Chris Williams waits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch on the Soyuz Rocket to the International Space Station with fellow crewmembers, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Mikaev has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and NASA astronaut Chris Williams, prepare to launch in the Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Chris Williams has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as he and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev, prepare to launch in the Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Chris Williams has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as he and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev, prepare to launch in the Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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.

ISS006-E-45802 (14 April 2003) --- Attired in their Russian Sokol suits, astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox (right), Expedition Six mission commander, and cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer, are pictured in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). The crewmembers were practicing for their return flight home scheduled for May 3, 2003 onboard the Soyuz TMA-1 spacecraft.

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 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)

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos dons his Sokol suit ahead of his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. During the Soyuz spacecraft's climb to orbit, an anomaly occurred, resulting in an abort downrange. The crew was quickly recovered and is in good condition. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)

Expedition 61 astronaut Jessica Meir of NASA has her Sokol suit pressure checked a few hours ahead of her launch on a Soyuz rocket with Expedition 61 cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Meir, Skripochka, and Almansoori will launch on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Spector)