
Expedition 63 NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy is helped out of the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft just minutes after he and Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin, and Ivan Vagner, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, October 22, 2020, Kazakh time (Oct. 21 Eastern time). Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner returned after 196 days in space having served as Expedition 62-63 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Denis Derevtsov)

The Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 63 crew members Chris Cassidy of NASA, and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, Thursday, October 22, 2020, Kazakh time (Oct. 21 Eastern time). Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner returned after 196 days in space having served as Expedition 62-63 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Denis Derevtsov)

The Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 63 crew members Chris Cassidy of NASA, and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, Thursday, October 22, 2020, Kazakh time (Oct. 21 Eastern time). Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner returned after 196 days in space having served as Expedition 62-63 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Denis Derevtsov)

The Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 63 crew members Chris Cassidy of NASA, and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, Thursday, October 22, 2020, Kazakh time (Oct. 21 Eastern time). Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner returned after 196 days in space having served as Expedition 62-63 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Denis Derevtsov)

The Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 63 crew members Chris Cassidy of NASA, and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, Thursday, October 22, 2020, Kazakh time (Oct. 21 Eastern time). Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner returned after 196 days in space having served as Expedition 62-63 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Denis Derevtsov)

The Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 63 crew members Chris Cassidy of NASA, and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, Thursday, October 22, 2020, Kazakh time (Oct. 21 Eastern time). Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner returned after 196 days in space having served as Expedition 62-63 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Denis Derevtsov)

Expedition 63 NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy is helped out of the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft just minutes after he and Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin, and Ivan Vagner, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, October 22, 2020, Kazakh time (Oct. 21 Eastern time). Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner returned after 196 days in space having served as Expedition 62-63 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Denis Derevtsov)

The Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 63 crew members Chris Cassidy of NASA, and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, Thursday, October 22, 2020, Kazakh time (Oct. 21 Eastern time). Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner returned after 196 days in space having served as Expedition 62-63 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Denis Derevtsov)

Expedition 63 NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy is helped out of the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft just minutes after he and Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin, and Ivan Vagner, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, October 22, 2020, Kazakh time (Oct. 21 Eastern time). Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner returned after 196 days in space having served as Expedition 62-63 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Denis Derevtsov)

The Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 63 crew members Chris Cassidy of NASA, and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, Thursday, October 22, 2020, Kazakh time (Oct. 21 Eastern time). Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner returned after 196 days in space having served as Expedition 62-63 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Denis Derevtsov)

Expedition 63 NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy is helped out of the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft just minutes after he and Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin, and Ivan Vagner, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, October 22, 2020, Kazakh time (Oct. 21 Eastern time). Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner returned after 196 days in space having served as Expedition 62-63 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Denis Derevtsov)

Expedition 63 NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy is helped out of the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft just minutes after he and Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin, and Ivan Vagner, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, October 22, 2020, Kazakh time (Oct. 21 Eastern time). Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner returned after 196 days in space having served as Expedition 62-63 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Denis Derevtsov)

Expedition 63 NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy is helped out of the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft just minutes after he and Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin, and Ivan Vagner, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, October 22, 2020, Kazakh time (Oct. 21 Eastern time). Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner returned after 196 days in space having served as Expedition 62-63 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Denis Derevtsov)

Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft shortly after it landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 63 crew members Chris Cassidy of NASA, Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, Thursday, October 22, 2020, Kazakh time (Oct. 21 Eastern time). Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner returned after 196 days in space having served as Expedition 62-63 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Denis Derevtsov)

Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft shortly after it landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 63 crew members Chris Cassidy of NASA, Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, Thursday, October 22, 2020, Kazakh time (Oct. 21 Eastern time). Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner returned after 196 days in space having served as Expedition 62-63 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Denis Derevtsov)

Expedition 63 NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy smiles from inside the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft just minutes after he and Roscosmos cosmonauts Ivan Vagner, and Anatoly Ivanishin, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, October 22, 2020, Kazakh time (Oct. 21 Eastern time). Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner returned after 196 days in space having served as Expedition 62-63 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Denis Derevtsov)

Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft shortly after it landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 63 crew members Chris Cassidy of NASA, Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, Thursday, October 22, 2020, Kazakh time (Oct. 21 Eastern time). Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner returned after 196 days in space having served as Expedition 62-63 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Denis Derevtsov)

Expedition 63 Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin, left, and Ivan Vagner are seen inside the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft just minutes after they and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, October 22, 2020, Kazakh time (Oct. 21 Eastern time). Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner returned after 196 days in space having served as Expedition 62-63 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Denis Derevtsov)

Expedition 63 NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, center, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Ivan Vagner sit in chairs outside the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft after they landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, October 22, 2020, Kazakh time (Oct. 21 Eastern time). Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner returned after 196 days in space having served as Expedition 62-63 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Denis Derevtsov)

iss065e483092 (Oct. 16. 2021) --- Two Soyuz crew ships are pictured docked at the International Space Station as it orbited 264 miles above the Indian Ocean in between Australia and Indonesia. From front to back, the Soyuz MS-19 is docked to the Rassvet module and the Soyuz MS-18 is docked to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module.

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.

jsc2020e016994 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster stand at their vertical position at the Site 31 launch pad April 6 following rollout for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2020e017005 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster stand vertically the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch following rollout. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

jsc2020e016993 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster stand at their vertical position at the Site 31 launch pad April 6 following rollout for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2020e017000 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster are transported from the integration building to the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

jsc2020e017002 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster are transported from the integration building to the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

jsc2020e016989 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster are transported from the integration building to the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2020e016987 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster are transported from the integration building to the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2020e017004 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster are transported from the integration building to the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

jsc2020e016995 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster stand at their vertical position at the Site 31 launch pad April 6 following rollout for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2020e016996 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster stand at their vertical position at the Site 31 launch pad April 6 following rollout for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2020e016991 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster are raised to a vertical position at the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2020e016997 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster stand at their vertical position at the Site 31 launch pad April 6 following rollout for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2020e016988 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster are transported from the integration building to the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2020e016990 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster are transported from the integration building to the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2020e016998 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster stand at their vertical position at the Site 31 launch pad April 6 after the closing of gantry arms following rollout for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2020e016992 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster are raised to a vertical position at the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2020e017001 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster are transported from the integration building to the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

jsc2020e016999 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster are transported from the integration building to the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

jsc2020e016984 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 63 backup crewmembers Steve Bowen of NASA (left) and Sergey Ryzhikov (center) and Andrei Babkin (right) of Roscosmos pose for pictures April 3 in front of the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft as part of pre-launch activities. They are the backups to the prime crew, Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, who will launch April 9 on the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from Baikonur on April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Courtesy/Roscosmos.

jsc2020e017003 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft and its booster are transported from the integration building to the Site 31 launch pad April 6 for final preparations for launch. Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos are set to launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

iss069e061002 (Aug. 16, 2023) --- The Soyuz MS-23 crew ship is pictured docked to the Prichal docking module as the International Space Station orbited 262 miles above a cloudy Nigeria on the African continent.

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.

iss059e000524 (March 16, 2019) --- The recently-arrived Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft is pictured docked to the International Space Station as the orbital complex flew 255 miles above the northeast United States.

iss053e210873 (Nov. 16, 2017) --- The Soyuz MS-05 crew spacecraft is pictured docked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module-1. Pictured behind the Soyuz spacecraft and its docking port are the dual cymbal-like UltraFlex solar arrays that power the Orbital ATK Cygnus resupply ship.

iss063e094249 (Sept. 24, 2020) --- The Soyuz MS-16 crew ship is pictured docked to the International Space Station's Poisk module. The is the same spacecraft that launched, and will bring home, Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Anatoly Ivanishin and Flight Engineer Ivan Vagner.

jsc2018e025595 - In the Korolev Museum at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 55 crewmembers Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos (left), Ricky Arnold of NASA (center) and Drew Feustel of NASA (right) sign a flag bearing their Soyuz MS-08 crew patch insignia March 16 during a traditional preflight tour of the museum. They will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2019e039427 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 60 crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures in front of the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft July 16 as part of pre-launch preparations. They will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/GCTC.

jsc2019e039434 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 60 crewmember Drew Morgan of NASA flashes a thumbs up July 16 as he boards the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft for a final fit check as part of pre-launch preparations. Morgan, Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/GCTC.

iss064e043769 (March 16, 2021) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 64 Commander Sergey Ryzhikov, from inside the Zvezda service module, practices on a computer the relocation of the Soyuz MS-17 crew ship from the Rassvet module to the Poisk module.

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

iss064e043771 (March 16, 2021) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, from inside the Zvezda service module, practices on a computer the relocation of the Soyuz MS-17 crew ship from the Rassvet module to the Poisk module.

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

DATE: 7-6-16 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 - WFCR SUBJECT: Expedition 48/49 flight control team during Launch of the Expedition 48-49 Crew (Ivanishin, Onishi, Rubins) on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

iss067e055480 (May 16, 2022) --- From bottom to top, the Soyuz MS-21 crew ship is docked to the Prichal docking module, which is also attached to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module. The International Space Station was orbiting 266 miles above the Indian Ocean west of Australia at the time this photograph was taken.

jsc2025e074497 (Jan. 16, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Soyuz MS-28 Mission Specialist Chris Williams poses for a portrait in his Sokol launch and entry suit at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Credit: GCTC

DATE: 7-6-16 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 - WFCR SUBJECT: Expedition 48/49 flight control team during Launch of the Expedition 48-49 Crew (Ivanishin, Onishi, Rubins) on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren Harnett

iss063e114104 (Oct. 21, 2020) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy enters the Soyuz MS-16 crew ship that would return him and fellow Expedition 63 crewmates Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, both from Roscosmos, back to Earth several hours later.

iss062e140338 (March 9, 2020) --- The Expedition 63 crew, with NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, approaches the International Space Station inside the Soyuz MS-16 crew ship. Both spacecraft were orbiting above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru.

iss069e031703 (July 16, 2023) --- At left, the Soyuz MS-23 crew ship is docked to the Prichal docking module which is itself attached to the Nauka science module. The International Space Station was orbiting 260 miles above southern Iran at the time of this photograph.

Expedition 49 flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, left, Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, center, and flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos left, pose for a group picture by a model of the Soyuz rocket during media day at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kimbrough, Ryzhikov, and Borisenko are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on September 24 Kazakh time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 49 flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, left, Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, center, and flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, right, work on Soyuz training at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kimbrough, Ryzhikov, and Borisenko are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on September 24 Kazakh time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

jsc2018e025583 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 55 crewmembers Drew Feustel of NASA (left, Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos (center) and Ricky Arnold of NASA (right) pose for pictures in front of their Soyuz spacecraft March 16 during their final Soyuz fit check activities. They will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2020e016220 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA (left) and Anatoly Ivanishin (center) and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos (right) pose for pictures in front of a Soyuz trainer during the second day of Soyuz qualification exams March 12. They are scheduled to launch April 9 on the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

jsc2018e025584 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 55 crewmembers Drew Feustel of NASA (left, Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos (center) and Ricky Arnold of NASA (right) pose for pictures in front of their Soyuz spacecraft March 16 during their final Soyuz fit check activities. They will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2018e025596 - In the Korolev Museum at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 55 prime and backup crewmembers display a flag March 16 bearing the Soyuz MS-08 crew patch insignia during a traditional preflight tour of the museum. From left to right are backup crewmember Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, prime crewmembers Drew Feustel of NASA, Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and Ricky Arnold of NASA, and backup crewmember Nick Hague of NASA. Feustel, Artemyev and Arnold will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2018e025594 - In the Korolev Museum at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 55 prime and backup crewmembers sign a flag bearing their Soyuz MS-08 crew patch insignia March 16 during a traditional preflight tour of the museum. From left to right are backup crewmembers Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and prime crewmembers Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, Ricky Arnold of NASA and Drew Feustel of NASA, who will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2019e039435 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 60 backup crewmembers Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (left), Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos (center) and Tom Marshburn of NASA (right) pose for pictures in front of the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft July 16 as part of pre-launch preparations. They are the backups to Drew Morgan of NASA, Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency who will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/GCTC.

jsc2018e025593 - In the Korolev Museum at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 55 prime and backup crewmembers sign a flag bearing their Soyuz MS-08 crew patch insignia March 16 during a traditional preflight tour of the museum. From left to right are backup crewmembers Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and prime crewmembers Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, Ricky Arnold of NASA and Drew Feustel of NASA, who will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2017e095961 (July 16, 2017) --- Aboard a Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center aircraft en route to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 52-53 Flight Engineer Randy Bresnik of NASA (right), with the help of crewmate Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, left), affixes stickers bearing the Soyuz and Expedition 53 mission insignias to the wall of the plane’s cabin July 16 in a traditional ceremony. Bresnik, Ryazanskiy and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency will launch July 28 from Baikonur on the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2017e095962 (July 16, 2017) --- Aboard a Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center aircraft en route to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 52-53 Flight Engineers Randy Bresnik of NASA (left), Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency (right) point to the stickers bearing the Soyuz and Expedition 53 mission insignias that they affixed to the wall of the plane’s cabin July 16 in a traditional ceremony. Bresnik, Ryazanskiy Nespoli will launch July 28 from Baikonur on the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2020e016849 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 63 crewmembers Ivan Vagner (left) and Anatoly Ivanishin (center) of Roscosmos and Chris Cassidy of NASA (right) pose for pictures March 25 in front of their Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft as part of pre-launch training activities. They will launch April 9 on the Soyuz from Baikonur for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

jsc2018e025587 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 555 crewmember Drew Feustel of NASA flashes a smile March 16 as he emerges from his Soyuz spacecraft after final fit check activities. Feustel, Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and Ricky Arnold of NASA will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2018e025592 - In the Korolev Museum at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 55 crewmember Ricky Arnold of NASA signs a wall mural depicting a Soyuz launch March 16 as part of traditional prelaunch activities. Arnold, Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and Drew Feustel of NASA will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2020e016214 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA (left) and Anatoly Ivanishin (center) and Ivan Vagner (right) of Roscosmos arrive for Soyuz qualification exams March 11 in advance of their scheduled launch April 9 in the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

jsc2018e025586 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 555 crewmember Ricky Arnold of NASA flashes a smile March 16 as he boards his Soyuz spacecraft for final fit check activities. Arnold, Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and Drew Feustel of NASA will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

Expedition 49 backup crew member Mark Vande Hei takes part in spin chair training during media day on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 49 flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, and Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on September 24 Kazakh time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

jsc2019e039431 - In the Integration Building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 60 crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) pose for a selfie in front of the first stage engines of their Soyuz booster July 16 as part of pre-launch preparations. They will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/GCTC.

jsc2018e025597 - In the Korolev Museum at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 55 crewmembers Drew Feustel of NASA (left), Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos (center) and Ricky Arnold of NASA (right) display the keys used in the Cosmodrome blockhouse to start the Soyuz booster launch sequence March 16 during a traditional preflight tour of the museum. They will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

Expedition 49 flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, left, Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, center, and flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, right, attend a training briefing at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kimbrough, Ryzhikov, and Borisenko are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on September 24 Kazakh time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

jsc2018e025585 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 555 crewmember Drew Feustel of NASA flashes a smile March 16 as he boards his Soyuz spacecraft for final fit check activities. Feustel, Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and Ricky Arnold of NASA will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2020e016983 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 63 crewmembers Anatoly Ivanishin (top) of Roscosmos, Chris Cassidy (center) of NASA and Ivan Vagner (bottom) of Roscosmos pose for pictures April 3 in front of their Soyuz spacecraft as part of their pre-launch activities. They will launch April 9 on the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from Baikonur on April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Courtesy/Roscosmos.

jsc2020e016845 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 63 crewmember Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos runs through procedures during a pre-launch training session in the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft March 25. Vagner, Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Chris Cassidy of NASA will launch April 9 on the Soyuz from Baikonur for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center..

jsc2019e039432 - In the Integration Building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the first stage engines of the Soyuz booster are prominent in the field of view July 16 as final preparations begin for the launch of three new crewmembers to the International Space Station. Drew Morgan of NASA, Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/GCTC.

jsc2020e016221 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA (left) and Anatoly Ivanishin (center) and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos (right) arrive for the second day of Soyuz qualification exams March 12. They are scheduled to launch April 9 on the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

jsc2018e025591 - In the Korolev Museum at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 55 crewmember Drew Feustel of NASA (left) signs a wall mural depicting a Soyuz launch March 16 as part of traditional prelaunch activities. Looking on is NASA crewmate Ricky Arnold (right). Along with Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, they will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

Expedition 49 Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov and flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos play chess at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ryzhikov, Borisenko, and flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA are preparing for launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on September 24 Kazakh time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

jsc2019e039430 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 60 crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency pose for pictures July 16 holding replicas of launch keys used to initiate a Soyuz rocket’s liftoff. They will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/GCTC.

jsc2020e016985 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 63 crewmembers Ivan Vagner (left) and Anatoly Ivanishin (center) of Roscosmos and Chris Cassidy (right) of NASA pose for pictures April 3 in front of their Soyuz spacecraft as part of their pre-launch activities. They will launch April 9 on the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from Baikonur on April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Courtesy/Roscosmos.

iss063e113857 (Oct. 21, 2020) --- Expedition 63 crewmates (from left) Chris Cassidy of NASA and Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner are seated inside the Soyuz MS-16 crew ship moments before the hatches were closed to the International Space Station. The trio would parachute to Earth inside the Soyuz' descent module several hours later.

jsc2020e016986 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 63 crewmembers Ivan Vagner (left) and Anatoly Ivanishin (center) of Roscosmos and Chris Cassidy (right) of NASA pose for pictures April 3 in front of their Soyuz spacecraft as part of their pre-launch activities. They will launch April 9 on the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from Baikonur on April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Courtesy/Roscosmos.

jsc2019e039425 - In the Integration Building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 60 crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures in front of the first stage engines of their Soyuz booster July 16 as part of pre-launch preparations. They will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/GCTC.

iss064e000143 (Oct. 21, 2020) --- The Soyuz MS-16 crew ship, with Expedition 63 crewmates Chris Cassidy of NASA and Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, departs the International Space Station moments after undocking from the Rassvet module. The trio would parachute to Earth inside the Soyuz' descent module just a few hours later.

jsc2020e016843 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 63 crewmember Chris Cassidy of NASA prepares to enter the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft March 25 as part of pre-launch training activities. Cassidy and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos will launch April 9 on the Soyuz from Baikonur for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

jsc2018e025589 - In the Korolev Museum at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 55 crewmembers Ricky Arnold of NASA (left), Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos (center) and Drew Feustel of NASA (right) are shown a mockup of a Soyuz spacecraft seat March 16 during a traditional preflight tour of the museum. They will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

jsc2019e039429 - In the Integration Building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 60 crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures in front of the first stage engines of their Soyuz booster July 16 as part of pre-launch preparations. They will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/GCTC.

jsc2020e016848 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA (top) and Anatoly Ivanishin (center) and Ivan Vagner (bottom) of Roscosmos run through procedures during a pre-launch training session in the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft March 25. They will launch April 9 on the Soyuz from Baikonur for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

jsc2020e016217 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 63 backup crewmembers Steve Bowen of NASA (left) and Sergey Ryzhikov (center) and Andrei Babkin of Roscosmos (right) arrive for Soyuz qualification exams March 11. They are the backups to Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, who are scheduled to launch April 9 in the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

jsc2020e016219 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 63 crewmembers Ivan Vagner (left) and Anatoly Ivanishin (center) of Roscosmos and Chris Cassidy of NASA (right) arrive for the second day of Soyuz qualification exams March 12. They are scheduled to launch April 9 on the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

Expedition 49 flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA left, and Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov take part in the traditional tree planing ceremony at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kimbrough, Ryzhikov and flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on September 24 Kazakh time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)