
NASA astronaut Christina Koch, center, is supported by Russian Nurse Yana Shelepova, left, and NASA astronaut Anne McClain, right, at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan after she, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov landed in their Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Koch returned to Earth after logging 328 days in space --- the longest spaceflight in history by a woman --- as a member of Expeditions 59-60-61 on the International Space Station. Skvortsov and Parmitano returned after 201 days in space where they served as Expedition 60-61 crew members onboard the station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is seen outside the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft after he landed with Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Vande Hei and Dubrov are returning to Earth after logging 355 days in space as members of Expeditions 64-66 aboard the International Space Station. For Vande Hei, his mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history. Shkaplerov is returning after 176 days in space, serving as a Flight Engineer for Expedition 65 and commander of Expedition 66. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim is carried to a medical tent shortly after he, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, and Alexey Zubritsky, landed in their Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. The trio returned to Earth after logging 245 days in space as a members of Expeditions 72 and 73 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, center, arrives at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan airport after he, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy and, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Paolo Nespoli landed in their Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. Bresnik, Nespoli and Ryazanskiy are returning after 139 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 52 and 53 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 66 crew members Mark Vande Hei of NASA, left, and cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov, center, and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, sit in chairs outside the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft after they landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Vande Hei and Dubrov are returning to Earth after logging 355 days in space as members of Expeditions 64-66 aboard the International Space Station. For Vande Hei, his mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history. Shkaplerov is returning after 176 days in space, serving as a Flight Engineer for Expedition 65 and commander of Expedition 66. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim rest in a chair outside the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft after he landed with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, and Alexey Zubritsky in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. The trio returned to Earth after logging 245 days in space as a members of Expeditions 72 and 73 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Paolo Nespoli, left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy, center, and NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik are seen during a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. 2017. Nespoli, Bresnik, and Ryazanskiy are returning after 139 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 52 and 53 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)