S99-07350 (July 1999) --- Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Russian Space Agency (RSA). (Malenchenko was assigned in the summer of 1999 to serve on the crew of STS-106, the second Shuttle-Assembly mission for the International Space Station.)

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

ISS007-E-08988 (1 July 2003) --- Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 mission commander, is pictured in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station (ISS). The photo was taken by NASA ISS Science Officer and Flight Engineer Edward T. Lu, who was celebrating a birthday at the time.

ISS007-E-11805 (3 August 2003) --- Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 mission commander representing Rosaviakosmos, floats into the Unity node on the International Space Station (ISS).

S99-09087 (6 August 1999) --- Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, mission specialist representing the Russian Space Agency (RSA), is assisted by suit technicians during an emergency egress training session at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL). Malenchenko will join five astronauts and a second cosmonaut for one of next year's scheduled missions with the International Space Station (ISS).

S99-09091 (6 August 1999) --- Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, mission specialist representing the Russian Space Agency (RSA), puts the final touches on his suit donning process prior to an emergency egress training session at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL). Malenchenko will join five astronauts and a second cosmonaut for one of next year's scheduled missions with the International Space Station (ISS).

S99-09098 (6 August 1999) --- Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, mission specialist representing the Russian Space Agency (RSA), floats in a small life raft following a simulated parachute drop. A diver remains nearby to assist in the training activity. The exercise was part of an emergency bailout training session at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL). Malenchenko will join five astronauts and a second cosmonaut for one of the scheduled missions next year with the International Space Station (ISS).

S106-E-5008 (8 September 2000) --- Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, mission specialist representing the Russian Aviation and Space Agency, joins STS-106 crew mates in readying the Space Shuttle Atlantis for about a week and a half of work in Earth orbit.

Expedition 33 Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko of ROSCOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency) rest in a chair outside the Soyuz Capsule after he and Commander Sunita Williams of NASA, and Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), landed their Soyuz spacecraft in a remote area outside the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Williams, Hoshide and Malenchenko returned from four months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 33 Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko of ROSCOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency) is carried to a medical tent shortly after he and Commander Sunita Williams of NASA, and Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), landed their Soyuz spacecraft in a remote area outside the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Williams, Hoshide and Malenchenko returned from four months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 16 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko sits in a helicopter after he and fellow crew members Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson and South Korean spaceflight participant So-yeon Yi landed their Soyuz TMA-11 capsule, Friday, April 19, 2008, in central Kazakhstan. Whitson and Malenchenko completed 192 days in space and Yi 11 days in orbit. Photo Credit: (NASA/Reuters/Pool)

ISS006-E-50612 (28 April 2003) --- Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition Seven mission commander, is pictured holding a spoon while a can of food floats nearby in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Malenchenko represents Rosaviakosmos.

Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko, foreground and Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer arrive in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Sunday, April 20, 2003. The crew will be preparing for the launch onboard a Soyuz capsule, Saturday, April 26, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 commander, enjoys the long bus ride back to the cosmonaut hotel after a busy day at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Building 254, Soyuz Integration Facility in Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander, rests in a chair after landing in the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 16 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko dons his flight suit prior to launch, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, Malenchenko, and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at sunset n their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft bound for a docking to the International Space Station on Oct. 12. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station, while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 16 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, second from left, and Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson meet with Russian officials at the foot of the airplane steps after they arrived at Chkalovsky Airport near Star City, Russia, Friday, April 19, 2008. Whitson, Malechenko and Yi landed their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft on April 19, 2008 in central Kazakhstan to complete 192 days in space for Whitson and Malenchenko and 11 days in orbit for Yi. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 33 flight engineer Yuri Malenchenko, left, is welcomed home upon his arrival in Star City, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 in Russia. Malenchenko, Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams and JAXA flight engineer Akihiko Hoshide landed in their Soyuz TMA-05M earlier that day in a remote area outside of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. They returned home from four months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 32 and 33 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 33 crew members; Commander Sunita Williams of NASA, left, Flight Engineers Yuri Malenchenko of ROSCOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency), and Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), right, smile for photos at the Kustanay Airport in Kazakhstan a few hours after they landed their Soyuz spacecraft in a remote area outside the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Williams, Hoshide and Malenchenko returned from four months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, bottom, South Korean spaceflight participant So-yeon Yi and Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, top, walk down the airplane steps as they arrive at Chkalovsky Airport near Star City, Russia, Friday, April 19, 2008. Whitson, Malechenko and Yi landed their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft on April 19, 2008 in central Kazakhstan to complete 192 days in space for Whitson and Malenchenko and 11 days in orbit for Yi. 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)

Expedition 7 commander Yuri I. Malenchenko, left, and NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer Edward T. Lu enjoy dinner at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, April 9, 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 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)

Expedition 7 commander Yuri I. Malenchenko, left, and NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer Edward T. Lu relax after dinner at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, April 9, 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)

Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, left and cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Mission Commander, are seated in their chairs after being extracted from the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft upon their landing in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Cosmodrome officials greet Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Commander, left and Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, second from left, upon arriving in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Sunday, April 20, 2003, The expedition crew will be preparing for the launch onboard a Soyuz capsule, Saturday, April 26, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, right, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko participate in the traditional blessing prior to joining Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor for the bus ride to building 254 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome where the crew don their spacesuits, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, in Baikonur. The crew is set to launch at sunset in their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft bound for a docking to the International Space Station on October 12. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station, while Shukor will return to Earth October 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 16 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko speaks during the State Commission meeting and press conference, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Expedition 16 crew is in preparation for their launch to the International Space Station Oct. 10 in their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft. Commander Peggy Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station while spaceflight participant Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"

Expedition 16 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko dons his flight suit prior to launch, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, Malenchenko, and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at sunset n their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft bound for a docking to the International Space Station on Oct. 12. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station, while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 32 crew members NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, third from left, receives the traditional blessing by an Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Sunday, July 15, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Williams is seen with Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, center, and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide. The Soyuz spacecraft with Williams, Malenchenko and Hoshide aboard launched later that morning at 8:40 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, second from left, and NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams are escorted to the Soyuz rocket by senior ROSCOMOS management at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Sunday, July 15, 2012 in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide aboard launched at 8:40 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 32 crew members JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, left, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, right, wave farewell as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel on Sunday, July 15, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide onboard launched at 8:40 a.m. later that morning Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko lies in a chair to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for the morning of Sunday, July 15, local time. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)

Quarantined Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko answers reporters questions from behind glass during a prelaunch press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Friday, July 13, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. local time on Sunday, July 15. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, right, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, left, leave building 254 following their suit up for launch Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide onboard launched at 8:40 a.m. later that morning Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 32 crew members JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, left, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, third from left, prepare to receive the traditional blessing by an Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Sunday, July 15, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Hoshide, Malenchenko and Williams aboard launched that morning at 8:40 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, bottom, JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko and NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, top, wave farewell from the base of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Sunday, July 15, 2012. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. local. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko lies in a chair to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for the morning of Sunday, July 15, local time. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)

Quarantined Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko gives the thumbs up to his family behind glass during a prelaunch press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Friday, July 13, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. local time on Sunday, July 15. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Quarantined Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, right, answers reporters questions from behind glass during a prelaunch press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Friday, July 13, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Seated next to her is Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Williams, Malenchenko, and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. local time on Sunday, July 15. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Quarantined Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, right, answers reporters questions from behind glass during a prelaunch press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Friday, July 13, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Seated next to him is JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and Hoshide is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. local time on Sunday, July 15. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 32 crew members JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, left, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, third from left, receive the traditional blessing by an Orthodox priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Sunday, July 15, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Hoshide, Malenchenko and Williams aboard will launch later that morning at 8:40 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Quarantined Expedition 32 JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, left, answers reporters questions from behind glass during a prelaunch press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Friday, July 13, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Seated next to him is Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Hoshide, Malenchenko, and NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. local time on Sunday, July 15. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams of NASA, right, and Flight Engineers Yuri Malenchenko of ROSCOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency), and Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), left, sit in chairs outside the Soyuz Capsule just minutes after they landed in a remote area outside the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Williams, Hoshide and Malenchenko returned from four months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, right, shakes hands with Vladimir Popovkin, Director of Roscosmos prior to her launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Williams is seen with Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, center, and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide. The Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide onboard launched at 8:40 a.m. later that morning Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Tim Peake of the European Space Agency, left, Yuri Malenchenko of Roscosmos center, and Tim Kopra of NASA sit in chairs outside the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft just minutes after they landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Saturday, June 18, 2016. Kopra, Peake, and Malenchenko are returning after six months in space where they served as members of the Expedition 46 and 47 crews onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko continues the tradition of signing one of the doors at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Sunday, July 15, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide aboard launched at 8:40 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams of NASA, right, and Flight Engineers Yuri Malenchenko of ROSCOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency), and Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), left, sit in chairs outside the Soyuz Capsule just minutes after they landed in a remote area outside the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Williams, Hoshide and Malenchenko returned from four months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 32 JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, left, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams wait after having their Sokol suits pressure checked in preparation for their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Hoshide, Malenchenko and Williams is scheduled for the morning of Sunday, July 15, local time. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)

Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, right, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, left, receive a formal go for launch from Vitaly Alexandrovich Lopota, President of Energia, left, and Vladimir Popovkin, Director of Roscosmos prior to their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide onboard launched at 8:40 a.m. later that morning Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Quarantined Expedition 32 prime crew members, from left, JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, Russian Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams wave goodbye from behind glass during a prelaunch press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Friday, July 13, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. local time on Sunday, July 15. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko lies in a chair to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for the morning of Sunday, July 15, local time. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)

Expedition 64 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins smiles as Adviser to the Head of Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) Yuri Malenchenko gives her flowers and welcomes her home after she, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov landed there Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Saturday, April 17, 2021. Rubins, Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov returned after 185 days in space having served as Expedition 63-64 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, left, astronauts Michael Foale, Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer and Expedition 7 Commander Yuri Malenchenko, right, attend the ceremonial flag raising at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Kazakhstan, Monday, April 21, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko enters the Soyuz TMA-2 capsule for inspection and seat liner check 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 waits for his turn to enter the Soyuz TMA-2 capsule for inspection and seat liner check in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Michael Foale, left, Expedition 7 backup crew member; Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; Alexander Y. Kaleri, backup crew member; and Yuri I. Malenchenko, Mission Commander, right are pictured as they visit the quarters of Yuri Gagarin after having visited the Soyuz launch pad and performing a final check of the Soyuz capsule at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 22, 2003. Photo credit: (NASA/Scott Andrews)

Astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station science officer and flight engineer for Expedition 7, left, signs documents after the suit leak check, seat liner check, and Soyuz inspection at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Building 254, Soyuz Integration Facility in Kazakhstan, Thursday April 10, 2003. Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 commander, second left, watches as the documents are being signed. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 commander, left and astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station science officer and flight engineer for Expedition 7, enjoying the bus ride back to the cosmonaut hotel after a busy day at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Building 254, Soyuz Integration Facility in Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer Edward T. Lu, left and Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko stop to take questions after their final check of the Soyuz capsule prior to their scheduled launch on Saturday April 26, 2003 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 22. 2003. Photo credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, left and cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Mission Commander, are seated in their chairs after being extracted from the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft upon their landing in Kazakhstan on Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:41 p.m. (EST). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

JSC2015E053686 (04/30/2015) --- Expedition 44 backup crew ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Timothy Peake (left), Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (ROSCOSMOS) (center), and NASA astronaut Timothy L. Kopra .

Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, right, adjusts the mirror on her Russian sokol suit, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, center, and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor are seen next to her. The three launched at sunset Oct. 10 in their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft bound for a docking to the International Space Station on Oct. 12. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station, while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 16 backup Commander Michael Fincke, right, photographs Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, left, shortly before they and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007. Their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft will dock to the International Space Station on Oct. 12. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station, while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, right, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszhaphar Shukor give the thumbs up during the State Commission meeting and press conference, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The crew is in preparation for their launch to the International Space Station Oct. 10 in their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, right, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszhaphar Shukor, left, board the crew bus that will take them from the Cosmonaut hotel to building 254 where they will don their flight suits at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007. The crew launched at sunset in their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft bound for a docking to the International Space Station on Oct. 12. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station, while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, left sitting, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, right sitting, don their flight suits prior to launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007. The three launched at sunset in their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft bound for a docking to the International Space Station on Oct. 12. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station, while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszhaphar Shukor are protected behind glass during the State Commission meeting and press conference, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The crew is in preparation for their launch to the International Space Station Oct. 10 in their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) Photo Credit: "NASA/Bill Ingalls"

nhq2017070600102 (July 6, 2017) --- Expedition 52 backup crew members: Mark Vande Hei of NASA, suited left, Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, center, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) meet with, Cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko, left, Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, Deputy Director, GCTC, Cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, and John McBrine, NASA Director of Operations, GCTC ahead of the crew's Soyuz qualification exams, Thursday, July 6, 2017 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

nhq201707070004 (July 7, 2017) --- Expedition 52 flight engineers Paolo Nespoli of ESA, left, Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos, center, and Randy Bresnik of NASA meet with, Cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko, left, Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, Deputy Director, GCTC, Cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, John McBrine, NASA Director of Operations, GCTC and Mark Bowman, NASA Soyuz Technical Lead ahead of the crew's final Soyuz qualification exam, Friday, July 7, 2017 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko, foreground and astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer for Expedition 7, walk out for Soyuz inspection and seat liner check 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, left, Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, accompanied by Expedition 7 backups Alexander Kaleri, and Michael Foale, right, participate in the ceremonial flag raising at the Cosmonaut Hotel, Kazakhstan, Monday, April 21, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station science officer and flight engineer for Expedition 7, left, cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 commander, backup crew for Expedition 7 astronaut Michael Foale and cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, right, attend a press conference, Thursday April 10, 2003, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko, center, 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. Seated next to him is astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer for Expedition 7. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Quarantined Expedition 32 NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams is presented with a traditional Kazakh whip during a prelaunch press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Friday, July 13, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Williams, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. local time on Sunday, July 15. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko, center, 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. Seated is astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer for Expedition 7. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams dons her Russian Sokol suit in preparation for her launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Williams, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. local time on Sunday, July 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Irina Peshkova)

NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer for Expedition 7 Edward T. Lu, left and Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko wait to have their Russian Sokol suits tested at the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 commander, foreground and astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station science officer and flight engineer for Expedition 7, walk down the Soyuz stand after the Soyuz inspection and seat liner check at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Building 254, Soyuz Integration Facility in Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 7 backup crew member Michael Foale, left, talks with Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer Edward T. Lu and Expedition 7 Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko, right, as they review documents prior to entering the Soyuz TMA-2 capsule for inspection and seat liner check in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Edward T. Lu, right, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, and Yuri I. Malenchenko, Mission Commander, ride in a bus to the launch pad prior to their launch onboard the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Saturday, April 26, 2003. Photo credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station science officer and flight engineer for Expedition 7, left and Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 commander, pause for a photograph on the Soyuz stand after the Soyuz inspection and seat liner check at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Building 254, Soyuz Integration Facility in Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Clockwise from top right, Expedition 7 Commander, Yuri I. Malenchenko, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, Edward T. Lu and prime crew Flight Surgeon Tom Marshburn, unidentified Russian flight surgeon, along with cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri and astronaut Michael Foale, top left, eat dinner at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, April 9, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 7 Commander, Yuri I. Malenchenko, second from left, facing camera, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, Edward T. Lu, center, and prime crew Flight Surgeon Thomas Marshburn eat dinner at the Cosmonaut Hotel along with the backup crew members, astronaut Michael Foale, left, back to camera, cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, center, back to camera, and an unidentified Russian flight surgeon in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, April 9, 2003. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 32 NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams waves goodbye after leaving the Cosmonaut Hotel, Sunday, July 15, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Williams, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide aboard launched at 8:40 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer Edward T. Lu steps out of the Soyuz capsule while Mission Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko looks on. The crew entered the Soyuz capsule for final checks, Tuesday, April 22, 2003, prior to their scheduled launch on Saturday April 26, 2003 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baiknour, Kazakhstan. Photo credit: (NASA/Scott Andrews)

Quarantined Expedition 32 prime crew members, from left, JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, Russian Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, along with Expedition 32 backup few members, Tom Marshburn, Roman Romanenko and Chris Hadfield prepare to answer reporters questions from behind glass during a prelaunch press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Friday, July 13, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. local time on Sunday, July 15. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

View from the balcony of the Russian Mission Control Center shows a photo of the Expedition 32 crew members gathered together, Tuesday, July 17, 2012, in Korolev, Russia. Pictured are Expedition 32 crew members JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, far left, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba, Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka of Russia, Flight Engineer Sergei Revin of Russia, far right. Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide's arrival to the International Space Station comes two days after they launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Quarantined Expedition 32 prime crew members, from left, JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, Russian Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, along with Expedition 32 backup few members, Tom Marshburn, Roman Romanenko and Chris Hadfield pose for photograhers from behind glass during a prelaunch press conference held at the Cosmonaut Hotel on Friday, July 13, 2012 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. local time on Sunday, July 15. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)

Deputy Head of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center and cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, left, Head of the Search-and-Rescue Department of Rosaviatsiya (Russian Federal Air Transport Agency) Aleksey N. Lukiyanov, second from left, and other Russian Search and Recovery personnel are seen during a readiness review for the landing of Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik of NASA and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency) and Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian space agency Roscosmos Tuesday, Dec. 12, 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)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, center, is supported by Deputy Head of the Search-and-Rescue Department of Rosaviatsiya (Russian Federal Air Transport Agency) Aleksey Lukiyanov, left, and Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) Deputy Head for cosmonaut training Yuri Malenchenko, right, at the Karaganda Airport in Kazakhstan after he, NASA astronaut Christina Koch and, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano 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)

In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 46-47 crewmembers Tim Peake of the European Space Agency (left), Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Tim Kopra of NASA (right) pose for pictures Dec. 10 during a final fit check and inspection of the Soyuz spacecraft which will transport them to orbit. Kopra, Peake and Malenchenko will launch Dec. 15 on the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 46-47 crewmember Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) flashes a smile Nov. 30 as he departs for the airport and the flight to his launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Malenchenko, Tim Kopra of NASA and Tim Peake of the European Space Agency will launch Dec. 15 in the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA / Seth Marcantel

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 46-47 crewmember Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) reviews procedures inside a Soyuz spacecraft simulator Nov. 20 at the start of final qualification exams. Malenchenko and crewmates Tim Peake of the European Space Agency and Tim Kopra of NASA will launch Dec. 15 on their Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft Dec. 15 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Seth Marcantel