Roscosmos Director General Yuriy Borisov gives remarks during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 70 to the international Space Station, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko, and Nikolai Chub are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft on Sept. 15. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, walks to board the Soyuz rocket with, Sergei Krikalev, left, and Roscosmos Director General Yuriy Borisov, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Kud-Sverchkov, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Mikaev, and NASA astronaut Chris Williams, on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin walks to the Soyuz rocket for boarding, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of Ovchinin along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Ivan Vagner and NASA astronaut Don Pettit will send the trio on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, center, and Ivan Vagner, talk to mission management and family ahead of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)

Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, center, and Ivan Vagner, talk to NASA and Roscosmos mission management and family ahead of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)