Expedition 72 State Commission

Expedition 72 crew members, in quarantine behind glass: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, and backup crew members Alexey Zubritskiy, Sergey Ryzhikov, both of Roscosmos, and Jonny Kim of NASA, right, are seen during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of the Expedition 72 crew to the International Space Station, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The trio are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft on September 11. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 72 crew members, in quarantine behind glass: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, and backup crew members Alexey Zubritskiy, Sergey Ryzhikov, both of Roscosmos, and Jonny Kim of NASA, right, are seen during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of the Expedition 72 crew to the International Space Station, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The trio are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft on September 11. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Photographer NASA/Bill Ingalls
Album Expedition_72
Alexey OvchininAlexey ZubritskiyBaikonurCosmonaut HotelDon PettitExpedition 72Expedition 72 PreflightIvan VagnerJonny KimKazakhstanRoscosmosSergey RyzhikovState Commission