Expedition 72 Preflight

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin waves as he prepares to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as he and fellow crew mates, NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Ivan Vagner, prepare for 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/Bill Ingalls)

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin waves as he prepares to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as he and fellow crew mates, NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Ivan Vagner, prepare for 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/Bill Ingalls)

Photographer NASA/Bill Ingalls
Album Expedition_72