NASA astronaut Chris Williams, left, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev, right, receive approval to proceed to the launch pad by Roscosmos management ahead of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 outside building 254, of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/GCTC/Pavel Shvets)