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)