Astronauts in Training

Images of astronauts in pressure suits during pre-launch procedures, highlighting training environments and equipment.

Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft to the International Space Station with fellow cremates, Flight Engineer Kevin Ford, and Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft to the International Space Station with fellow cremates, Flight Engineer Kevin Ford, and Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

Expedition 36 European Space Agency Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Parmitano, Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and NASA Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

Expedition 60 flight engineer Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) is seen as his Russian Sokol suit is pressure checked in preparation for launch aboard the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft, Saturday, July 20, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Parmitano, Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, and Andrew Morgan of NASA launched aboard the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft at 12:28 p.m. Eastern time (9:28 p.m. Baikonur time) on July 20 to begin their journey to the International Space Station.

Expedition 58 Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA has her Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for her launch aboard the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the same day and will carry McClain, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) into orbit to begin their six and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

Expedition 37/38 NASA Engineer Michael Hopkins has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to the International Space Station with fellow crewmates Russian Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the crewmates on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

Expedition 43 NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly dons his Russian sokol suit ahead of his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft to the International Space Station with fellow crew mates, Russian Cosmonauts Gennady Padalka, and Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) Friday, March 27, 2015 in Baikonor, Kazakhstan. As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016.

Expedition 60 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for launch aboard the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft, Saturday, July 20, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Skvortsov, Andrew Morgan of NASA, and Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) launched aboard the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft at 12:28 p.m. Eastern time (9:28 p.m. Baikonur time) on July 20 to begin their journey to the International Space Station.

Expedition 34/35 Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft to the International Space Station with fellow cremates, Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield and Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko, on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Marshburn, Romanenko and Hadfield on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

Expedition 64 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins is seen while having her Sokol suit pressure checked during the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft fit check, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Rubins, and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos are preparing for launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on October 14, Baikonur time.

jsc2020e016844 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 63 crewmembers Anatoly Ivanishin (left) and Ivan Vagner (right) of Roscosmos share some thoughts on procedures March 25 during pre-launch training activities. Along with Chris Cassidy of NASA, they will launch April 9 on the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from Baikonur for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Garan, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko launched in their Soyuz TMA-21 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:18 a.m. local time. (

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA suits up for a Soyuz fit check dress rehearsal Feb. 27 during pre-launch training. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Victor Zelentsov

Expedition 68 Preflight. Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as he and fellow crewmates, Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, prepare for their Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft launch, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Rubio, Prokopyev and Petelin launched onboard the Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a mission on the International Space Station.

Expedition 51 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos, left, is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmate, Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA, right, prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, on Thursday, April 20, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for 1:13 p.m. April 20 Baikonur time, and will carry Yurchikhin and Fischer into orbit to begin their four and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

Expedition 56 Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmates, Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA and Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Prokopyev, Auñón-Chancellor, and Gerst on a six month mission aboard the International Space Station.

Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Samokutyaev, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko launched in their Soyuz TMA-21 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:18 a.m. local time. (

Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Padalka, Flight Engineer Sergei Revin and Flight Engineer Joe Acaba onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15.

Expedition 41 Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA is helped up after having his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the early hours of Sept. 26 (Kazakhstan time) and will carry Wilmore and fellow crewmates, Flight Engineer Elena Serova and Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), into orbit to begin their five and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

Expedition 51 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmate, Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhinof Roscosmos prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, April 20, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for 1:13pm April 20 Baikonur time, and will carry Fischer and Yurchikhin into orbit to begin their four and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

Expedition 41 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the early hours of Sept. 26 (Kazakhstan time) and will carry Samokutyaev and fellow crewmates, Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA, into orbit to begin their five and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

Expedition 51 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for launch aboard the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft on Thursday, April 20, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for 1:13 p.m. April 20 Baikonur time, and will carry Yurchikhin and crewmate Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA into orbit to begin their four and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

Expedition 32 JAXA Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide lies in a chair to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-05M on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Hoshide, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams is scheduled for the morning of Sunday, July 15, local time.

PHOTO DATE: 04-09-09LOCATION: NBL POOL TOPSIDESUBJECT: STS-128 crew members Danny Olivas and Nicole Stott during STS-128 17A EVA 1 training

PHOTO DATE: 11-06-08LOCATION: NBL POOLSIDESUBJECT: HUBBLE crew members Michael J. Massimino and Michael T. Good during EVA training at the NBL

Expedition 65 backup crew members NASA astronaut Anne McClain, left, Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, center, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos arrive for Soyuz qualification exams Monday, March 22, 2021, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia, in advance of the Expedition 65 launch April 9 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station.

Flight Engineer Sergei Revin has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Revin, Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Joe Acaba onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15.

jsc2018e095177 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 crewmember Anne McClain of NASA signs in for the final day of qualification exams Nov. 14. McClain, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

Expedition 35 NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy is lifted out of his chair after having had his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Cassidy, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

Expedition 23 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, April 2, 2010. Skvortsov and fellow Expedition 23 crew members Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko of Russia and NASA Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson launched in their Soyuz TMA-18 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, April 2, 2010.

Expedition 27 NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Garan, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko launched in their Soyuz TMA-21 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:18 a.m. local time. (

Expedition 60 flight engineer Andrew Morgan of NASA prepares to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for launch aboard the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft, Saturday, July 20, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Morgan, Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, and Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) launched aboard the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft at 12:28 p.m. Eastern time (9:28 p.m. Baikonur time) on July 20 to begin their journey to the International Space Station.

Expedition 43 NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly prepares to have his Russian sokol suit pressure checked during the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft fit check with Russian Cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and, Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Sunday, March 15, 2015 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio are preparing for launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 28, Kazakh time. As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016.

In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmember Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency conducts a leak check of his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit June 25 as part of the preparations for launch with Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Kate Rubins of NASA on July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station.GCTC/Andrei Shelepin

Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) with NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann and Boeing Astronaut Chris Ferguson during ISS EVA Prep & Post 1 training.

Date: 11-07-12Location: NBL - Pool TopsideSubject: Expedition 40 crew members (Soyuz 39) Reid Wiseman and ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst during INC-40 ISS EVA ORU PRF 41027.

Expedition 64 Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos is seen as he prepares to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as he and fellow crewmates Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos and Kate Rubins of NASA prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio launched at 1:45 a.m. EDT to begin a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

jsc2020e017072 - Expedition 63 Preflight - Expedition 63 crewmember Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos dons his Sokol suit a few hours ahead of his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos, and Chris Cassidy of NASA, Thursday, April 9, 2020 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A few hours later, they lifted off for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station.

PHOTO DATE: 31 August 2011LOCATION: Bldg. 7, SSATA ChamberSUBJECT: Expedition 32 crew member and JAXA astronaut, Akihiko Hoshide in SSATA Chamber during Dry Run. STB-ST-942.

Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Mike Foale waves to his family as technicians work on his suit, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Foale, Expedition 8 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain were launched on a Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station, arriving on Oct. 20.

In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 36/37 Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency suits up for a dress rehearsal exercise May 17 during a suited fit check”. Parmitano, NASA Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin will launch May 29, Kazakh time, in their Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft to begin a 5 ½ mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2020e017071 - Expedition 63 Preflight - Expedition 63 crewmember Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos dons his Sokol suit a few hours ahead of his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos, and Chris Cassidy of NASA, Thursday, April 9, 2020 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A few hours later, they lifted off for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station.

jsc2019e051818 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 61 backup crewmember Tom Marshburn of NASA signs in Aug. 29 for the first day of crew qualification exams. Looking on are the other backups, spaceflight participant Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates and Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos. They are the backups to the prime crew, spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates and Expedition 61 crewmembers Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Jessica Meir of NASA, who will launch Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

Expedition 29 crew member Dan Burbank during SSATA Crew Training. Photo Date: May 18, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber.

Expedition 23 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, April 2, 2010. Skvortsov and fellow Expedition 23 crew members Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko of Russia and NASA Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson launched in their Soyuz TMA-18 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, April 2, 2010.

Expedition 58 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos is helped up after completing his Russian Sokol suit pressure check in preparation for his launch aboard the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the same day and will carry Kononenko, Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA, and Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) into orbit to begin their six and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

Expedition 65 prime crew member Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos dons his Sokol suit during the fit check to prepare for launch with fellow Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Saturday, March 27, 2021 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They are scheduled to launch on a Soyuz rocket April 9.

Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is helped of the Soyuz Capsule just minutes after he and Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, landed in their Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Wakata, Tyurin and Mastracchio returned to Earth after more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 38 and 39 crews.

Expedition 26 NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman has her Russian Sokol suit pressure checked prior to her launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 in Kazakhstan. Coleman and fellow Expedition 26 crew members Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratryev and ESA Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli launched in their Soyuz TMA-20 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning at 1:09 a.m. local time. (

JSC2011-E-054058 (13 June 2011) --- NASA astronaut Rex Walheim, STS-135 mission specialist, attired in a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, awaits the start of a spacewalk training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

Expedition 26 European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. Nespoli and fellow Expedition 26 crew members Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratryev and NASA Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman launched in their Soyuz TMA-20 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the following morning at 1:09 a.m. local time. (

Expedition 65 Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy, left, and Pyotr Dubrov adjust their watches after donning their Russian Sokol suit as they and fellow crewmate NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Friday, April 9, 2021 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket sent the trio on a mission to the International Space Station.

Expedition 35 Russian Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Misurkin, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

PHOTO DATE: 28 January 2011, LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside, SUBJECT: STS-133 Crew members Steve Bowen and Benjamin Drew during EVA 2 training with Mike Barratt and Nicole Stott assisting.

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, and Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA dons their Sokol suits ahead of their launch on a Soyuz rocket, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. During the Soyuz spacecraft's climb to orbit, an anomaly occurred, resulting in an abort downrange. The crew was quickly recovered and is in good condition.

jsc2018e010867 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 55 crewmember Drew Feustel of NASA suits up March 5 in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit as part of the crews first vehicle fit check activities. Feustel, Ricky Arnold of NASA and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos will launch March 21 in the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft from Baikonur for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

JSC2001-02945 (26 November 2001) --- Astronaut Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, STS-111 mission specialist, is photographed as the final touches are made on the training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Fellow crewmember Paul S. Lockhart (left), pilot, and crew trainer Joe Cambiaso assist Chang-Diaz. STS-111 will be the 14th shuttle mission to visit the International Space Station (ISS).

STS-132 crew members Garrett Reisman and Stephen Bowen during preparations for STS-132 ULF4 EVA 1 training. Photo Date: February 8, 2010. Location: NBL - Pool Topside.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 38/39 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin (center) is assisted by a technician as he dons protective booties for the start of final qualification simulation exams Oct. 17, 2013. Tyurin is joined by his crewmates, Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (left) and NASA Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio (right). The trio is scheduled to launch on Nov. 7, local time, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Stephanie Stoll

In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmember Kate Rubins of NASA conducts a leak check of her Russian Sokol launch and entry suit June 25 as part of the preparations for launch with Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on July 7, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station.GCTC/Andrei Shelepin

jsc2018e010877 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 55 crewmember Drew Feustel of NASA reviews procedures March 5 inside his Soyuz spacecraft as part of the crews first vehicle fit check activities. Feustel, Ricky Arnold of NASA and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos will launch March 21 in the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft from Baikonur for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

Expedition 51 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmate, Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhinof Roscosmos prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, April 20, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for 1:13pm April 20 Baikonur time, and will carry Fischer and Yurchikhin into orbit to begin their four and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

Expedition 65 NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, left, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy adjust their watches after donning their Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmate Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, as they prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Friday, April 9, 2021 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket sent the trio on a mission to the International Space Station.

JSC2008-E-039240 (12 May 2008) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 18 flight engineer, gets help donning a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineer Doug Wheelock has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Wheelock, Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Shannon Walker launched in their Soyuz TMA-19 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. (

13-17-28-3:At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency poses for a picture May 16 in his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit as he enters the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft during a dress rehearsal fit check”. Gerst, NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman and Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will launch from Baikonur on May 29, Kazakh time, for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2020e017092 - Expedition 63 Preflight - Expedition 63 crewmember Chris Cassidy of NASA has his Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, Thursday, April 9, 2020 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A few hours later, Vagner, Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos, and Chris Cassidy of NASA lifted off for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station.

jsc2018e007633 (February 15, 2018) --- Expedition 56-57 crew members (from left) Sergei Propokev of Roscosmos, Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency work inside the Space Station Airlock Test Article to train for the procedures necessary to prepare for a spacewalk.

Expedition 50 crew members NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, left, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, center, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet laugh together as they prepare for their final qualification exams, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia.

Expedition 34/35 Soyuz NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow cremates, Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko and Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Marshburn, Romanenko and Hadfield on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

Expedition 59 astronaut Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA fist pump while getting their Sokol suit pressure checked prior to launch on a Soyuz rocket with Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station.

Date: 06-28-13Location: Bldg 7, SSATASubject: ISS-038 crew members a Rick Mastracchio and Koichi Wakata during SSATA crew training and EMU certification.

Expedition 70 Preflight. Expedition 70 Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, left, NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, center, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Nikolai Chub, have their Russian Sokol Suits pressure checked ahead of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Friday, Sept. 15, 2023 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub on a mission to the International Space Station.

Expedition 58 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch aboard the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the same day and will carry Kononenko, Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA, and Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) into orbit to begin their six and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

Expedition 65 prime crew member Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos is seen in his Sokol suit during a fit check to prepare for launch with fellow Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Saturday, March 27, 2021 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They are scheduled to launch on a Soyuz rocket April 9.

Technicians work on the Russian Sokol suit of Expedition 11 Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer John Phillips, seated, prior to launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, April 15, 2005 for a two-day trip to the International Space Station.

Expedition 26 Commander Scott Kelly looks out the window of a Russian Search and Rescue helicopter before the two hour helicopter ride to Kustanay, Kazakhstan shortly after he and fellow crew members Oleg Skripochka and Alexander Kaleri landed in their Soyuz TMA-01M capsule near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, March 16, 2011. NASA Astronaut Kelly, Russian Cosmonauts Skripochka and Kaleri are returning from almost six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 25 and 26 crews.

Commercial Crew Program astronaut training with Boeing PCM crew members Suni Williams & Josh Cassada during ISS EVA Maintenance 1 training at the NBL.

In the Integration Building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 38/39 Flight Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency conducts a leak check of his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit during a fit check dress rehearsal October 28. Wakata, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA and Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin will launch Nov. 7, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft from Baikonur to begin a six-month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2018e035773 (04-12-2018) --- NASA astronaut candidate Zena Cardman is being helped into a spacesuit prior to underwater spacewalk training at NASA Johnson Space Centers Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory.

Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmates, Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (ESA), and Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the early hours of Nov. 24 and will carry Virts, Cristoforetti, and Shkaplerov into orbit to begin their five and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

Expedition 36 NASA Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg is helped into her Russian Sokol suit as she and fellow crewmates, Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, May 28, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Nyberg, Yurchikhin and Parmitano on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station.

PHOTO DATE: 04-23-13LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Astronaut Expedition 39/40 (Soyuz 38) astronaut Steve Swanson during ISS Maintenance EVAAT at the NBL.

Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, has a leak check performed on his Russian Sokol suit in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003.

jsc2018e064804 (07/18/2018) --- 2017 NASA astronaut candidate Jessica Watkins is being helped into a spacesuit prior to underwater spacewalk training at NASA Johnson Space Centers Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston.

Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineer Shannon Walker, top, Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineer Doug Wheelock, center, and Expedition 24 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin wave farewell from the bottom of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Walker, Wheelock and Yurchikhin launched in their Soyuz TMA-19 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m.

Expedition 59 astronaut Christina Koch of NASA gestures to family and friends as she waits to have her Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of her launch on a Soyuz rocket with Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station.

Expedition 44/45 crew training with NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren and JAXA Astronaut Kimiya Yui during INC 44 ISS EVA Maintenance 2 with IV Scott Kelly. Photo Date: December 6, 2013. Location: NBL - Pool Topside.

Expedition 37/38 NASA Engineer Michael Hopkins has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked ahead of his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to the International Space Station with fellow crewmates Russian Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the Expedition 37/38 crewmates on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch to the International Space Station, Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft will launch the following morning on June 8 carrying Volkov, NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum and JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Mike Fossum awaits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-02M on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft will carry Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov, JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa and Fossum to the International Space Station.

jsc2018e095170 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 crewmember Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos listens to a reporters question Nov. 14 at the conclusion of qualification exams. Kononenko, Anne McClain of NASA and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency will launch Dec. 3 on the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Sarah Volkman.

PHOTO DATE: 09-17-13LOCATION: NBL - Pool Topside SUBJECT: Expedition 40/41 crew members Greg Wiseman and Alexander Gerst during pre-dive briefing, preparations and suitup, then lowering into the water.

Expedition 54 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos prepares to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for launch aboard the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Shkaplerov and fellow crewmates flight engineer Scott Tingle of NASA and flight engineer Norishige Kanai of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on a five month mission aboard the International Space Station.

JSC2007-E-113485 (17 Dec. 2007) --- Astronaut John M. Grunsfeld, STS-125 mission specialist, dons a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center. Astronauts Andrew J. Feustel (left) and Michael J. Massimino, both mission specialists, assisted Grunsfeld.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 39/40 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA (left) signs in for qualification exams March 5 as his crewmates, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos (right) look on. They are preparing for their launch to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Star City, Russia March 26, Kazakh time, on the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft for a six-month mission.NASA/Stephanie Stoll

Expedition 68 Preflight. Expedition 68 cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as he and fellow crewmates, Frank Rubio of NASA and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, prepare for their Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft launch, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Rubio, Prokopyev and Petelin launched onboard the Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a mission on the International Space Station.

Date: 11-07-12Location: NBL - Pool TopsideSubject: Expedition 40 crew members (Soyuz 39) Reid Wiseman and ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst during INC-40 ISS EVA ORU PRF 41027.

Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, has a leak check performed on his Russian Sokol suit in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 10, 2003.

Expedition 31 crew member Joe Acaba during SSATA Crew Training in the SSATA Chamber. Photo Date: October 19, 2011. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber.

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