Cosmonauts in Space Suits

Cosmonauts preparing for launch, depicted in Sokol suits at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, emphasizing pre-launch activities and training.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 36/37 Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin (center) and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right), listen to reporters questions April 30 as they began final qualification training for their launch to the International Space Station. The three crewmembers will launch May 29, Kazakh time, in their Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a 5 ½ month mission on the international outpost.NASA/Stephanie Stoll

Expedition 59 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, and Nick Hague of NASA don their Sokol suits prior to their launch on a Soyuz rocket with Christina Koch of NASA, 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

2014-03-14-12-43-151In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 39/40 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA (right) shares a word with crewmate and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) during a “fit check” dress rehearsal March 14 that is part of the crew’s final training. Swanson, Artemyev and Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station March 26 (Kazakh time) for the start of a six-month mission.NASA/Victor Zelentsov

Expedition 51 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmate Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA 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 55 Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, left, and flight engineer Drew Feustel of NASA take a selfie after having their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked in preparation for launch aboard the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft, Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Artemyev, Feustel, and flight engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA launched aboard the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft at 1:44 p.m. Eastern time (11:44 p.m. Baikonur time) on March 21 to begin their journey to the International Space Station.

JSC2009-E-288061 (21 Dec. 2009) --- Expedition 22 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia, center, has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch while NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., left, and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan wait at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009. The Expedition 22 crew members launched in their Soyuz TMA-17 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. (

Expedition 65 Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy weaves after donning his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmates Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov and 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 37/38 Russian Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy is fitted into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmates NASA Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ryazanskiy, Hopkins and Kotov on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

NASA/Victor Zelentsov

Expedition 23 Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko of the Russia has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, April 2, 2010. Kornienko and fellow Expedition 23 crewmembers Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov and NASA Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson of the U.S. launched in their Soyuz TMA-18 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, April 2, 2010.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 36/37 Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin (center) and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right), listen to reporters questions April 30 as they began final qualification training for their launch to the International Space Station. The three crewmembers will launch May 29, Kazakh time, in their Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a 5 ½ month mission on the international outpost.NASA/Stephanie Stoll

Expedition 59 astronaut Nick Hague of NASA dons his Sokol suit prior to his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Christina Koch 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 58 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, left, and Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) speak to family and friends after having their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked in preparation for their 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, Saint-Jacques, and Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA into orbit to begin their six and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

Expedition 65 crew members Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, left, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, center, and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, pose for a photo during qualification exams, Saturday, March 20, 2021 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia, in advance of their scheduled launch April 9 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station.

jsc2020e016221 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA (left) and Anatoly Ivanishin (center) and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos (right) arrive for the second day of Soyuz qualification exams March 12. They are scheduled to launch April 9 on the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

Expedition 49 flight engineer Shane Kimbrough is helped into his Sokol launch and entry suit in preparation for conducting the first check dress rehearsal activities, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Kimbrough, Sergey Ryzhikov, and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 19.

Expedition 64 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, left, and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, center, and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, right, of Roscosmos take a moment during the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft fit check to pose for a photograph, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio 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.

Expedition 33/34 Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow cremates, Flight Engineer Kevin Ford, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, 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.

jsc2018e095178 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 58 crewmembers Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (left) and Anne McClain of NASA (right) listen to a reporters question Nov. 14 at the conclusion of qualification exams. Along with David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, they 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.

CG4G8846_1 --- (6 May 2015) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 44/45 backup crewmembers Timothy Peake of the European Space Agency (left), Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Timothy Kopra of NASA (right) pose for pictures in front of a Soyuz spacecraft simulator May 6 as part of their final qualification exams for flight. They are the backups to the prime crew --- Kjell Lindgren of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and Kimya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency --- who are in the final stages of training for launch May 27, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft to begin a five and a half month mission to the International Space Station.

Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, speaks with his family during Russian Sokol suit pressure checks in preparation for launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Artemyev, Expedition 39 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA is scheduled to launch at 3:17 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Wednesday, March 26. (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2017e040288 (April 6, 2017) --- In the Integration Building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 51 crewmembers Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, front row, left) and Jack Fischer of NASA (front row, right) pose for pictures April 6 with their backups, Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos (back row, left) and Randy Bresnik of NASA (back row, right) as part of pre-launch training preparations. Fischer and Yurchikhin will launch April 20 on the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft for a four and a half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center/Andrey Shelepin

Expedition 37/38 Russian Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy is fitted into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmates NASA Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ryazanskiy, Hopkins and Kotov on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

Expedition 64 Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos is seen as he prepares to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as he and fellow crewmates Sergey Kud-Sverchkov 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.

Expedition 25 NASA Flight Engineer Scott Kelly awaits to have his Russian Sokol Suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (

0215:At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 40/41 backup crewmembers Terry Virts of NASA (left), Soyuz commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (right) chat in front of a Soyuz simulator May 6 during their final qualification exams for flight. They are the backups to the prime crew --- Reid Wiseman of NASA, Max Suraev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency --- who are in the final stages of training for launch May 29, Kazakh time, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft to spend 5 ½ months on the International Space Station.NASA/Stephanie Stoll

CG4G8787 --- (6 May 2015) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 44/45 backup crewmembers Timothy Peake of the European Space Agency (left), Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Timothy Kopra of NASA (right) answer questions from reporters in front of a Soyuz spacecraft simulator May 6 as part of their final qualification exams for flight. They are the backups to the prime crew --- Kjell Lindgren of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and Kimya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency --- who are in the final stages of training for launch May 27, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft to begin a five and a half month mission to the International Space Station.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 33/34 prime crewmembers Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy (center) and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin (right) answer questions from reporters in front of a Soyuz vehicle mockup during the second day of final qualification exams September 21, 2012. The exams will lead to their launch October 23 in the Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five-month stay on the International Space Station.

Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, seated, and backup crew member Russian cosmonaut Max Suraev, are seen through glass as Tyurin and fellow crew mates, Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, have their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked a few hours ahead of their launch, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Tyurin, Wakata, and, Mastracchio will launch in their Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft to the International Space Station to begin a six-month mission.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 34/35 Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko listens to a question from reporters during the second of two days of flight qualification exams Nov. 28, 2012. He and his crewmates, Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency and NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn are preparing for launch Dec. 19 to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard the Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft. NASA/Stephanie Stoll

Expedition 59 astronaut Nick Hague of NASA prepares to have his Sokol suit pressure checked a few hours ahead of his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Christina Koch 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 69 Soyuz Landing. Expedition 69 NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is seen outside the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft after he landed with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. The trio are returning to Earth after logging 371 days in space as members of Expeditions 68-69 aboard the International Space Station. For Rubio, his mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history.

Marcos Pontes, Brazilian Space Agency Soyuz crew member, looks into a mirror to check his hair after donning his pressure suit in preparation to launch onboard the Soyuz spacecraft from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, March 30, 2006.

nhq201704100003 (April 10, 2017) --- NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough rests in a chair outside the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft just minutes after he, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Monday, April 10, 2017 (Kazakh time). Kimbrough, Ryzhikov, and Borisenko are returning after 173 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 49 and 50 crews onboard the International Space Station.

JSC2002-00802 (12 April 2002) --- Cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikhin (left) and astronaut David A. Wolf, both STS-112 mission specialists, participate in a mission training session in one of the high fidelity trainer/mockups in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Yurchikhin represents Rosaviakosmos. STS-112 will be the 15th shuttle mission to visit the International Space Station (ISS).

European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain suits up for launch, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan prior to his departure for the launch pad with Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Mike Foale and Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri. The trio were launched on the Soyuz TMA-3 vehicle to the International Space Station, arriving on Oct. 20.

Expedition 50 crew members ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, left, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, center, and NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson answer reporter's questions ahead of their final qualification exams, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia.

In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 47-48 crewmembers Jeff Williams of NASA (left) and Alexey Ovchinin (center) and Oleg Skripochka (right) of Roscosmos pose for pictures March 4 in front of the scaffolding surrounding their Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft during final pre-launch training. The trio will launch March 19, Kazakh time, for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.Courtesy of Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center

Expedition 41 Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA, left, speaks with backup crew member Flight Engineer Scott Kelly of NASA while he waits to have 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 43 backup crew members Jeff Williams of NASA, left, Alexey Ovchinin, center, and Sergei Volkov of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) take a moment during their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft fit check to pose for a photograph, Sunday, March 15, 2015 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The prime crew members Russian Cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko, Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly 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.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 46-47 crewmembers Tim Peake of the European Space Agency (left), Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Tim Kopra of NASA (right) pose for pictures at the start of their final qualification exam Nov. 20. The trio will launch Dec. 15 on their Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft Dec. 15 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Seth Marcantel

Expedition 49 Russian cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov, left, and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos answer questions from the press outside the Soyuz simulator ahead of their Soyuz qualification exams with NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 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 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 31 NASA flight engineer Joe Acaba, Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and flight engineer Sergei Revin pose for photos before their final qualification test in preparation for flight, Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Acaba, Padalka and Revin are set to launch to the International Space Station May 15 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 34/35 Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency suits up in his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit Dec. 7, 2012 during a fit check” dress rehearsal for launch in the Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft. Hadfield, Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko and Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn of NASA will launch Dec. 19 for a five-month mission on the International Space Station.

Expedition 49 flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, left, Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov, center, and flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, right, pose for pictures, in their Sokol launch and entry suits, in front of their Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft during their first check dress rehearsal activities, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Kimbrough, Ryzhikov, and Borsenko will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 19.

Expedition 56 flight engineer Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmates, Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos 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 Gerst, Auñón-Chancellor, and Prokopyev on a six month mission aboard the International Space Station.

Expedition 23 Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko of Russia, top, NASA Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson of the U.S. and Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Russia, bottom, wave farewell from the bottom of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, April 2, 2010. Kornienko, Caldwell Dyson and Skvortsov launched in their Soyuz TMA-18 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, April 2, 2010 at 10:04 a.m.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 33/34 backup crewmember Chris Cassidy of NASA strikes a thoughtful pose as he participates in final qualification exams in front of a Soyuz spacecraft mockup September 20, 2012. Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin are serving as understudies for prime crewmembers Oleg Novitskiy, Evgeny Tarelkin and Kevin Ford of NASA who are scheduled to launch on October 23 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in their Soyuz TMA-06 spacecraft to the International Space Station.Stephanie Stoll/NASA

ISS037-E-021360 (27 Oct. 2013) --- Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin (center), Expedition 37 commander; along with NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, both flight engineers, pose for a portrait in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

jsc2019e035394 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 60 crewmember Alexander Skvortsov smiles in response to a reporters question June 27 during the final day of crew qualification exams. Skvortsov, Drew Morgan of NASA and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency will launch on July 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft for a mission to the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e038382 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 60 crewmember Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency poses with his Sokol launch and entry suit July 5 as part of pre-launch preparations. Parmitano, Drew Morgan of NASA and Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin/GCTC.

Expedition 58 backup crew member Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) fist bumps Expedition 58 prime crew member Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) while he waits to have 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 Saint-Jacques, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA into orbit to begin their six and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

Expedition 55 flight engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, center, and flight engineer Drew Feustel of NASA, right, pose for a picture after donning their Russian Sokol suits as they prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Wednesday, March 21, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Arnold, Artemyev, and Feustel launched aboard the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft at 1:44 p.m. Eastern time (11:44 p.m. Baikonur time) on March 21 to begin their journey to the International Space Station.

Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA, left, takes a quick glimpse up at the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft before boarding to launch with fellow crewmates Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (ESA) Monday, Nov. 24, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Cristoforetti, Virts, and Shkaplerov will spend the next five and a half months aboard the International Space Station.

3570:At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 42/43 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (left), Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and NASA Flight Engineer Terry Virts clasp hands for photographers during the second day of qualification exams October 31. The trio is preparing for launch in the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Nov. 24, Kazakh time, for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Stephanie Stoll

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 39/40 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos (right) field questions from reporters March 5 prior to qualification exams. 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 54 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow cremates, flight engineer Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and flight engineer Scott Tingle of NASA prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Tingle, Kanai, and Shkaplerov on a five month mission aboard the International Space Station.

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA undergoes a Sokol launch suit pressure check 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 63 NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy is helped out of the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft just minutes after he and Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin, and Ivan Vagner, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, October 22, 2020, Kazakh time (Oct. 21 Eastern time). Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner returned after 196 days in space having served as Expedition 62-63 crew members onboard the International Space Station.

American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, left, Expedition 18 Flight Engineer Yuri V. Lonchakov and Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke, right, smile for the camera after they had their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked in preparation for launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The three crew members are scheduled to dock with the International Space Station on Oct. 14. Fincke and Lonchakov will spend six months on the station, while Garriott will return to Earth Oct. 24 with two of the Expedition 17 crew members currently on the International Space Station.

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

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia outside Moscow, Expedition 29 Flight Engineer Dan Burbank of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov (center) and Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin take a break from their training August 26, 2011 as they prepare for their launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in their Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft for a six-month stint on the International Space Station.

Expedition 56 flight engineer Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), top, flight engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, middle, and Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, bottom, wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft for launch, Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Gerst, Auñón-Chancellor, and Prokopyev will spend the next six months living and working aboard the International Space Station.

Expedition 28 crew members from bottom, Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa wave from the bottom of the Soyuz rocket prior to their launch to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, June 7, 2011.

jsc2018e007773 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 55 crewmembers Drew Feustel of NASA (left), Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos (center) and Ricky Arnold of NASA (right) listen to reporters questions Feb. 21 during their final day of crew qualification exams. They will launch March 21 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station...Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center/Andrey Shelepin and Irina Spektor .

jsc2020e016986 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 63 crewmembers Ivan Vagner (left) and Anatoly Ivanishin (center) of Roscosmos and Chris Cassidy (right) of NASA pose for pictures April 3 in front of their Soyuz spacecraft as part of their pre-launch activities. They will launch April 9 on the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from Baikonur on April 9 for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...Courtesy/Roscosmos.

Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov is helped out of the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft just minutes after he, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Norishige Kanai, and NASA astronaut Scott Tingle landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday, June 3, 2018. Shkaplerov, Tingle, and Kanai are returning after 168 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 54 and 55 crews onboard the International Space Station.

EXP 24 Prime Crew - Doug Wheelock, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Shannon Walker

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 57 crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (left) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) pose for pictures Oct. 6 in front of the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft. They will launch Oct. 11 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

Expedition 60 flight engineer Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency), top, flight engineer Andrew Morgan of NASA, middle, and Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, bottom, wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft for launch, Saturday, July 20, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Parmitano, Morgan, and Skvortsov will join fellow Expedition 60 crew members Commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and NASA flight engineers Nick Hague and Christina Koch, who have been aboard the International Space Station since March.

Baikonur, Kazakhstan -- Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson (middle), Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko (bottom) and Malaysian Spaceflight Participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor wave farewell at the steps of the Soyuz rocket. The crew launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at sunset Oct. 10, 2007, in their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft bound for a docking to the International Space Station on Oct. 12. Whitson and Malenchenko will spend six months on the station while Shukor will return to Earth Oct. 21 with two of the Expedition 15 crewmembers currently on the complex.

jsc2018e038854 (November 14, 2017) --- Expedition 56-57 crew members (from left) Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) pose for a crew portrait in Sokol launch and entry suits at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia.

jsc2017e038541 (March 30, 2017) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 51 backup crewmembers Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, left) and Randy Bresnik of NASA (right) report to State Commission officials March 30 for the start of two days of final crew qualification exams. They are backups to Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos and Jack Fischer of NASA, who will launch April 20 on the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a four and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA is helped of the Soyuz Capsule just minutes after he and Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), center, and Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos 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 66 Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov is helped out of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft just minutes after he, Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Vande Hei and Dubrov are returning to Earth after logging 355 days in space as members of Expeditions 64-66 aboard the International Space Station. For Vande Hei, his mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history. Shkaplerov is returning after 176 days in space, serving as a Flight Engineer for Expedition 65 and commander of Expedition 66.

At the Baikonur Cosmodromes Integration Facility in Kazakhstan, Expedition 34/35 Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (left), Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko (center) and Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn (right) depart the test stand housing their Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft Dec. 7, 2012 following a “fit check” dress rehearsal. The trio is preparing for launch Dec. 19 for a five-month mission on the International Space Station.

0529:At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 40/41 Soyuz commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) clasps hands during final qualification exams May 7 with his crewmates, Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (left) and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA (right). The trio is preparing for their launch on May 29, Kazakh time, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazkahstan on the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Stephanie Stoll

jsc2018e084490 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 57 crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (left) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) pose for pictures in their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits Sept. 26 as part of pre-launch training activities. They will launch Oct. 11 in the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

Expedition 58 Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), left, blows a kiss to his family during a press conference, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for Dec. 3 and will carry Expedition 58 prime crew members, Saint-Jacques, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA into orbit to begin their six and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Joe Acaba, seated left, Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, and, Flight Engineer Sergei Revin, seated right, pose for a picture with their backup crew members Kevin Ford, standing left, Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin, standing right, just a few hours before their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-04M on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Padalka, Revin, and Acaba onboard, launched at 9:01 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Tuesday, May 15.

Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko, bottom, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit of the U.S., and ESA (European Space Agency) Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers, top, wave farewell from the base of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. Kononenko, Pettit and Kuipers launched in their Soyuz TMA-03M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 7:16 p.m. local time. (

Expedition 50 backup crew member, NASA astronaut Jack Fisher, dons his Sokol suit ahead of his Soyuz qualification exams with Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, Monday, Oct. 24, 2016, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia.

Expedition 56 flight engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, center, and flight engineer Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), right, are seen as they depart Building 254 and report to mission managers a few hours before their launch, Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Auñón-Chancellor, Prokopyev, and Gerst launched aboard the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft at 7:12am EDT (5:12pm Baikonur time) on June 6 to begin their journey to the International Space Station.

Expedition 54 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow cremates, flight engineer Norishige Kanai of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and flight engineer Scott Tingle of NASA prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Tingle, Kanai, and Shkaplerov on a five month mission aboard the International Space Station.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the STS-101 crew take part in Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) activities at SPACEHAB, in Cape Canaveral, Fla., where they are learning about some of the equipment they will be working with on their mission to the International Space Station. Commander James Halsell, Pilot Scott Horowitz, and Mission Specialists Yuri Usachev and Jeffrey Williams look over one of the components. Other crew members taking part in the CEIT are Mission Specialists Mary Ellen Weber, James Voss and Susan Helms. The STS-101 crew will be responsible for preparing the Space Station for the arrival of the Zvezda Service Module, expected to be launched by Russia in July 2000. Also, the crew will conduct one space walk to perform maintenance on the Space Station and deliver logistics and supplies. This will be the third assembly flight for the Space Station. STS-101 is scheduled to launch no earlier than April 13 from Launch Pad 39A

jsc2020e017103 - Expedition 63 Preflight - Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA, left, Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, right, talk to mission managers prior to departing for the launch pad, Thursday, April 9, 2020 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A few hours later, they lifted off on a Soyuz rocket for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station.

General Director of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, Oleg Ostapenko, left, and, President of RSC Energia, Designer General V.A.Lapota, right, assist Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, as he and fellow crew members, Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, behind Tyurin, and, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, far back, walk to the soyuz rocket for their launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Tyurin, Wakata, and, Mastracchio will launch in their Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft to the International Space Station to begin a six-month mission.

Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, right, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, left, donned their launch and entry suits and climbed aboard their Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft Friday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a dress rehearsal of launch day activities leading to their liftoff October 14 to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov, the first crew of all-Asian extraction, will spend six months on the Station. Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with the Stations' current residents, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Flight Engineer and Science Officer Mike Fincke.

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA, top, and Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft for launch, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague and Ovchinin will spend the next six months living and working aboard the International Space Station.

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 49 Russian cosmonaut Sergei Ryzhikov of Roscosmos dons his Russian Sokol suit ahead of the Soyuz qualification exams with fellow Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos and NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia.

Expedition 25 NASA Flight Engineer Scott Kelly of the U.S. has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch by a technician at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. Kelly and fellow Expedition 25 crew members Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka launched in their Soyuz TMA-01M at 5:10 a.m. Friday morning. (

Expedition 49 Russian cosmonaut Sergei Ryzhikov of Roscosmos dons his Russian Sokol suit ahead of the Soyuz qualification exams with Russian cosmonaut Sergei Ryzhikov and NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia.

Expedition 41 Flight Engineer Elena Serova of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) is seen prior to having her Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for her launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft on Thursday, September 25, 2014, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft with Serova, Expedition 41 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Barry WIlmore of NASA is scheduled to launch at 2:25 a.m. Kazakhstan Time on Friday, September 26. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space and the first Russian woman to live and work on the station.

Expedition 59 NASA astronaut Anne McClain is helped out of the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft just minutes after she, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station.

(20 June 2012) --- Expedition 32/33 Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency answers questions from the media at a Soyuz vehicle mock-up before a final qualification test June 20, 2012 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Hoshide, along with Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams of NASA are scheduled to launch July 15 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in their Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft to the International Space Station.

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA, left, and Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos talk to family members after having donned their Sokol suits for 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.

Expedition 56 backup crewmembers David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, left, and Anne McClain of NASA are seen as prime crewmembers Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, flight engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, and flight engineer Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) prepare to have their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked in preparation for launch aboard the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft, Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. launched aboard the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft at 7:12am EDT (5:12pm Baikonur time) on June 6 to begin their journey to the International Space Station.

Expedition 13 Commander Pavel Vinogradov dons his pressure suit at building 254 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, March 30, 2006 prior launch onboard the Soyuz spacecraft.

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