An Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch pad on Friday, July 13, 2012 in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for the morning of Sunday, July 15, local time. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 23 NASA Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson of the U.S. prepares to have her Russian Sokol suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, April 2, 2010. Caldwell Dyson and fellow Expedition 23 crewmembers Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko of Russia launched in their Soyuz TMA-18 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, April 2, 2010. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 13, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Doug Wheelock, and Russian Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March, 31, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 23 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Russia, Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko of Russia and NASA Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson is scheduled for Friday, April 2, 2010 at 10:04 a.m. Kazakhstan time. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 5, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa is scheduled for 2:15 a.m. local time on Wednesday, June 8, 2011. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft is raised into vertical position at the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 13, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Doug Wheelock, and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Russia is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft is seen shortly after arriving at the launch pad Saturday, April 2, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin”, is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. The first stage of the Soyuz booster is emblazoned with the name “Gagarin” and the likeness of the first person to fly in space. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
A Russian security guard stands watch as a Russian military helicopter flies overhead during the rollout of the Soyuz TMA-02M rocket to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday, June 5, 2011. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it arrives at the launch pad Monday, Dec. 13, 2010 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz is scheduled to launch the crew of Expedition 26 on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 29 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Dan Burbank and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin is scheduled for 10:14 a.m. local time on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The upper stage of the Soyuz TMA-02M rocket in which the crew capsule is located is pictured here during the rollout of the rocket on Sunday, June 5, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. The TMA-01M is a new modified Soyuz vehicle that features upgraded avionics and a digital cockpit display. The crew of Expedition 25 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri, NASA Flight Engineer Scott Kelly and Russian Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 8, 2010 at 5:10 a.m. Kazakhstan time. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft is carried by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 5, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa is scheduled for 2:15 a.m. local time on Wednesday, June 8, 2011. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Launch pad engineers at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan are dwarfed by the large gantry mechanisms at the base of the Soyuz TMA-02M rocket following its rollout to the pad on Sunday, June 5, 2011. The rocket is being prepared for launch June 8 to carry the crew of Expedition 28 to the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft is positioned near a bunker at the launch pad following its rollout, Thursday, July 12, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the morning of July 15 local time. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers is scheduled for 7:16 p.m. local time on Wednesday, December 21. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers is scheduled for 7:16 p.m. local time on Wednesday, December 21. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers is scheduled for 7:16 p.m. local time on Wednesday, December 21. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Thursday, July 12, 2012. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for the morning of Sunday, July 15, local time. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Large gantry mechanisms on either side of the Soyuz TMA-205M spacecraft are raised into position to secure the rocket at the launch pad on Thursday, July 12, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
A dragonfly lights on a tree branch near the launch pad after the Soyuz TMA-05M is rolled to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Thursday, July 12, 2012 in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the morning of July 15 local time. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft is seen at the launch pad after being raised into vertical position on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 29 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Dan Burbank and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin is scheduled for Monday, Nov.14, 2011. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is lifted on to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The rocket is being prepared for launch on December 21 to carry the crew of Expedition 30 to the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-22 rocket is seen at the Soyuz launch pad during a snow storm the morning of the launch of Expedition 29 to the International Space Station at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen at dusk an hour before launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. The crew of Expedition 30, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Soyuz Commander Oleg Konenko, ESA (European Space Agency) Andre Kuipers launched at 7:16pm local time to the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen at dusk an hour before launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. The crew of Expedition 30, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Soyuz Commander Oleg Konenko, ESA (European Space Agency) Andre Kuipers launched at 7:16pm local time to the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 29 NASA Flight Engineer Daniel Burbank, right, and Expedition 29 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov share a few words as they wait for their Russian Sokol suits to be prepared for launch to the International Space Station at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. Burbank, Shkaplerov and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin will launch in the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft November 14. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 29 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch to the International Space Station, Monday, Nov. 14, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft will carry Shkaplerov, Expedition 29 NASA Flight Engineer and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-05M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday, July 15, 2012 carrying Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide to the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-01M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010 carrying Expedition 25 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Scott J. Kelly and Russian Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka to the International Space Station. Their Soyuz TMA-01M rocket launched at 5:10 a.m Kazakhstan time. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-05M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday, July 15, 2012 carrying Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide to the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-05M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday, July 15, 2012 carrying Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide to the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba and Russian Flight Engineer Sergei Revin in a remote area near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, September 17, 2012. Padalka, Acaba and Revin returned from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 31 and 32 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn and Russian Flight Engineer Roman Romanenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Hadfield, Marshburn and Romanenko returned from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 34 and 35 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-09M is seen moments before it lands southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with the crew of Expedition 37, Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency are returning to Earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn and Russian Flight Engineer Roman Romanenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Hadfield, Marshburn and Romanenko returned from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 34 and 35 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn and Russian Flight Engineer Roman Romanenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Hadfield, Marshburn and Romanenko returned from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 34 and 35 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
A view of the Kazakh steppe from the window of a Russian search and rescue helicopter en route to Zhezkazgan airport in Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, a day ahead of the scheduled landing of the Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft with Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency. Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano are returning to Earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank looks out the window of his helicopter as it prepares to depart for Kustanai from the Soyuz TMA-22 capsule landing site outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 27, 2012. Astronaut Burbank, Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
A Russian search and rescue helicopter co-pilot is seen in the cockpit of his helicopter en route to Zhezkazgan airport in Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, a day ahead of the scheduled landing of the Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft with Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency. Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano are returning to Earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Russian search and rescue helicopters are seen en route to Zhezkazgan airport in Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, a day ahead of the scheduled landing of the Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft with Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency. Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano are returning to Earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Major Dennis Valeriyavich Chepak, of Russian Search and Rescue, is seen in the cockpit of his helicopter en route to Zhezkazgan airport in Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, a day ahead of the scheduled landing of the Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft with Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency. Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano are returning to Earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank is seen as he is extracted from the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft shortly after the capsule landed with Russian flight engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 27, 2012. Burbank, Ivanishin, and Shkaplerov are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 Flight Engineer and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko is seen smiling as he is carried after being extracted from the Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft shortly after the capsule landed with Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn in a remote area outside of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Romanenko, Hadfield and Marshburn are returning from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 34 and 35 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 37 Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) is carried from the Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft minutes after he landed in a remote area outside the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. Parmitano, Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and NASA Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg returned to earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka is attended to by crew support personnel following his landing in the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Acaba and NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba and Russian Flight Engineer Revin are returning from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 31 and 32 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 32 Russian Flight Engineer Sergei Revin is seen as he rests outside the Soyuz TMA-04M capsule just minutes after he and Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba landed in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Revin, Padalka and Acaba are returning from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 31 and 32 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is attended to following his landing in the Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Hadfield and crew mates NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn and Russian Flight Engineer Roman Romanenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) returned to earth from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 34 and 35 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 32 NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba signs the side of his Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft shortly after he landed with his crew mates Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin of Russia in a remote area near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Acaba, Padalka and Revin returned from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 31 and 32 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank signs his autograph for Russian crew support personnel, Friday, April 27, 2012 in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. Astronaut Burbank, Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
A member of Russian search and rescue is seen in his helicopter after landing at Zhezkazgan airport in Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, a day ahead of the scheduled landing of the Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft with Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency. Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano are returning to Earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Russian Search and Rescue Helicopters are seen as they await departure from the landing zone in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan following the the landing of the Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. The Soyuz spacecraft delivered Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn and Russian Flight Engineer Roman Romanenko after having spent five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 34 and 35 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Russian Search and Rescue all-terrain vehicles are seen waiting to ferry the Expedition 37 crew to their respective helicopters in a remote area outside the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. The crew of Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineers Karen Nyberg of NASA and Luca Parmitano of Italy returned to earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
A member of Russian search and rescue exits a helicopter moments after landing at Zhezkazgan airport in Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, a day ahead of the scheduled landing of the Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft with Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency. Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano are returning to Earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
An Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch pad on Friday, July 13, 2012 in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for the morning of Sunday, July 15, local time. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 23 NASA Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson of the U.S. prepares to have her Russian Sokol suit pressure checked at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, April 2, 2010. Caldwell Dyson and fellow Expedition 23 crewmembers Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko of Russia launched in their Soyuz TMA-18 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, April 2, 2010. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 13, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Doug Wheelock, and Russian Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March, 31, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 23 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Russia, Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko of Russia and NASA Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson is scheduled for Friday, April 2, 2010 at 10:04 a.m. Kazakhstan time. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 5, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa is scheduled for 2:15 a.m. local time on Wednesday, June 8, 2011. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft is raised into vertical position at the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 13, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 24 NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Doug Wheelock, and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Russia is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. Kazakhstan time. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft is seen shortly after arriving at the launch pad Saturday, April 2, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed “Gagarin”, is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. The first stage of the Soyuz booster is emblazoned with the name “Gagarin” and the likeness of the first person to fly in space. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
A Russian security guard stands watch as a Russian military helicopter flies overhead during the rollout of the Soyuz TMA-02M rocket to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday, June 5, 2011. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it arrives at the launch pad Monday, Dec. 13, 2010 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz is scheduled to launch the crew of Expedition 26 on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 29 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Dan Burbank and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin is scheduled for 10:14 a.m. local time on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The upper stage of the Soyuz TMA-02M rocket in which the crew capsule is located is pictured here during the rollout of the rocket on Sunday, June 5, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. The TMA-01M is a new modified Soyuz vehicle that features upgraded avionics and a digital cockpit display. The crew of Expedition 25 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri, NASA Flight Engineer Scott Kelly and Russian Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 8, 2010 at 5:10 a.m. Kazakhstan time. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft is carried by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 5, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 28 Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Mike Fossum and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa is scheduled for 2:15 a.m. local time on Wednesday, June 8, 2011. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Launch pad engineers at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan are dwarfed by the large gantry mechanisms at the base of the Soyuz TMA-02M rocket following its rollout to the pad on Sunday, June 5, 2011. The rocket is being prepared for launch June 8 to carry the crew of Expedition 28 to the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft is positioned near a bunker at the launch pad following its rollout, Thursday, July 12, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the morning of July 15 local time. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers is scheduled for 7:16 p.m. local time on Wednesday, December 21. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers is scheduled for 7:16 p.m. local time on Wednesday, December 21. Photo Credit (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers is scheduled for 7:16 p.m. local time on Wednesday, December 21. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Thursday, July 12, 2012. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide is scheduled for the morning of Sunday, July 15, local time. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Large gantry mechanisms on either side of the Soyuz TMA-205M spacecraft are raised into position to secure the rocket at the launch pad on Thursday, July 12, 2012 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
A dragonfly lights on a tree branch near the launch pad after the Soyuz TMA-05M is rolled to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Thursday, July 12, 2012 in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for the morning of July 15 local time. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft is seen at the launch pad after being raised into vertical position on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 29 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Dan Burbank and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin is scheduled for Monday, Nov.14, 2011. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is lifted on to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The rocket is being prepared for launch on December 21 to carry the crew of Expedition 30 to the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-22 rocket is seen at the Soyuz launch pad during a snow storm the morning of the launch of Expedition 29 to the International Space Station at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen at dusk an hour before launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. The crew of Expedition 30, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Soyuz Commander Oleg Konenko, ESA (European Space Agency) Andre Kuipers launched at 7:16pm local time to the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen at dusk an hour before launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. The crew of Expedition 30, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Soyuz Commander Oleg Konenko, ESA (European Space Agency) Andre Kuipers launched at 7:16pm local time to the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 29 NASA Flight Engineer Daniel Burbank, right, and Expedition 29 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov share a few words as they wait for their Russian Sokol suits to be prepared for launch to the International Space Station at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. Burbank, Shkaplerov and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin will launch in the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft November 14. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 29 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked in preparation for his launch to the International Space Station, Monday, Nov. 14, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft will carry Shkaplerov, Expedition 29 NASA Flight Engineer and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-05M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday, July 15, 2012 carrying Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide to the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-01M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010 carrying Expedition 25 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Scott J. Kelly and Russian Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka to the International Space Station. Their Soyuz TMA-01M rocket launched at 5:10 a.m Kazakhstan time. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-05M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday, July 15, 2012 carrying Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide to the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-05M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday, July 15, 2012 carrying Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide to the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba and Russian Flight Engineer Sergei Revin in a remote area near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, September 17, 2012. Padalka, Acaba and Revin returned from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 31 and 32 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn and Russian Flight Engineer Roman Romanenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Hadfield, Marshburn and Romanenko returned from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 34 and 35 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-09M is seen moments before it lands southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with the crew of Expedition 37, Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency are returning to Earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn and Russian Flight Engineer Roman Romanenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Hadfield, Marshburn and Romanenko returned from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 34 and 35 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
The Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn and Russian Flight Engineer Roman Romanenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Hadfield, Marshburn and Romanenko returned from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 34 and 35 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
A view of the Kazakh steppe from the window of a Russian search and rescue helicopter en route to Zhezkazgan airport in Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, a day ahead of the scheduled landing of the Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft with Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency. Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano are returning to Earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank looks out the window of his helicopter as it prepares to depart for Kustanai from the Soyuz TMA-22 capsule landing site outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 27, 2012. Astronaut Burbank, Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
A Russian search and rescue helicopter co-pilot is seen in the cockpit of his helicopter en route to Zhezkazgan airport in Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, a day ahead of the scheduled landing of the Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft with Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency. Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano are returning to Earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Russian search and rescue helicopters are seen en route to Zhezkazgan airport in Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, a day ahead of the scheduled landing of the Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft with Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency. Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano are returning to Earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Major Dennis Valeriyavich Chepak, of Russian Search and Rescue, is seen in the cockpit of his helicopter en route to Zhezkazgan airport in Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, a day ahead of the scheduled landing of the Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft with Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency. Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano are returning to Earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank is seen as he is extracted from the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft shortly after the capsule landed with Russian flight engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 27, 2012. Burbank, Ivanishin, and Shkaplerov are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 Flight Engineer and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko is seen smiling as he is carried after being extracted from the Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft shortly after the capsule landed with Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn in a remote area outside of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Romanenko, Hadfield and Marshburn are returning from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 34 and 35 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 37 Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) is carried from the Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft minutes after he landed in a remote area outside the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. Parmitano, Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and NASA Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg returned to earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka is attended to by crew support personnel following his landing in the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Acaba and NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba and Russian Flight Engineer Revin are returning from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 31 and 32 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 32 Russian Flight Engineer Sergei Revin is seen as he rests outside the Soyuz TMA-04M capsule just minutes after he and Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba landed in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Revin, Padalka and Acaba are returning from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 31 and 32 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is attended to following his landing in the Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Hadfield and crew mates NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn and Russian Flight Engineer Roman Romanenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) returned to earth from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 34 and 35 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 32 NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba signs the side of his Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft shortly after he landed with his crew mates Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin of Russia in a remote area near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Acaba, Padalka and Revin returned from five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 31 and 32 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank signs his autograph for Russian crew support personnel, Friday, April 27, 2012 in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. Astronaut Burbank, Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
A member of Russian search and rescue is seen in his helicopter after landing at Zhezkazgan airport in Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, a day ahead of the scheduled landing of the Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft with Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency. Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano are returning to Earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Russian Search and Rescue Helicopters are seen as they await departure from the landing zone in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan following the the landing of the Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. The Soyuz spacecraft delivered Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn and Russian Flight Engineer Roman Romanenko after having spent five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 34 and 35 crews. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Russian Search and Rescue all-terrain vehicles are seen waiting to ferry the Expedition 37 crew to their respective helicopters in a remote area outside the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. The crew of Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineers Karen Nyberg of NASA and Luca Parmitano of Italy returned to earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
A member of Russian search and rescue exits a helicopter moments after landing at Zhezkazgan airport in Kazakhstan, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, a day ahead of the scheduled landing of the Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft with Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA and Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency. Yurchikhin, Nyberg and Parmitano are returning to Earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)