Expedition 72 Preflight

Expedition 72 backup crew members: Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, left, Jonny Kim of NASA, center, and Alexey Zubritskiy of Roscosmos, watch form the bus as Expedition 72 crew members: Don Pettit, Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, leave to board the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft for launch, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send the trio on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)