Baikonur , Kazakhstan. 27 November, 2025. NASA astronaut Chris Williams has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as he and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev, prepare to launch in the Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, November 27, 2025, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Credit: Pavel Shvets/NASA/GCTC/Alamy Live News

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