Expedition 72 Soyuz Rocket Rollout in Kazakhstan | International Space Station

Expedition 72 Soyuz Rocket Rollout in Kazakhstan | International Space Station

Expedition 72 backup crewmembers Jonny Kim of NASA, left, Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy of Roscosmos (Russia), right, pose for a photograph as the Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad at Site 31, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan

The Russian Soyuz rocket is seen after being rolled out by train to the launch pad at Site 31, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 72 crewmembers: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, plus Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner of Russia, are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard their Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft on September 11, 2024.

Expedition 72 backup crewmembers Jonny Kim of NASA, left, Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy of Roscosmos (Russia) were present at the launch site for the Soyuz rocket rollout.

NASA Astronaut Donald R. Pettit Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/people/donald-r-pettit/

https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/astronauts/donald-r-pettit/

Expedition 71 Crew

Station Commander: Oleg Kononenko (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin (Russia)

NASA: Tracy Dyson, Matthew Dominick, Mike Barrett, Jeanette Epps

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Image Date: Sept. 6, 2024

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