The Soyuz MS-16 lifts off from Site 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Thursday, April 9, 2020 sending Expedition 63 crewmembers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos into orbit for a six-hour flight to the International Space Station and the start of a six-and-a-half month mission. (Photo by Andrey Shelepin/NASA/GCTC)





This image released by NASA shows the the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft as it is launched with Expedition 61 crewmembers Jessica Meir of NASA and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates on September 25, 2019 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (Photo by Bill Ingalls/AFP Photo/NASA)





Carrier rocket Long March-7A blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on March 16, 2020 in Wenchang, Hainan Province of China. China's new medium-sized carrier rocket Long March-7A was launched at 9:34 pm Monday in Hainan. The rocket then malfunctioned and causes would be investigated. (Photo by Luo Yunfei/China News Service via Getty Images)





Security personnel escort the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft for the next International Space Station (ISS) crew, consisting of astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold of the U.S and crewmate Oleg Artemyev of Russia, as it is transported from an assembling hangar to the launchpad ahead of its upcoming launch, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan March 19, 2018. (Photo by Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)





The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Chandrayaan-2 (Moon Chariot 2), with on board the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-mark III-M1), launches at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, an island off the coast of southern Andhra Pradesh state, on July 22, 2019. India launched a bid to become a leading space power on July 22, sending up a rocket to put a craft on the surface of the Moon in what it called a “historic day” for the nation. (Photo by Indian Space Research Organization via Reuters)





A police APC drives prior to the launch of Soyuz MS-11 space ship with U.S. astronaut Anne McClain, Russian cosmonaut Оleg Kononenko‎ and CSA astronaut David Saint Jacques, members of the mission to the International Space Station at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, December 3, 2018. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





A handout photo made available by the Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities shows the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with the OneWeb communication satellites launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, 07 February 2020. Thirty-four satellites from OneWeb were successfully put into orbit on a single Soyuz rocket from Baikonur. (Photo by Roscosmos/EPA/EFE)





Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft with members of the International Space Station (ISS) expedition 60/61, NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano lifts off from the launch pad at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, 20 July 2019. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA/EFE)





Russia's Soyuz-FG booster rocket with the Soyuz MS-15 space ship that will carry new crew to the International Space Station (ISS) is transported from its hangar to the launch pad at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, September 23, 2019. The new Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled on Wednesday, Sept 25 with Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, U.S. astronaut Jessica Meir and United Arab Emirates astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Russia's Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft carrying the members of the International Space Station (ISS) expedition 60/61, NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov and Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency), blasts off to the ISS from the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July 20, 2019. (Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP Photo)





In this handout picture taken and released on April 6, 2020 by the Russian space agency Roscosmos, the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft is mounted on the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Members of the International Space Station (ISS) expedition 63, Russian cosmonauts Ivan Vagner and Anatoly Ivanishin and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, are preparing for the launch aboard the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft on April 9, 2020. (Photo by Russian Space Agency Roscosmos/AFP Photo)