Launch of Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Soyuz MS-26 manned spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome
epa11598163 Crew member of the expedition 72 to International Space Station (ISS) NASA astronaut Don Pettit waves as he leave a 'Cosmonaut' hotel and board a bus during a send-off ceremony before the launch of the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, 11 September 2024. Crew members Roscosmos cosmonauts Alaxey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner and NASA astronaut Don Pettit are scheduled to launch on the Soyuz MS-26 to the International Space Station (ISS) on 11 September 2024. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV
