“Kikina flies to the United States for prelaunch training.

At the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, the crew of Crew 5 will be trained on the systems of the Crew Dragon spacecraft," Roscosmos said in a statement.

On July 15, Roscosmos and NASA signed an agreement on cross-flights of crews on Russian and American manned spacecraft.

The crew also includes NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Kassada and JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata.