RESTRICTION: USERS MUST CREDIT “ROSCOSMOS” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO —EDITORIAL USE ONLY—

SHOTLIST:

MOSCOW, RUSSIA (RELEASED ON NOV. 25, 2025) (ROSCOSMOS – RESTRICTED)

1. DRONE SHOT OF BAIKONUR COSMODROME LAUNCH SITE

2. VARIOUS DRONE SHOT OF ROCKET ADORNED WITH DRAWINGS CREATED BY CHILDREN WITH CANCER BEING TRANSFERRED AND POSITIONED TO LAUNCH SITE MOSCOW, RUSSIA - RELEASED ON NOV. 25, 2025: RESTRICTION: USERS MUST CREDIT “ROSCOSMOS” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO —EDITORIAL USE ONLY— The Russian Space Corporation (Roscosmos) is set to launch a rocket carrying the Soyuz MS-28 crewed spacecraft on Thursday, Nov. 27, at 12:28 p.m. Moscow time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

The mission will ferry Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikayev, along with NASA astronaut Christopher Williams, to the International Space Station.

For the first time in the agency’s history, the rocket is decorated with space-themed drawings created by children with cancer, featuring artwork from young patients across 50 Russian cities and 14 countries.

Roscosmos said 130 children will attend the launch ceremony to watch their illustrations “travel into space” as part of the mission.