Expedition 61 crewmembers and spaceflight participant pose for pictures Sept. 18 after planting trees in their names in a traditional pre-launch activity.
jsc2019e053726 (Sept. 18, 2019) — At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates (left) and Expedition 61 crewmember Jessica Meir of NASA (right) pose for pictures Sept. 18 after planting trees in their names in a traditional pre-launch activity. Joined by Expedition 61 crewmember Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos (center), they will launch Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov