Expedition 61 backup crewmembers Sergey Ryzhikov, Tom Marshburn and Sultan Al-Neyadi

jsc2019e052157 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 61 backup crewmembers Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos (left), Tom Marshburn of NASA (center) and Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates (right) answer reporters’ questions Sept. 5 as part of a pre-flight news conference. They are the backups to the prime crewmembers, Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, Jessica Meir of NASA and Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, who will launch Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station. Image: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.