Expedition 60 backup crewmembers pose for pictures July 6 in traditional Kazakh garb in a yurt, or Kazakh dwelling, during pre-launch activities.
jsc2019e038391 (July 6, 2019) — At the Baikonur Museum in the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 60 backup crewmembers Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (second from left), Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos (second from right) and Tom Marshburn of NASA (right) pose for pictures July 6 in traditional Kazakh garb in a yurt, or Kazakh dwelling, during pre-launch activities. They are the backups to the prime crew, Drew Morgan of NASA, Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, who will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station. Credit: Andrey Shelepin/GCTC