Expedition 60 crewmember Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (left) answers a reporter’s question June 28 during a news conference.
jsc2019e036807 (June 28, 2019) — At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 60 crewmember Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (left) answers a reporter’s question June 28 during a news conference. Looking on are the backup crewmembers, Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos (second from left), Tom Marshburn of NASA (second from right) and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (right). Skvortsov, Drew Morgan of NASA and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency 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