Expedition 60 crewmember Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (front row, middle) signs a ceremonial book June 28 during pre-launch activities.
jsc2019e036800 (June 28, 2019) — At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 60 crewmember Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (front row, middle) signs a ceremonial book June 28 during pre-launch activities. Looking on are prime crewmates Drew Morgan of NASA (left) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right). In the back row from left to right are the backup crewmembers, Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos and Tom Marshburn of NASA. Morgan, Parmitano and Skvortsov 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