Expedition 61 crewmember Jessica Meir of NASA (left) and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates (right) share a game of chess Sept. 18.
jsc2019e053719 (Sept. 18, 2019) — At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 61 crewmember Jessica Meir of NASA (left) and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates (right) share a game of chess Sept. 18 as part of pre-launch activities. Along with Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, 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