Expedition 61 crewmember Jessica Meir of NASA (left) chats with backup spaceflight participant Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates (center) and prime spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates (right) on Sept. 10 before departing for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
jsc2019e052745 – At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 61 crewmember Jessica Meir of NASA (left) chats with backup spaceflight participant Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates (center) and prime spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates (right) Sept. 10 before departing for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Meir, Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Almansoori will launch on Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station. Image: NASA/Beth Weissinger