Backup Expedition 61 crew with spaceflight participant practices rendezvous techniques

jsc2019e053718 (Sept. 18, 2019) --- At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the backups to the next crew to launch to the International Space Station practices rendezvous techniques Sept. 18 as part of pre-launch training. Backup spaceflight participant Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates (left) and crewmates Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos (center) and Tom Marshburn of NASA (right) will back up the prime crew, spaceflight participant Hazzaa ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Jessica Meir of NASA, who are set to launch Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station.