United Arab Emirates spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori signs in for the first day of crew qualification exams at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia.
jsc2019e051811 – At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, United Arab Emirates spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori signs in Aug. 29 for the first day of qualification exams for flight. Looking on are Expedition 61 crewmembers Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Jessica Meir of NASA. 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. Image: NASA/Beth Weissinger.