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At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, backup spaceflight participant Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates listens to a reporter’s question Aug. 29 during the crew’s qualification exams. Al-Neyadi is one of the backups to the prime crew, spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates and Expedition 61 crewmembers Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Jessica Meir of NASA, who will launch Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station.