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At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 61 crewmember Jessica Meir of NASA signs a commemorative book in the Gagarin Museum Sept. 5 as part of pre-launch activities. Looking on in the front row are prime crewmates, spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates (left) and Expedition 61 Soyuz commander Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos (center). In the back row are the backups, spaceflight participant Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates, Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos and Tom Marshburn of NASA. Meir, Skripochka and Almansoori will launch Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station.