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At the Baikonur Cosmodrome Museum in Kazakhstan, the prime and backup crewmembers for the next launch to the International Space Station display a flag bearing the insignia of their Soyuz mission Sept. 20 during pre-launch activities. From left to right are 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 and backup crewmembers Tom Marshburn of NASA, Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos and Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates. Meir, Skripochka and Almansoori will launch Sept. 25 on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station.