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At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates (third from left) plants a tree in his name Sept. 18 as part of traditional pre-launch activities. Assisting him is backup spaceflight participant Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates. Looking on from left to right are backup Expedition 61 crewmembers Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos and Tom Marshburn of NASA and the prime crewmembers, Jessica Meir of NASA and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, who along with 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.