At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, prime spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates (left) and his backup, Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates (right) pose for pictures Sept. 5 during a pre-flight news conference. Almansoori will launch with Expedition 61 crewmembers Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Jessica Meir of NASA Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station.
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At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, prime spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates (left) and his backup, Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates (right) pose for pictures Sept. 5 during a pre-flight news conference. Almansoori will launch with Expedition 61 crewmembers Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Jessica Meir of NASA Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station.