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In the Integration Building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the prime and backup crewmembers for the next launch to the International Space Station pose for pictures.
In the front row from left to right are the prime crewmembers, United Arab Emirates (UAE) astronaut Hazza Al Mansoori and Expedition 61 crewmembers Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Jessica Meir of NASA. In the back row are their backups. From left to right are Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates, Sergie Ryzhikov of Roscosmos and Tom Marshburn of NASA. Hazzam Oleg and Jessica will launch 25 September on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a mission on the International Space Station.