Expedition 61 Preflight Expedition 61 cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, left, Expedition 61 astronaut Jessica Meir of NASA, center, and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates wave farewell as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel ahead of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Meir, Skripochka, and Almansoori will launch on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station.

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