jsc2019e035254 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 60 crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) report for their final qualification exams June 26. They will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e051813 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 61 crewmember Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos signs in for the first day of crew qualification exams Aug. 29. Skripochka, Jessica Meir of NASA and United Arab Emirates spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali 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...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e004062 (Feb. 20, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew members Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) report to Russian space officials Feb. 20 during the second day of final pre-launch qualifications exams. They will launch March 14, U.S. time, in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA (left) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) share a moment Feb. 26 before departing for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training. Hague, Koch and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch on March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Beth Weissinger

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 backup crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) walk to a bus Feb. 26 to take them to their plane for a flight to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training. They and Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos are the backups to the prime crew, Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, who will launch on March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e051857 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates signs in for the second day of crew qualification exams Aug. 30. Along with Expedition 61 crewmembers Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Jessica Meir of NASA, Almansoori will launch Sept. 25 on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e051814 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the next crew to launch to the International Space Station reports to Russian, American and United Arab Emirates space officials Aug. 29 during their final qualification exams for flight. From left to right are United Arab Emirates spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori, and Expedition 61 crewmembers Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Jessica Meir of NASA. They will launch Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e035258 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 60 crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures June 26 during final qualification exams. They will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e051847 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates climbs aboard a Soyuz trainer during final crew qualification exams Aug. 30. Almansoori will launch with Expedition 61 crewmembers Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Jessica Meir of NASA Sept. 25 on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e003769 (Feb. 19, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew members Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) pose for pictures Feb. 19 during the first of two days of final pre-launch qualification exams. They will launch March 14, U.S. time, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e035261 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 60 crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures June 26 during final qualification exams. They will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e004063 (Feb. 20, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew member Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos signs in for the second day of final pre-launch qualification exams Feb. 20 as his crewmate, Nick Hague of NASA looks on. Ovchinin, Hague and Christina Koch of NASA will launch March 14, U.S. time, in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e052746 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates (front, left) and Expedition 61 crewmembers Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos (center) and Jessica Meir of NASA (right) lead the way Sept. 10 as they walk to the busses that will take them to a nearby airfield for a flight to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They will launch on Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e051860 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates (left), Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos (center) and Jessica Meir of NASA (right) report for duty on the second day of crew qualification exams Aug. 30. They will launch Sept. 25 on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2018e081042 (Sept. 12, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 57 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA signs in Sept. 13 for the first day of Soyuz qualification exams. Hague and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch Oct. 11 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft for a six month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.

jsc2019e036814 - With St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow’s Red Square providing the backdrop, Expedition 60 crewmember Drew Morgan of NASA poses for pictures June 28 as part of traditional pre-launch activities. Morgan, Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e004060 (Feb. 20, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew member Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos is seen inside a Soyuz spacecraft simulator Feb. 20 during the second day of final pre-launch qualification exams. Ovchinin and crewmates Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA will launch March 14, U.S. time, in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e051806 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the next crew to launch to the International Space Station posed for pictures Aug. 29 during their final qualification exams for flight. From left to right are United Arab Emirates spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori, and Expedition 61 crewmembers Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Jessica Meir of NASA. They will launch Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e051849 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates (left), Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos (center) and Jessica Meir of NASA (right) pose for pictures Aug. 30 during crew qualification exams. They will launch Sept. 25 on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e051856 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates (left), Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos (center) and Jessica Meir of NASA (right) report for duty on the second day of crew qualification exams Aug. 30. They will launch Sept. 25 on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e038375 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the mural of Vladimir Lenin serves as a backdrop as Expedition 60 crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures July 4 before departing for their launch site in Kazakhstan. They will launch July 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) pose for pictures Feb. 26 in front of the statue of Vladimir Lenin as they prepared to depart for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training. They will launch on March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e051850 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 61 crewmember Jessica Meir of NASA answers a reporter’s question during final crew qualification exams Aug. 30. Meir will launch with Expedition 61 crewmember Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates Sept. 25 on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e051848 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 61 crewmember Jessica Meir of NASA climbs aboard a Soyuz trainer during final crew qualification exams Aug. 30. Meir will launch with Expedition 61 crewmember Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates Sept. 25 on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA prepares to depart Feb. 26 for his launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch on March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2018e081174 (Sept. 14, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 57 crew members Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (left) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) report to officials Sept. 14 for the second day of their Soyuz qualification exams. They will launch Oct. 11 on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.

jsc2019e051815 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the backups to the next crew to launch to the International Space Station posed for pictures Aug. 29 during the first day of crew qualification exams. From left to right are backup spaceflight participant Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates, Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos and Tom Marshburn of NASA. They are the backups to 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, who will launch Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2018e081175 (Sept. 14, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 57 crew member Nick Hague of NASA signs in Sept. 14 for the second day of Soyuz qualification exams. Hague and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch Oct. 11 on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.

jsc2019e003770 (Feb. 19, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew members Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) report to Russian space officials Feb. 19 during the first of two days of final pre-launch qualification exams. They will launch March 14, U.S. time, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e003765 (Feb. 19, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew members Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) wave to cameras Feb. 19 during the first of two days of final pre-launch qualification exams. They will launch March 14, U.S. time, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e051810 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 61 crewmember Jessica Meir of NASA listens to a reporter’s question Aug. 29 during the first day of the crew’s qualification exams for flight. Meir, Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and United Arab Emirates spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali 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...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e051853 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates listens to a reporter’s question during final crew qualification exams Aug. 30. Almansoori will launch with Expedition 61 crewmembers Jessica Meir of NASA and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos Sept. 25 on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e035393 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 60 crewmember Drew Morgan of NASA adjusts his helmet June 27 as he listens to a reporter’s question during the final day of qualification exams. Morgan, Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency will launch on July 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft for a mission to the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e052749 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 61 crewmember Jessica Meir of NASA (right) and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates (left) walk to a bus Sept. 10 that will take them to a nearby airfield for a flight to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Meir, Almansoori and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos will launch on Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e035260 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 60 crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures June 26 during final qualification exams. They will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e052745 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 61 crewmember Jessica Meir of NASA (left) chats with backup spaceflight participant Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates (center) ad prime spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates (right) Sept. 10 before departing for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Meir, Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Almansoori will launch on Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e051817 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, backup spaceflight participant Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates listens to a reporter’s question Aug. 29 during the crew’s qualification exams. Al-Neyadi is one of the backups to 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, who will launch Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e051852 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 61 crewmember Jessica Meir of NASA listens to a reporter’s question during final crew qualification exams Aug. 30. Meir will launch with Expedition 61 crewmember Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates Sept. 25 on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e035391 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 60 crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) pose for pictures June 27 during the final day of their qualification exams. They will launch on July 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft for a mission to the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) pose for pictures Feb. 26 as they prepared to depart for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training. They will launch on March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e003774 (Feb. 19, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew member Nick Hague of NASA signs in for the start of two days of final pre-launch qualification exams Feb. 19. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch March 14, U.S. time, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the Expedition 59 prime and backup crewmembers pose for pictures Feb. 26 in front of the statue of Vladimir Lenin as they prepared to depart for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training. From left to right are the backup crew, Drew Morgan of NASA, Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency, and the prime crew, Christina Koch of NASA, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA, who will launch on March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e035390 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 60 crewmember Drew Morgan of NASA flashes a thumbs up signal during the final day of qualification exams June 27. Morgan, Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency will launch on July 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft for a mission to the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e004059 (Feb. 20, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew member Nick Hague of NASA is seen inside a Soyuz spacecraft simulator Feb. 20 during the second day of final pre-launch qualification exams. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch March 14, U.S. time, in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e004065 (Feb. 20, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew member Christina Koch of NASA signs in for the second day of final pre-launch qualification exams Feb. 20. Koch, Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch March 14, U.S. time, in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2018e081046 (Sept. 12, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 57 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA is seen through the hatchway of a Russian module trainer during the first day of qualification exams Sept. 13. Hague and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch Oct. 11 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft for a six month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.

jsc2019e035395 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 60 crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) report to officials June 27 for the finak day of crew qualification exams. They will launch on July 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft for a mission to the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

With St. Basil’s Cathedral in Red Square in Moscow serving as a backdrop, the Expedition 57 prime and backup crewmembers pose for pictures Sept. 17 as part of prelaunch activities. From left to right are backup crewmember David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, prime crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA and backup crewmember Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos. Hague and Ovchinin will launch Oct. 11 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.

jsc2018e081178 (Sept. 14, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 57 crew member Nick Hague of NASA waves from inside a Soyuz simulator Sept. 14 during Soyuz qualification exam activities. Hague and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch Oct. 11 on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.

jsc2019e051855 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 61 crewmember Jessica Meir of NASA listens to a reporter’s question during final crew qualification exams Aug. 30. Meir will launch with Expedition 61 crewmember Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates Sept. 25 on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e036815 - With St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow’s Red Square providing the backdrop, Expedition 60 crewmember Drew Morgan of NASA poses for pictures June 28 as part of traditional pre-launch activities. Morgan, Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger..

jsc2018e081043 (Sept. 12, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 57 crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA report to officials Sept. 13 for the first day of their Soyuz qualification exams. They are scheduled to launch Oct. 11 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft for a six month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crewmember Christina Koch of NASA boards a Soyuz spacecraft simulator Feb. 20 during the second day of final pre-launch qualifications exams. Koch, Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch March 14, U.S. time, in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e051819 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the backups to the next crew to launch to the International Space Station report for duty Aug. 29 during the first day of crew qualification exams. From left to right are backup spaceflight participant Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates, Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos and Tom Marshburn of NASA. They are the backups to 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, who will launch Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e003772 (Feb. 19, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew members Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) report to Russian space officials Feb. 19 during the first of two days of final pre-launch qualification exams. They will launch March 14, U.S. time, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e035257 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 60 crewmember Drew Morgan of NASA listens to a reporter’s question June 26 during final qualification exams. Morgan, Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (second from left), Christina Koch of NASA (second from right) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) walk to a bus Feb. 26 to take them to their plane for a flight to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training. They will launch on March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e004068 (Feb. 20, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew member Christina Koch of NASA listens to reporters’ questions in front of a Soyuz spacecraft simulator Feb. 20 during the second day of final pre-launch qualifications exams. Koch, Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch March 14, U.S. time, in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e051808 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 61 crewmember Jessica Meir of NASA listens to a reporter’s question Aug. 29 during the first day of the crew’s qualification exams for flight. Meir, Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and United Arab Emirates spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali 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...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

At the Kremlin in Moscow, Expedition 57 backup crewmember David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (left) takes a selfie with prime crewmember Nick Hague of NASA (right) Sept. 17 during traditional prelaunch activities. Hague and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch Oct. 11 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.

jsc2019e003768 (Feb. 19, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew members Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) pose for pictures Feb. 19 during the first of two days of final pre-launch qualification exams. They will launch March 14, U.S. time, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2018e081041 (Sept. 12, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 57 crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (left) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) report to officials Sept. 13 for the first day of their Soyuz qualification exams. They are scheduled to launch Oct. 11 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft for a six month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.

jsc2019e004056 (Feb. 20, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew members Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) pose for pictures in front of their Soyuz spacecraft simulator Feb. 20 during the second day of final pre-launch qualifications exams. They will launch March 14, U.S. time, in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2018e081176 (Sept. 14, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 57 crew members Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (left) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) report to officials Sept. 14 for the second day of their Soyuz qualification exams. They will launch Oct. 11 on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (left), Christina Koch of NASA (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) walk to a bus Feb. 26 to take them to their plane for a flight to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training. They will launch on March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e051859 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 61 crewmember Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos signs in for the second day of crew qualification exams Aug. 30. Along with Expedition 61 crewmember Jessica Meir of NASA and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, Skripochka will launch Sept. 25 on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger..

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) listen to reporters’ questions Feb. 26 as they prepared to depart for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training. They will launch on March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e051816 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 61 backup crewmember Tom Marshburn of NASA listens to a reporter’s question Aug. 29 during the crew’s qualification exams. Marshburn is one of the backups to 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, who will launch Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e004064 (Feb. 20, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew member Nick Hague of NASA signs in for the second day of final pre-launch qualification exams Feb. 20. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch March 14, U.S. time, in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) respond to reporters’ questions Feb. 26 as they prepared to depart for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training. They will launch on March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e003775 (Feb. 19, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew members Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) report to Russian space officials Feb. 19 during the first of two days of final pre-launch qualification exams. They will launch March 14, U.S. time, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e051812 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 61 crewmember Jessica Meir of NASA signs in for the first day of crew qualification exams Aug. 29. Meir, Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and United Arab Emirates spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali 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...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

At the Kremlin Wall in Red Square in Moscow, the Expedition 57 prime and backup crewmembers pose for pictures Sept. 17 during traditional ceremonies. From left to right are backup crewmember Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos,, prime crewmembers Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and backup crewmember David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency. Hague and Ovchinin will launch Oct. 11 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.

jsc2019e004057 (Feb. 20, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew member Christina Koch of NASA boards a Soyuz spacecraft simulator Feb. 20 during the second day of final pre-launch qualifications exams. Koch, Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch March 14, U.S. time, in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e004067 (Feb. 20, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) listen to reporters’ questions in front of their Soyuz spacecraft simulator Feb. 20 during the second day of final pre-launch qualifications exams. They will launch March 14, U.S. time, in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e003773 (Feb. 19, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew member Christina Koch of NASA prepares to sign in for the start of two days of final pre-launch qualification exams Feb. 19 as her crewmate, Nick Hague of NASA looks on. Koch, Hague and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch March 14, U.S. time, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

At the Kremlin in Moscow, Expedition 57 crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (left) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) pose for pictures in front of the Tsar Bell Sept. 17 as part of traditional prelaunch activities. Hague and Ovchinin will launch Oct. 11 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.

jsc2019e035394 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 60 crewmember Alexander Skvortsov smiles in response to a reporter’s question June 27 during the final day of crew qualification exams. Skvortsov, Drew Morgan of NASA and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency will launch on July 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft for a mission to the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e003767 (Feb. 19, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew members Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) pose for pictures Feb. 19 during the first of two days of final pre-launch qualification exams. They will launch March 14, U.S. time, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2018e081177 (Sept. 14, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 57 crew members Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (left) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) pose for pictures Sept. 14 during their Soyuz qualification exam activities. They will launch Oct. 11 on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 prime crewmembers Christina Koch of NASA (left), Nick Hague of NASA (second from left), and backup crewmembers Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (second from right) and Drew Morgan of NASA (right) share a moment Feb. 26 before departing for their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training. Hague, Koch and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch on March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e035259 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 60 crewmembers Drew Morgan of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos (center) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (right) respond to reporters” questions June 26 during final qualification exams. They will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e051809 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the next crew to launch to the International Space Station responded to reporters’ questions Aug. 29 during their final qualification exams for flight. From left to right are United Arab Emirates spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori, and Expedition 61 crewmembers Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Jessica Meir of NASA. They will launch Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e035256 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 60 backup crewmembers Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (left), Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos (center) and Tom Marshburn of NASA (right) pose for pictures June 26 during their final qualification exams. They are the backups to the prime crew, Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, Drew Morgan of NASA and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency, who will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

At Red Square in Moscow, Expedition 57 crewmember Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos lays flowers at the Kremlin Wall where Russian space icons are interred Sept. 17 as part of traditional ceremonies. Ovchinin and Nick Hague of NASA will launch Oct. 11 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.

At Red Square in Moscow, Expedition 57 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA lays flowers at the Kremlin Wall where Russian space icons are interred as part of traditional ceremonies Sept. 17. Hague and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch Oct. 11 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.

jsc2019e052748 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the image of Vladimir Lenin serves as a backdrop as spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates (left) and Expedition 61 crewmembers Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos (center) and Jessica Meir of NASA (right) answer reporters' question Sept. 10 before traveling to a nearby airfield for a flight to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They will launch on Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e003771 (Feb. 19, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew members Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) report to Russian space officials Feb. 19 during the first of two days of final pre-launch qualification exams. They will launch March 14, U.S. time, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2018e081045 (Sept. 12, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, mission trainers monitor the activities of Expedition 57 crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA during the first day of their Soyuz qualification exams Sept. 13. Ovchinin and Hague are scheduled to launch Oct. 11 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft for a six month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.

jsc2019e051858 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 61 crewmember Jessica Meir of NASA signs in for the second day of crew qualification exams Aug. 30. Along with Expedition 61 crewmember Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, Meir will launch Sept. 25 on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2018e081044 (Sept. 12, 2018) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 57 crewmembers Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA wave to reporters Sept. 13 during the first day of their Soyuz qualification exams. They are scheduled to launch Oct. 11 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft for a six month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger.

jsc2019e035392 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 60 crewmember Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency answers a reporter’s question June 27 during the final day of crew qualification exams. Parmitano, Drew Morgan of NASA and Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos will launch on July 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft for a mission to the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e051818 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 61 backup crewmember Tom Marshburn of NASA signs in Aug. 29 for the first day of crew qualification exams. Looking on are the other backups, spaceflight participant Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates and Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos. They are the backups to 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, who will launch Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e004066 (Feb. 20, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew member Nick Hague of NASA answers reporters’ questions Feb. 20 during the second day of final pre-launch qualification exams. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch March 14, U.S. time, in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e035255 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 60 crewmember Drew Morgan of NASA signs in June 26 for the first day of final qualification exams. Looking on are crewmates Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency. They will launch July 20 on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e052747 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the image of Vladimir Lenin serves as a backdrop as spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates (left) and Expedition 61 crewmembers Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos (center) and Jessica Meir of NASA (right) pose for pictures Sept. 10 before traveling to a nearby airfield for a flight to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They will launch on Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e051811 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, United Arab Emirates spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori signs in Aug. 29 for the first day of qualification exams for flight. Looking on are Expedition 61 crewmembers Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Jessica Meir of NASA. They will launch Sept. 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger.

jsc2019e003766 (Feb. 19, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew member Christina Koch of NASA is seen in the hatchway of a Russian segment simulator Feb. 19 during the first of two days of final pre-launch qualification exams. Koch, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Nick Hague of NASA will launch March 14, U.S. time, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e004061 (Feb. 20, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew members Christina Koch of NASA (left), Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (center) and Nick Hague of NASA (right) report to Russian space officials Feb. 20 during the second day of final pre-launch qualifications exams. They will launch March 14, U.S. time, in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e038377 - At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 60 crewmember Drew Morgan of NASA flashes a thumbs up as he boards a bus July 4 before departing on a flight for his launch site in Kazakhstan. In the background is crewmate Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency. Morgan, Parmitano and Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos will launch July 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Beth Weissinger..