Expedition 61 Preflight

Spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates waits to have his Sokol suit pressure checked a few hours ahead of his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Expedition 61 crewmembers Jessica Meir of NASA and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Meir, Skripochka, and Almansoori will launch on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates waits to have his Sokol suit pressure checked a few hours ahead of his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Expedition 61 crewmembers Jessica Meir of NASA and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Meir, Skripochka, and Almansoori will launch on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)