Expedition 61 Crew Departs for Baikonur Launch Site
Expedition 61 Soyuz Commander Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, NASA Flight Engineer Jessica Meir and Spaceflight Participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates and their backups, Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, Tom Marshburn of NASA and Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates participated in traditional ceremonies at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, outside Moscow on September 10. Afterward, they departed for the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to complete their training for the launch of Skripochka, Meir and Almansoori to the International Space Station on September 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft.