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The ISS expedition 61/62 gets ready to launch

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epa07867796 Member of the International Space Station (ISS) expedition 61/62, UAE astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri leaves a hotel during the send-off ceremony before the launch of the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, 25 September 2019. The launch of the mission of members of the International Space Station (ISS) expedition 61/62 is scheduled on 25 September from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Mansouri will be the first Emirati in space. EPA-EFE/MAXIM SHIPENKOV

A member of the International Space Station (ISS) expedition 61/62, UAE astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri leaves a hotel during the send-off ceremony before the launch of the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, 25 September 2019.

The launch of the mission of members of the International Space Station (ISS) expedition 61/62 is scheduled on 25 September from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

Mansouri will be the first Emirati in space.

 

Photos: EPA-EFE/MAXIM SHIPENKOV

The International Space Station (ISS) expedition 61/62

 

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Topics Baikonur CosmodromeHazza Al MansouriISSKazakhstanMAXIM SHIPENKOVSoyuzSpaceUAE

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