title: Soyuz MS-15
text: # Soyuz MS-15
  
  Soyuz MS-15 was a Soyuz spaceflight launched on 25 September 2019, transporting two members of the Expedition 61 crew and a short duration visiting crew member to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-15 was the 143rd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft with a crew. It was the last flight of Soyuz-FG launcher before its replacement by the Soyuz-2 in the crewed spaceflight role, and also the last launch from Site 1/5 (Gagarin's Start) before its modernisation to support the new Soyuz-2 rocket. The crew consisted of a Russian commander, an American flight engineer, and the first Emirati astronaut. To celebrate this event, pictures of the Soyuz launcher and of Hazza Al Mansouri were projected on Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world.
  
  ## Crew
  
  | Position | Launching Crew member | Landing Crew member |
  | - | - | - |
  | Commander | Oleg Skripochka, RSA Expedition 61/62 Third and last spaceflight | Oleg Skripochka, RSA Expedition 61/62 Third and last spaceflight |
  | Flight Engineer 1 | Jessica Meir, NASA Expedition 61/62 First spaceflight | Jessica Meir, NASA Expedition 61/62 First spaceflight |
  | Spaceflight Participant/Flight Engineer 2 | Hazza Al Mansouri, MBRSC First spaceflight | Andrew Morgan, NASA Expedition 60/61/62 First spaceflight |
  
  ### Backup crew
  
  | Position | Crew member | Crew member |
  | - | - | - |
  | Commander | Sergey Ryzhikov, RSA | Sergey Ryzhikov, RSA |
  | Flight Engineer | Thomas Marshburn, NASA | Thomas Marshburn, NASA |
  | Spaceflight Participant | Sultan Al Neyadi, MBRSC | Sultan Al Neyadi, MBRSC |
  