The final stage of preparation for the flight of the main and backup crews of the forthcoming expedition to the International Space Station has begun on Baikonur.

On the morning of September 10, 2019, at the GCTC was a farewell ceremony of the main and backup crews of the International Space Station ISS-61/62 expeditions, leaving to the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

The descent vehicle of the "Soyuz MS-14" spacecraft with the anthropomorphic robot "Skybot F-850" on September 7, 2019 at 00:32 (Moscow time) made a successful landing.

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome is undergoing a planned preparations for the launch of the "Eutelsat-5WB" and "MEV-1" satellites by the "Proton-M" heavy carrier rocket.

In the Assembly and Testing building of site № 254 of the Baikonur cosmodrome, employees of the RSC "Energia" (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) and other specialized enterprises of Roscosmos continue to work with the "Soyuz MS-15" spacecraft.

At the GCTC took place a meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission, which summed up the readiness for space flight of the main and backup crews of the ISS-61/62.

On August 30, 2019 at 17:00 (Moscow time) from the Plesetsk State Testing Cosmodrome the crew of the Russian Aerospace Defense Forces launched the "Rokot" light carrier rocket with a military spacecraft.

The anthropomorphic robot Skybot F-850, which docked on the "Soyuz MS-14" spacecraft to the International Space Station on August 27, 2019, was placed in the small Search Module (MIM-2).

At the GCTC began the examination complex training of the main and backup crews of the ISS-61/62 / EP-19.

A special train with "Soyuz-2.1a", "Soyuz-2.1b" rocket parts and a head fairing arrived at the Ledyanaya station near the Vostochny cosmodrome.