On August 16, 2019, the main crew of the ISS-61/62 passed the exam for manual control of the approach of the "Soyuz - MS" spacecraft to the International Space Station on the "Don - Soyuz" simulator. The launch of the "Soyuz-FG" launch vehicle with the "Soyuz MS-15" spacecraft is scheduled for September 25, 2019.

Preparations for the launch of the "Soyuz-2.1a" launch vehicle with the "Soyuz MS-14" spacecraft, scheduled for August 22, 2019, are ongoing at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

On August 13, 2019, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome rocket and space industry specialists completed a set of technological operations for assembly of the "Soyuz MS-14" spacecraft with the transfer compartment of the launch vehicle.

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome specialists from the RSC "Energia" (part of Roscosmos State Corporation) and other Roscosmos enterprises completed operations on refueling the "Soyuz MS-14" spacecraft with fuel components and compressed gases.

At Baikonur cosmodrome the planned preparation of the "Soyuz MS-14" spacecraft for launch according to the International Space Station program continues. The launch of the "Soyuz-2.1a" launch vehicle with the "Soyuz MS-14" spacecraft is scheduled for August 22, 2019 from launch pad № 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

The "Proton-M" heavy-class rocket, launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on August 6, 2019 at 00:56 (Moscow time), successfully put into the calculated orbit the spacecraft in the interests of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome the staff of the RSC "Energia" (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) and the specialized enterprises of Roscosmos continue to work with the "Soyuz MS-14" spacecraft. The launch of the "Soyuz-2.1a" launch vehicle with the "Soyuz MS-14" spacecraft is scheduled for August 22, 2019 from launch pad № 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

The "Progress MS-12" cargo spaceship on July 31, 2019 at 18:29:17 (Moscow time) successfully docked to the "Pirs" module of the International Space Station. Earlier today at 15:10 (Moscow time) the spaceship was normally launched from the site № 31 of the Baikonur cosmodrome.

The "Proton-M" launch vehicle, intended for launching the EUTELSAT 5 West B and MEV-1 satellites, was delivered from the Khrunichev Space Center (part of the State Corporation "Roscosmos") to the Baikonur cosmodrome.

On July 30, 2019, at 08:56 (Moscow time) successful launch of the "Soyuz-2.1a" launch vehicle from the Plesetsk State Test Space Center in the Arkhangelsk Region was performed with the Russian communications spacecraft "Meridian".