April 1, 2019

On March 31, the general assembly of the “Soyuz-2.1a” launch vehicle with the “Progress MS-11” cargo spaceship was completed.

The head unit with the spacecraft and the third stage assembled with the “package” (stages 1 and 2) of the “Soyuz-2.1a” launch vehicle.

Representatives of the Technical Management and the State Commission issued a document on readiness for the roll out and installation of the launch vehicle at the launch pad № 31.

The roll out will take place tomorrow, on April 1.

The launch of the “Progress MS-11” spacecraft is scheduled for 14:01 (Moscow time) on April 4.

The purpose of the flight is to deliver on board of the International Space Station fuel, water and other cargoes, necessary for the further operation of the station in manned mode.

4080779981

4673220970

More from this category:
August 2, 2021

As follows from negotiations between the ISS crew and MCC streamed by NASA on Monday Russian cosmonauts working aboard the station start unloading Nauka multipurpose…

full story
August 25, 2016

On Wednesday, August 24, prime crew of Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft comprising crew commander Sergey Ryzhikov (Roscosmos) and flight engineers Andrei Borisenko (Roscosmos) and Robert Shane Kimbrough…

full story
February 20, 2015

February 20 is one of the most space-related days of the year since three cosmonauts celebrate their birthdays on this date: Alexander Aleksandrov, Vasiliy Tsibliyev…

full story
November 1, 2013

The next launch of Russian-Ukrainian carrier rocket “Dnepr”, based on intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) RS-20 (classified by NATO as the SS-18 Satan), will take place…

full story
March 18, 2020

This morning, on March 18, 2020, the “Soyuz-2.1b” booster rocket with the Fregat upper stage and a new batch of OneWeb communications satellites were rolled…

full story
August 31, 2020

Training in the TBK-50 pressure chamber allows cosmonauts to develop the skill of assessing the fit of a spacesuit, evaluate the work of the thermal…

full story
March 6, 2017

On March 6 the most important woman in the Universe Valentina Tereshkova celebrates her 80th Birthday. Our famous Tchaika (eng. Seagull) was born on March…

full story
June 28, 2021

In the assembly and testing facility of Site 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, a joint crew of specialists from subsidiaries of Roscosmos completed the general…

full story