May 15, 2019
Categories: Baikonur Cosmodrome, RSC Energia, Soyuz
Tests in a vacuum chamber of the “Soyuz MS-13” spacecraft starts

On May 14 specialists of RSC “Energia” and “Yuzhny” Space Center performed the transportation of the “Soyuz MS-13” spacecraft into a vacuum chamber at the Baikonur cosmodrome for further leak tests.

The launch of the “Soyuz MS-13” spacecraft to the International Space Station is scheduled for July 20, 2019 from the Baikonur cosmodrome.

The ship crew will be – commander Alexander Skvortsov (Roscosmos), Luca Parmitano (flight engineer, ESA) and Andrew Morgan (flight engineer, NASA).

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