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.

Today, on July 30, 2019, the specialists of the RSC "Energia" (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) and other relevant Roscosmos enterprises completed the installation of the "Soyuz MS-14" spacecraft in the jig for connections to ground test systems. The launch of the 'Soyuz MS-14" spacecraft to the International Space Station is scheduled for August 22, 2019.

On July 28, 2019, the "Soyuz-2.1a" launch vehicle with the "Progress MS-12" cargo spaceship was removed from the Assembly and Testing building and installed at the launch pad № 31 of the Baikonur cosmodrome. The launch of the "Soyuz-2.1a" launch vehicle with the "Progress MS-12" cargo ship is scheduled for July 31, 2019 at 15:10:46 (Moscow time) from the Baikonur cosmodrome.

On July 26, 2019, at the Baikonur cosmodrome specialists from the RSC "Energia" (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) and other Roskosmos enterprises completed a general assembly of the "Soyuz -2.1a" space rocket with the "Progress MS-12" cargo ship. The launch of the "Progress MS-12" spacecraft is scheduled for July 31.

On July 24, 2019 the specialists of the RSC "Energia" and the Yuzhny Space Center (members of the Roscosmos State Corporation) transported the "Soyuz MS-14" spacecraft into the vacuum chamber at the Baikonur Cosmodrome for further leak tests.

Specialists from the RSC "Energia" (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) and other Roscosmos-related enterprises at the Baikonur cosmodrome inspected the "Progress MS-12" cargo spaceship and performed technological operations on rolling of the head fairing of the launch vehicle "Soyuz-2.1a". The launch of the "Progress MS-12" spacecraft is scheduled for July 31, 2019.