September 22, 2021

September 19 saw the first preflight training session of the Soyuz MS-19 crewed spacecraft prime and backup crews under the program of the 66th long-term expedition to the International Space Station.

In accordance with the training schedule in the morning both crews arrived at the Site 254 assembly and testing facility for the first training session inside the spacecraft. Under the supervision of Roscosmos, the crew tried on Sokol KV-2 spacesuits, leak tested them and took their seats in the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft. After that they familiarized themselves with the cargo placement in the living compartment and the descent capsule, worked with the equipment, with which they will work onboard the International Space Station.

Further activities of the expedition participants include training on manual docking of the Soyuz MS crewed spacecraft to the Russian segment of the ISS, checking stowage with scientific equipment for space experiments, practicing ballistic operations and other preparatory procedures. The crews will continue prelaunch training at the Test Training Center.

The Soyuz-2.1a rocket is scheduled to launch on October 5, 2021. The International Space Station Expedition 66 prime crew includes Anton Shkaplerov (commander), Klim Shipenko and Yulia Peresild (spaceflight participants), their backups are Oleg Artemyev (commander), Alexey Dudin and Alyona Mordovina (spaceflight participants).

More from this category:
June 21, 2013

Fragments of a Russian cargo spacecraft that undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) last week splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, mission…

full story
September 22, 2021

September 19 saw the first preflight training session of the Soyuz MS-19 crewed spacecraft prime and backup crews under the program of the 66th long-term…

full story
April 2, 2014

Progress M-23M cargo vehicle launch to the ISS was scheduled for April 9. The vehicle will be launched from Baikonur spaceport, – Roscosmos reports. The…

full story
May 8, 2015

Russian cargo vehicle Progress M-27M re-enterned the atmosphere and burned  in the region above the Pacific Ocean on Friday, May 8, at 05.04, Moscow time….

full story
June 5, 2013

European space agency discusses with Roscosmos the possibility of Europe participation in Russian Oka-T orbital laboratory that may be launched in 2016-2017 project, – Tomas…

full story
Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina arrived at the ISS
October 7, 2022

On Friday October 7, 2022 at 00:01 Moscow time, the Crew Dragon manned spacecraft docked to the Harmony node module of the American segment of…

full story
February 26, 2019

In accordance with the flight program of the International Space Station (ISS), on February 26, 2019, a planned correction of the ISS orbit was performed….

full story
May 17, 2018

According to Russian State Corporation “ROSCOSMOS” information,the second Sentinel-3 satellite, Copernicus Sentinel-3B, was launched on 25 April 2018, joining its identical twin Sentinel-3A in orbit….

full story