November 30, 2015
Categories: ESA, GCTC, ISS, JAXA, NASA, Roscosmos, Russia, Soyuz, Space, Star city
ISS-46/47 Mission Crews Left for Baikonur

Today GCTC officially saw off ISS-46/47 prime (Yuri Malenchenko,  Roscosmos, Timothy Kopra, NASA, and Timothy Peake, ESA) and back-up (Anatoly Ivanishin, Roscosmos, Takuya Onishi, JAXA, and Kathleen Rubins, NASA) crews to Baikonur where they will pass final preparation trainings before the upcoming spaceflight.

After traditional breakfast with colleagues the crews walked along the alley to Lenin monument where made memorable photos and answered journalists’ questions. Yuri Malenchenko told about work to be done at the spaceport. Tomorrow both crews will have Soyuz TMA-19M fit check. “we have a very busy schedule,” – said the cosmonaut.

After that crew members went to Chkalovsky airfield in Moscow region and left for Baikonur onboard two special charters.

Photo credit: GCTC

More from this category:
September 5, 2018
Representatives of the United Arab Emirates starts training in the GCTC

Today, the GCTC starts training of the UAE representatives as participants in the space flight on the manned spaceship “Soyuz MS” to the Russian segment…

full story
July 18, 2019
Spaceship “Soyuz MS-13” installed on the launch pad

This morning, on July 18, 2019, the “Soyuz-FG” launch vehicle with the “Soyuz MS-13” spacecraft was rolled out from the Assembly and Testing building to…

full story
April 24, 2019
Preparation of “Proton-M” for launch under the “Yamal-601” program starts at Baikonur

The “Proton-M” launch vehicle, used to launch the “Yamal-601” satellite in the interests of Gazprom Space Systems, today, on April 24, was transported from the…

full story
March 29, 2016
Soyuz-2.1a General Assembling Completed at Baikonur

Aerospace indstry specialists completed general assembling of Soyuz-2.1a booster that is to launch new Russian cargo vehicle Progress MS-02 on March 31, – Roscosmos spokesman…

full story
April 5, 2016
The First Launch From Vostochny Planned for April 27

According to Roscosmos the first launch from Vostochny spaceport is scheduled for April 27, 2016. The date was approved by State Commission meeting. Soyuz-2.1a booster…

full story
June 21, 2018
Planning correction of the ISS orbit.

On June 21, 2018 in accordance with the program the International Space Station (ISS) orbit correction is scheduled. To perform the maneuver at 10:15 (Moscow…

full story
May 13, 2013
Search and Rescue force ready to ensure safe landing

According to RIA Novosti, fifteen aircraft and six rescue vehicles will be deployed to ensure the safe recovery of the Soyuz TMA-07M landing capsule when…

full story
January 30, 2019
Cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin recognized as fit for space flight

In the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center the meeting of the Main Medical Commission ended, which analyzed the data of medical examinations of Alexey Ovchinin –…

full story