March 13, 2019

Today, on March 13, the State Commission at the Baikonur cosmodrome approved the main and backup crews of the “Soyuz MS-12” spacecraft and confirmed the readiness of the “Soyuz-FG / Soyuz MS-12” rocket-space complex and the ground infrastructure to the launch according to the International Space Station (ISS) program.

The main crew – Roskosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin (crew commander), NASA astronauts Nick Hague (flight engineer) and Christina Koch (flight engineer-2).

The backup crew – Roskosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan.

At the end of the State Commission meeting, members of the main and backup crews answered questions from Russian and foreign journalists and told about the plans for the upcoming expedition at a traditional pre-flight press conference.

The launch of the “Soyuz MS-12” spacecraft with the crew of the next long expedition to the ISS is scheduled for March 14, 2019 from site № 1 (Gagarinsky Start) of the Baikonur cosmodrome.

photo_03-13-01

photo_03-13-10

More from this category:
November 22, 2021

On the morning of November 19, 2021, a formal seeing-off for the prime and backup crews of the 20th ISS expedition took place at the…

full story
July 19, 2019

At the Baikonur cosmodrome the preparational works continues for the launch of the “Soyuz 2.1a” launch vehicle with the “Progress MS-12” cargo spacecraft. After the…

full story
December 4, 2018

The crew members of the “Soyuz MS-11” spacecraft on December 3, 2018 at 22:38 Moscow time, went on board the International Space Station (ISS). Members…

full story
April 11, 2014

Implementation of deep space exploration project, where  Russian atomic specialists and academic scientists are going to take part, will enable to break through in the…

full story
March 10, 2015

Last weekend search and rescue team arrived in Kazakhstan to meet Russian-American crew of Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft that finished its orbital mission. “On Saturday search…

full story
September 2, 2013

“Multisided space” photo exhibition winners were awarded at MAKS-2013 airshow on Saturday for their contribution to cosmonautics and aviation progress, the organizator of international Airshow…

full story
April 16, 2013

RIA Novosti – A Russian Proton-M carrier rocket delivered a Canadian telecommunications satellite, Anik-G1, into orbit on Tuesday, a spokesman for Russia’s space agency said….

full story
July 6, 2024

Chinese astronauts successfully completed a spacewalk on 3 July aboard the national orbital station Tiangong. The crew of the Shenzhou-18 manned spacecraft worked overboard for…

full story