July 2, 2019
Categories: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Progress
“Progress MS-12” was tested for tightness

Preparations for the launch of the “Progress MS-12” cargo spaceship are continuing at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

On July 1, 2019, RSC “Energia” and Yuzhny Space Center (parts of the Roscosmos State Corporation) successfully completed a test of the ship’s systems and compartments for leak tightness in a vacuum chamber using helium-air mixture.

Testing for tightness in a vacuum chamber using a helium-air mixture in the tested volumes today remains the most objective method of control in ground conditions.

The launch of the “Progress MS-12” cargo spaceship is scheduled for July 31, 2019 from the Baikonur cosmodrome.

More from this category:
April 27, 2015
Progress M-25M Finished its Flight

At 09.41, Moscow time. April 25, 2015, Progress M-25M cargo vehicle undocked from the station. On Apil 26, at 15.08, Moscow time, according to the…

full story
November 6, 2015
ISS-46/47 Crew Members Passed Preflight Trainings in GCTC

Roscosmos cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin and JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi passed exam on manual controlled descent. TS-7 specialized simulator on the basis of Tsf-7 centrifuge was…

full story
October 2, 2015
Progress M-29M Docked with the ISS

Soyuz-U booster with Progress M-29M cargo vehicle was successfully launched to the ISS from Baikonur spaceport. On October 2, 01:52, Moscow time, Progress M-20 M…

full story
June 28, 2021
Soyuz-2.1a space rocket assembled with Progress MS-17 spacecraft

In the assembly and testing facility of Site 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, a joint crew of specialists from subsidiaries of Roscosmos completed the general…

full story
February 25, 2015
Preparations for Express-AM7 under Way at Baikonur

Preparation works for the launch of Proton-M booster with Briz-M upper stage and Russian Express-AM7 satellite started at Baikonur spaceport Khrunichev centre press office reports….

full story
January 29, 2014
Roscosmos Cosmonauts Completed Their Trainings in NASA Johnson Space Centre

Before the spaceflight cosmonauts and astronauts of international crews have to study training programs of all countries taking part in the ISS project. So NASA…

full story
May 15, 2020
60th anniversary of the launch of the first “Vostok” ship

60 years ago, on May 15, 1960, a three-stage “Vostok” launch vehicle with an experimental prototype of the “Vostok” spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur…

full story
July 22, 2014
Soyuz-U Booster Rolled-Out

According to prelaunch preparations schedule Soyuz-U with Progress M-24M cargo vehicle was rolled out to #1 launching pad of Baikonur spaceport (Gagarin launch). The launch…

full story