July 16, 2020
Categories: ISS, Progress, Russia, Soyuz, Space

Preparation works for Progress MS-15 cargo vehicle launch are under way at Baikonur.

In accordance with the schedule RSC Energia and specialists of some other space industries accomplished a complex of operations to joint Progress MS-vehicle with adapter module of booster’s third stage. Adapter module is a part of the space head and provides for mechanical connection between the vehicle and nose fairing as well as Progress MS-15 command interface integration into Soyuz-2.1a booster control system.

Technical specialists have already examined Soyuz MS-15 at special test facility of the integration and assembly building and verified vehicle’s readiness for the launch.

The launch of Progress MS-15 was planned for July 23, 2020, and will be accomplished from pad #31 of Baikonur launchpad.

Photo credit: RSC Energia

 

 

More from this category:
August 4, 2014

RIA Novosti – A manned mission to the Moon will cost Russia 100 billion rubles (about $2.8 billion), Igor Mitrofanov, laboratory director at the Russian…

full story
March 14, 2014

Satellite robots making photos of the ISS outer surface could be of great help for the cosmonauts at the first stages than android robot developed…

full story
August 31, 2020

Training in the TBK-50 pressure chamber allows cosmonauts to develop the skill of assessing the fit of a spacesuit, evaluate the work of the thermal…

full story
May 17, 2018

Can you imagine something more stunning and spectacular than the lift-off of a spacecraft? Vegitel Company invites you to join an exclusive Baikonur launchsite tour…

full story
October 23, 2014

Russian Cosmonauts ISS-41/42 mission commander Maksim Surayev and ISS-41/42 flight engineer Alexander Samokutyayev successfully performed the spacewalk and got beck to the ISS. The spacewalk…

full story
September 4, 2013

Soyuz TMA-08M with 3 ISS crew members onboard return to the Earth is scheduled for September 11, – MSC representative reported. Pawel Vinogradov (Roscosmos), Alexander…

full story
July 8, 2018

On July 7, 2018, the “Soyuz-2.1a” launch vehicle with “Progress-MS-09” transport cargo spacecraft was transported to launch pad № 31 of the Baikonur cosmodrome and…

full story
July 2, 2020

NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Robert Behnken stepped out into the space to replace ageing batteries on the International Space Station on July 1. This…

full story