September 22, 2019

The representatives of the Technical Management issued a conclusion on the readiness of the “Soyuz-FG” launch vehicle with the “Soyuz MS-15” spacecraft for the roll out and installation at the launch pad № 1 (Gagarinsky) of the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday, September 23, 2019.

On September 21, specialists of the space and rocket industry enterprises performed a set of technological operations for the general assembly of the “Soyuz-FG” space rocket.

On September 20, after a control inspection of the “Soyuz MS-15” spacecraft, it was transported to the general assembly as part of the head unit.

The launch to the International Space Station is scheduled for September 25, 2019 at 16:57:43 (Moscow time).

The main crew includes: cosmonaut Oleg Skrypochka, astronaut Jessica Meir and spaceflight participant from the UAE Hazza Al Mansouri, and the backup – Sergey Ryzhikov, Thomas Marshburn and Sultan Al Neyadi.

2673230077

2763498830

4484487926

5130164190

More from this category:
September 7, 2020

On September 6, 2020, the Vostochny Space Center (a branch of the Center for Operation of Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Facilities, part of the Roscosmos State…

full story
March 9, 2020

86 years ago, on March 9, 1934, in the village of Klushino, Gzhatsky (now Gagarin) district of the Smolensk region, the first cosmonaut of the…

full story
October 9, 2020

Aaccording to the ISS flight program next Wednesday Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft will be launched from Baikonur by Soyuz-2.1a booster. On October 07 the crews conducted…

full story
February 10, 2015

Beijing saw the first meeting of interstate Committee on Russian and Chinese satellite navigation. The decision to form the Committee was taken in October 2014…

full story
April 22, 2013

According to press-service of RSC Energia, at Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-19M cargo vehicle under the International Space…

full story
June 17, 2013

The year 2013 is of great importance for Russian cosmonautics as in June we celebrate 50th anniversary of the first woman Valentine Tereshkova space flight….

full story
February 7, 2022

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the specialists of the Yuzhny Space Center (branch of the Center for Operation of Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Facilities) and the Progress…

full story
April 24, 2019

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