Moscow. October 1st. INTERFAX.RU – The Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle, which will launch the Soyuz MS-19 manned spacecraft into orbit with the Vyzov project crew on October 5, will be installed at the launch site of the Baikonur cosmodrome on Friday, Roscosmos reported “.
“A meeting of the State Commission on flight tests of manned space complexes was held on the readiness of the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft for removal to the Vostok launch complex and the start of preparations for the upcoming launch. on the test results, it was decided to export in the morning of October 1, “the message says.
It is noted that the start of work on the transportation of the rocket to the launch complex of the site No. 31 is scheduled at 05:30 Moscow time, after which the joint crew of the specialists of the Russian rocket and space industry will begin work according to the schedule of the first launch day. The state corporation also announced the completion of the general assembly of the launch vehicle with a manned spacecraft.
“The general assembly has been completed, we are preparing for the removal of the rocket for the” Call “,” – said in the message of “Roskosmos” in Telegram.
The launch of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft is scheduled for October 5. The film crew of the film “Challenge” – director Klim Shipenko, actress Yulia Peresild, as well as the spacecraft commander, cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, should arrive at the station on it. They will be filming the first feature film in space. According to Roskosmos, the crew will return to Earth on October 17. Their stunt doubles are cosmonaut Oleg Artemiev, cinematographer Alexey Dudin and actress Alena Mordovina.
Currently, the ISS crew consists of Roskosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky, Pyotr Dubrov and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hai, who arrived on the ISS on April 9 on the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft, and also on the Crew Dragon-2 spacecraft on April 24 NASA astronauts Megan MacArthur and Shane Kimbrough; European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesce; and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.
