The beginning of the final phase of preparation for the flight to the near-earth orbit are predicted trainings of crews on the Baikonur. On Saturday, March 27, 2021, the main and duplicating crews of the long-term expedition of the ISS-65 will hold the first “fitting” on the transport piloted ship “Union MS-18”. Its launch of the program of the International Space Station is scheduled for April 9 from the site of the cosmodrome.
First, without flight saphs “Falcon KV-2”, astronauts and astronauts will be familiar with their ship, placement in the household compartment of the necessary goods and the state of systems. Then, after the versions in them and conducting tightness checks, the crews will test the communication system and the operation of the seeding system, which serves to mitigate the impact load during landing. This “fitting” will be held in the installation and test case of the site No. 254.
Recall, on the eve of the crews flew to the Baikonur cosmodrome. Here will be the final stage of their preparation for launch. The main crew includes the cosmonauts of Roscosmos Oleg Novitsky (the third flight in orbit), Peter Dubrov (Space Debutant) and Astronaut NASA Mark Wanda Hai (one flight in space), their dumplings: Astronauts of Roscosmos Anton Sluffers, Oleg Artemyev and Astronaut Nasa Ann McCleev .