In the center of the training of cosmonauts named after Yu.A. Gagarin In the morning of March 26, 2021, solemniers of astronauts and astronauts on Baikonur were held to continue the suggestion. This event also has its own traditions: the crews have breakfast in the circle of colleagues, and then depart on the main alley of the center for joint photos.
Typically, a press with the press becomes an important part of the wires on the cosmodrome. However, sanitary restrictions designed to stop the spread of coronavirus are still not canceled. Therefore, representatives of the media at the event was not.
The crew members and employees of the CPC, representatives of space agencies, as well as friends, close, colleagues. Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky, Peter Dubrov and NASA astronaut Marka Wanda Haja, which is part of the main crew of the ISS-65, wished good luck, qualitatively performing tasks, preserving the warm atmosphere in the team, and at the end of the expedition – a safe return to Earth. Warm patrimonial words sounded and adding a duplicate crew. Recall that in its composition of the astronauts of Roscosmos Anton Sabelers, Oleg Artemyev, Ann McClein. They also went to Baikonur.
Posted training on the cosmodrome will last until the day scheduled for the start. The launch of the transport piloted ship “Union MS-18” is scheduled for April 9, 2021 on the “Soyuz-2.1a” rocket.