Cosmonauts returned with training from Houston

Roskosmos detachment cosmonauts completed training sessions on the basis of the L. Johnson Space Center in Houston (USA). A bivalness with the device of the modules of the American segment of the International Space Station is a mandatory stage of preparation for flights.

For training in the United States, send those who are already included in the crew or waiting for their destination. In May-June of the current year, astronauts of Roscosmos Anna Kikina, Denis Matveyev, Sergey Korsakov, Oleg Artemyev and Anton Cars, were trained in the L. Johnson Space Center, Denis Matveyev, Sergey Korsakov.

“My task was to restore the skills received earlier and pass the workout as a commander of the 66th Expedition of the ISS,” said Anton Slipples. – On the American segment of the station worked out tasks together with the conditional crew of the Soyuz ship, as well as directly with the Astronauts directly. who arrive at the ISS in October 2021 on the Dragon Spaceship. “

In the course of the training session, experienced cosmonauts usually do not have to take exams and tests, they usually have certificates confirming the necessary qualifications. Those who are preparing for their first expedition to orbit, meet with examiners much more often.

“In Houston, I spent seven weeks. The schedule of classes was very dense. In general, training was built on the same principle as we have: first the theory, then practice. For a half or two weeks before departure, training began in the crews , worked out emergency situations, “said Anna Kickina.

Cosmonauts have studied the functioning of life support systems, inventory and communications, onboard preventive measures, medical aspects of preparation. In addition, they have been implemented typical operations on the American segment of the ISS, and also performed training on the exit from emergency situations on board the station, such as fire, depressurization, emissions of toxic substances. Even those cosmonauts that have repeatedly passed training in Houston, there is always something to learn. On the American segment of the ISS, equipment, its software, methods of conducting certain manipulations are changed from time to time.

“When I arrived in Houston, the Space Center named after L. Johnson was almost empty. American experts worked on” remote “and came to conduct a specific training. For work allow only those whims from Kovida. Now they have become much more compared to my arrival in America, “Oleg Artemyev said.

The MKS-66 crew commander Anton Sabelers should go to orbit in October 2021, together with the set of a feature film under the work name “Call”. His Dubler Oleg Artemyev will head the crew of the ISS-67, which included Denis Matveyev and Sergey Korsakov. Their flight is scheduled for 2022. Anna Kikina is part of the crew of the ISS-68, she can make his first flight in 2022 together with Dmitry Lestepin and Sergey Prokopyev, who is appointed crew commander.

/Media reports.