The pre-flight preparation of the Transport Cargo Ship “Progress MS-17” continues on the Baikonur cosmodrome to launch under the program of the 78th Logistics Mission of the International Space Station.
Today, June 22, 2021, in the installation and test case of the site No. 254 Specialists of rocket-space “energy” named after S.P. The Queen (part of the state corporation “Roscosmos”) and profile enterprises of Roscosmos made a complex of technological operations on docking the ship “Progress MS-17” with a transition compartment of the block of the third stage of the carrier rocket. It is part of the cosmic head and provides a mechanical connection of the ship with a head fairing, as well as the integration of the Progress Command Interface in the Soyuz-2.1a Rocket Management System.
After the connection of the docking works, the inspection includes the onboard radiotechnical complex and other service systems of the ship. In addition, on the eve of the ship’s cargo compartment, packages with fresh fruits and vegetables for the crew of the ISS were laid, and on the surface of the head fairing the Mission MS-17 Mission Mission, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Energy of the Energy “Name of S.P. Queen.
Start of the Soyuz-2.1A carrier launch vehicle with transport freight ship “Progress MS-17” is scheduled for June 30, 2021 from the Baikonur cosmodrome.