At the site No. 17 of the Baikonur cosmodrome on September 20, 2021, a solemn ceremony of raising the flags of countries participating in the launch of the transport piloted ship “Union MS-19” took place. It traditionally took part primary and duplicating crews of the 66th long experiment to the International Space Station.
This event has been carried out since the 1970s, revered by all generations of astronauts and symbolizes the official start of the final stage of the training of astronauts to the start. Today, representatives of the subsidiaries of the state corporation “Roscosmos”, the Center for the Training of Cosmonauts, providing pre-assembled crews, as well as the administration of the city of Baikonur.
Roscosmos Cosmonauts Anton Sluffers, as well as Russian participants of the space flight – Actress Julia Peresilde and director Klim Shipenko raised the flag of Russia, and their Dubliers (Oleg Artemyev, Alena Mordovin and Alexey Dudin) – Flag of Kazakhstan.
According to the tradition of a duplicating crew, Oleg Artemyev, Alena Mordovin and Alexey Dudin went on a survey bus tour of Baikonur, whose history is inextricably linked with the names of the great people involved in the development of space.
both crews also continue preparations for the factors of the space flight, classes on the side documentation of the transport piloted ship “Soyuz MS-19” are held, instructing safety instructions when working on the Russian segment of the International Space Station and workout on manual mooring. Running from site number 31 is scheduled for October 5, 2021.