The presence of a transport piloted ship “Union MS-19” on the program 66th of the main expedition to the International Space Station continues on Baikonur.
In accordance with the schedule of work, the specialists of the Rocket and Space Corporation “Energy” named after S.P. The Queen (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) and profile enterprises of Roscosmos made a complex of technological operations on the docking of the Soyuz MS-19 ship with a transient 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 Soyuz MS-19 command interface in the on-board system of control system “Soyuz-2.1a”.
Start of the Soyuz-2.1A carrier launch vehicle with the Soyuz MS-19 ship to the International Space Station scheduled for October 5, 2021. The cosmodrome also takes preparing for the flight of the main carriage of the ship as part: Commander Anton Slipples (Roscosmos) and Russian participants in the space flight – Actress Julia Peresilde and Director Klim Shipenko. Their Doubles – Cosmonaut Roskosmos Oleg Artemyev, Alena Mordovin and Alexey Dudin.