In the assembly and testing site number 31 Baikonur cosmodrome September 30, 2021 completed a total build space-purpose Soyuz-2.1a / MS-19 Soyuz rockets. According to the plan on October 5, it will bring into orbit manned transport spacecraft “Soyuz MS-19” with the crew of the 66th long-duration mission on the International Space Station and members of the scientific and educational project “Call”.
During the pre-launch work space head part (ship under the fairing) was docked to the third stage of the launch vehicle, and then was held installation of the propulsion system of the emergency rescue system. In the afternoon, the assembly shifted to transport and install the unit and docked with the “package” of the first and second stages.
Later, a meeting of the State Commission for the flight tests of manned space systems of the readiness of the carrier rocket “Soyuz-2.1a” with “Soyuz MS-19” to be exported to the launch complex “East” and the beginning of work on the preparation for the upcoming launch . After hearing the reports of the test results, it was decided to roll out the morning of 1 October. Start of work on the rocket transportation to the launch pad number 31, is scheduled at 05:30 Moscow time, after which the joint calculations of experts of the Russian rocket and space industry will start work on schedule the first start of the day.
At the same time, the crews of the manned spacecraft “Soyuz-19 MS ‘continued training in the test training center platform number 17. Their schedule training – consultations on the program of the upcoming space mission, blow-board documentation, workshops with photographic equipment and training the factors of space flight. The composition of the main crew includes astronaut Roscosmos Anton Shkaplerov, spaceflight participant Klim Shipenko Peresild and Julia, their backups – Oleg Artemyev, Alexei Dudin and Alain Mordovina