In the test training package of the Center for the Training of Cosmonauts named after Yu.A. The Gagarin of the Baikonur cosmodrome continues the preparation of the main and duplicating crews of the transport piloted ship “Union MS-19”. Its launch to the International Space Station is scheduled for October 5, 2021.
Recall that in the main crew of the ISS-66 expedition: Astronaut Roscosmos Anton Skipperov, film director Klim Shipenko, actress Julia Peresilde. Their doubles were the cosmonaut Roscosmos Oleg Artemyev, Alexey Dudin cameraman, actress Alena Mordovin, respectively.
On Friday, October 1, 2021, in the framework of the preparatory program with astronauts and participants in the space flight, classes were conducted on on-board documentation and ballistics of the upcoming flight on the Soyuz MS-19 ship, practical classes were held to work with cameras. In addition, the crews studied the flight program of the 66th long-term expedition to the ISS.
The program also attended the training crew interaction with a search and rescue service. Traditionally, the main and duplicating crews were engaged in preparation for the factors of the space flight and passed a daily medical examination.