The commanders of the main and duplicating crews EP-20 continue to pass exams. Today, November 10, 2021, they showed ship management skills when exposed to real overload, which can be experienced during the landing of the descent apparatus to the Earth. For the exam, a specialized simulator of a manual managed descent based on Centrifuge Centrifuge CF-18 is used.
Recall that in early December, a Japanese entrepreneur Yusaka Maesava and his assistant Jozo Hirano should go to orbit. The ship “Union MS-20” will manage the cosmonaut of Roscosmos Alexander Misurnkin. The cosmonaut of Roscosmos, Alexander Skvortsov and a participant of Schun Ogiso, entered the duplicating crew of EP-20. Japan’s representatives will go to a space trip as tourists.
At this stage of the preparation for the flight of the exams, the commander of the main crew of EP-20 Alexander Misurnkin and his Double Alexander Skvortsov. Cosmonauts demonstrate the actions algorithm that must be performed if an automatic failure occurs during the device descent or will receive a recommendation Go to manual managed descent.
For any mode, the main task is to plant the machine with minimal overload and as close as possible to the calculation point.
On November 15, 2021, the main and duplicating crews of EP-20 will begin to examine comprehensive training, after which it will continue to prepare already on Baikonur. The start of the ship “Union MS-20” is scheduled for December 8, 2021.