from the Baikonur cosmodrome to the International Space Station (ISS) on the Soyuz-2.1a rocket, the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft with Russian cosmonaut Alexander Maesawa and Jozoa Hirano, Roskosmos reports.
Start took place at 10:38 Moscow time. The docking of the spacecraft to the Small Research Module “Search” of the Russian segment of the ISS is scheduled at 16:41 Moscow time. In space, Japanese tourists should spend 12 days. Their return to Earth is scheduled for December 20.
Also “Union of MS-20” will deliver about 162 kg of healthy goods on the ISS, including scientific materials, equipment, hygiene and food products.
In December, RIA Novosti reported that the crew of the Soyuz MS-20 ship, which includes space tourists from Japan, spent under the song “Grass at the House” group “Earthlock”, performed in Japanese. As they also wrote “Izvestia”, the businessman Yusaka Maedzawa on board the ISS was planned to write a picture.