A pilot ship “Union MS-22” was taken to the technical complex of the Baikonur cosmodrome for staff preparation in accordance with the schedule of the program of transport support of the Russian segment of the International Space Station.
This morning, December 14, 2021, in the installation and test case of the site No. 254, the unloading and installation of the ship for the workplace for the procedure of input control and further conservation took place. In the near future, specialists of the Rocket and Space Corporation “Energy” named after S.P. The queen will begin to perform the external inspection of the product and checking the mechanisms for the disclosure of solar panels. “Union of MS-22” will remain in the storage mode before the start of direct preparation for starting.
Start of the Soyuz-2.1A carrier missile with the piloted ship “Soyuz MS-22” under the delivery program to the international space station of the participants of the 68th long-term expedition is scheduled for September next year.