Olympic flame “Sochi-2014″ has arrived in Baikonur, RSN. From there he will head into space.
Startspace rocket “Soyuz-FG” that will take the torch into orbit, is scheduled for 8:14 MSK on November 7. “The crew is assembled and prepared all the exams delivered. Remained a finishing spurt of flying into space,” – said cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin.
As stated in the Federal Space Agency, the main and backup crews of manned spacecraft “Soyuz TMA-11M” arrived at the launch site. M.Tyurin (Roscosmos), Rick Mastracchio (NASA), Koichi Wakata (JAXA) and their backups Maxim Suraev (Roscosmos), Reid Wiseman (NASA), Alexander Gersten (ESA) – will spend at Baikonur final stage of preparation.
October 25 Olympic Flame “Sochi-2014″ came on at the North Pole. In the Arctic, it delivered the world’s largest nuclear-powered icebreaker “50 Years of Victory”, the organizers of the event. Drawn up in the official trademark style relay “Sochi-2014″ vessel got to the North Pole on October 19.
eve flame arrived in Gatchina: today begins its route through the northern capital, and on 28 October he will travel to the suburbs of Peterhof, Pushkin and Lomonosov. The total length of the Petersburg stage relay race of 70 km. 515 people will carry the torch. In particular, through the streets of St. Petersburg runners Culture Minister Vladimir Medina, figure skater Evgeni Plushenko, his coach Alexei Mishin, skater Yevgeny Kulikov, gymnast Tamara Manina and other athletes. They will be joined artists, including jazz musician Igor Butman and choreographer Gediminas Taranda.
October 27, 2013
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