10:18 Medvedev talked with the ISS crew – BFM.Ru

Prime Minister first came in touch with the cosmodrome East

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev first made contact with the ISS from Baikonur East under construction. The Prime Minister spoke with Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Mikhail Kornienko and Oleg Kononenko. The session was carried out of the operating room of the building of the unified technological complex unit of measurement, data collection and processing Baikonur, reports “Interfax».

See also : Head of construction: the readiness of the “Dalspetsstroya” at the cosmodrome “East” is 95% The prime minister welcomed the Russian crew and asked about the mood of astronauts. “Glad to see you, greetings to you from the Baikonur East that we are full construction – – Medvedev said. – I hope we have here in the near future will be full working cosmodrome, in the long term that will be used for manned launches. “According to the government, what he saw impressed him.” I do not know whether you can see it from space, but here great work “- he said.

According to Gennady Padalka, the astronauts from space, too, follow the progress of construction.” Yes, we are seeing a lot of monitoring and preparing the photos from the construction site. We are ready to help on top of here “- half-jokingly suggested astronaut. In response, Medvedev also jokingly offered to colleagues from” Roskosmos “and” Spetsstroy “guided by the suggestions of people in orbit.