The rocket with the spacecraft “Soyuz TMA-19M” is set to “Gagarin’s Start” – RIA Novosti

BAIKONUR (Kazakhstan), December 13 – RIA Novosti. Carrier rocket “Soyuz-FG” with the manned spacecraft “Soyuz TMA-19M” is set to the first “Gagarin” launch pad of the Baikonur cosmodrome, transfers correspondent of RIA Novosti.

On the morning of Sunday, the removal of the carrier rocket with a docked ship from the Assembly and Testing Facility (MIC). Previously, there was held the assembly of the emergency rescue of astronauts, and then – the third stage of the rocket docked with the ship “Soyuz TMA-19M” under the nose fairing. After this third stage with the head part it has been docked to the so-called “package” of the first and second stages of the rocket. The launch is scheduled for December 15, 14.03 MSK, the duration of the expedition will be 143 days.

As with the preparation for the last manned flight security service “Baikonur” prevent attempts to present at the removal of missiles from Mika employees cosmodrome lay and flatten out “for good luck “coin under the wheels of the locomotive, pulling for a platform laid launcher.

The ship will deliver to the International Space Station a new crew of Yuri Malenchenko (Roscosmos), Timothy Kopra (NASA), and Timothy Peake ( European Space Agency). On board the ISS they expect Mikhail Kornienko and Sergei Volkov (Roscosmos) and Scott Kelly (NASA).

The tasks of the ISS-46/47

According Malenchenko, who is known in the including as the “first space newlyweds” (in 2003 he was on board the ISS married an American of Russian origin Elena Dmitrieva), ISS-46/47 will perform a number of tasks related to science or the development of new technologies.

So, the experiment “Aperture-R” associated with the dismantling of previously placed on the surface of the ISS Russian segment of samples of organic and biological micro-objects. In the study, “Restoration” will be practiced the new technology, sticking film thermal control coating on the outer surface of the station. Also, Russian cosmonauts will conduct dismantling of the materials that were on the outside of the Russian segment of the ISS in order to study thermoradia- opportunities coverage of new materials.

In addition, the astronauts will collect from the surface of the ISS Russian Segment samples microflora to study mikrodestruktsy outer panels station.

Experiment “Endurance” will help scientists figure out the influence of harsh conditions of space flight on new materials for space applications.

In addition, it is sure to be held photography and filming of external structures of the Russian segment of the ISS and installed several soft hangers for future use by astronauts during their work in open space.

Also, the new ISS crew will work with the new cargo spacecraft “Progress M-M” and “Progress M-C.” In addition, they will perform a spacewalk on the Russian program, and take the American cargo ship Dragon and Cygnus, and perform works on equipping the Russian and American segments of the ISS.