“Roscosmos” has denied the transfer of a manned launch “MS Union” for two weeks – TASS

MOSCOW, June 1st. / TASS /. Launching a manned ship “MS Union” to the ISS is not tolerated and will be held on June 24 reported TASS in the press service of “Roscosmos”.

“The preparatory work for the launch of manned spacecraft” MS Union “continues, there is a scheduled inspection . all systems start date is determined – this June 24 “, – said the state corporation

Earlier on Wednesday, some media reported that the launch of the first ship of the new series.” MS Union “carries over July 7-8, because of the technical problems.

Initially, the new crew launch was scheduled for June 21 but it was postponed for 24 June. In addition, the landing of the landing transport manned vehicle apparatus “TMA-19M Soyuz” postponed to June 18, 2016 June 5.

The “Roskosmos” made it clear that changes in the flight program of the ISS Russian segment made “to increase the effectiveness of the astronauts. ” On the “Soyuz TMA-19M” on Earth should return Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, NASA astronaut Timothy Kopra and Briton Timothy Peak.

The new crew will fly on the first ship of the new series “MS Union”. Previously, all crews were sent to the station on ships

series “TMA-M Union”. The structure of the main crew includes Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubens and Japanese Takuya Onishi. Their doubles -. Olets Russian Novitskiy, American Peggy Whitson and astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA), the Frenchman Tom Sand

The new crew of the International Space Station in orbit conduct 39 experiments.

In this research, including in the field of space biology and biotechnology, experiments for the development of new polymeric materials that can withstand the colonies of fungi and bacteria.

In addition, the astronauts will conduct an experiment on the study of human pain sensitivity in space.