“Union” ship of a new series with the ISS crew launched from Baikonur – RBC

Launch vehicle” Soyuz-FG “with transport manned spacecraft” Soyuz TMA-20M “at the launch complex of the cosmodrome Baikonur

Photo: Sergey Savostianov / TASS

on the Baikonur cosmodrome rocket was launched on Thursday night booster “Soyuz-FG” with modernized manned spacecraft “Soyuz MS.” He will take on a new ISS crew of American, a Russian and a Japanese

On July 7, 4:36 MSK from Baikonur the launch of the carrier rocket “Soyuz-FG” with an upgraded transport manned spacecraft “Soyuz MS” to International space station (ISS). Broadcast sites were “Roskosmos” and NASA.

separated from the third stage of the carrier rocket and experts have begun to manage the ship’s flight After nine minutes after the start of the “MS Union.” According to the program of the modernized spacecraft flight rapprochement “MS Union” and the ISS will take place over two days. Docking is scheduled for July 9 at 7:12 MSK.

As part of “MS Union ‘crew includes Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi and US astronaut Kathleen Rubins. In the backup crew includes Oleg Novitsky, Tom Sand and Peggy Whitson.

The launch of the ship “MS Union” was postponed several times. June 6 launch of the ship moved from 24 June to 7 July in connection with the additional test software to enhance security, “MS Union” flight to the ISS. In April, the launch of “MS Union” was moved from 21 June to 24 June “to increase the efficiency of the astronauts.”