Return of the ISS crew to Earth will not change because of problems with the “Union” – BBC

Abnormal switch engine “Soyuz TMA-15M”, docked with the ISS, will not affect the scheduled June 11 return to Earth of three astronauts, reports RIA “Novosti» .

“Engines” Union “suddenly have started less than a minute during testing of the automatic rendezvous and docking” Course “. As expected, the incident will not affect the specific date of June 11, the crew returned to Earth, “- said a source in the space industry.

From orbit the Earth must return-ending mission to orbit Anton Shkaplerov (Roscosmos), Samantha Kristoforetti (ESA), Terry Vertsa (NASA).

On board the ISS will continue experiments cosmonaut Gennady Padalka Mikhail Kornienko (Roscosmos) and Scott Kelly.

Earlier reports , the engines “Union” Nonstandard run into during the tests closer to the ISS.