RSC Energia: Soyuz MS-13 has been mated with the transfer compartment
July 10, 2019
At the Baikonur cosmodrome preparations are continuing for the launch of the Soyuz MS-13 manned transport spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS).
Today, July 10, specialists of RSC Energia completed a set of technological operations for the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft mating with the transfer compartment of launch vehicle (LV).
The launch of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft is scheduled for July 20, 2019 from the Baikonur launch site.
The prime crew of the ISS-60/61 consists of Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Skvortsov, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan. Their backups are Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Ryzhikov, NASA astronaut Thomas Marshburn and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi.