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RSC Energia: Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft fueling has been completed
September 14, 2019
Today, September 14, specialists of RSC Energia and core enterprises of Roscosmos completed operations for fueling the Soyuz MS-15 manned transport spacecraft with propellant components and compressed gases.
After fueling the spacecraft was delivered to the spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility (SC ATF) and installed in the assembly jig for conducting the subsequent prelaunch processing operations.
The launch of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with the Soyuz MS-15 manned transport spacecraft is scheduled for September 25 from the Gagarin’s launch pad of the Baikonur Launch Site.
The prime crew of the ISS-61/62 consists of Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka (commander), NASA astronaut Jessica Meir (flight engineer) and space flight participant from UAE Hazza Al Mansouri. Their backups are Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Ryzhikov, NASA astronaut Thomas Marshburn and space flight participant Sultan Al Neyadi (UAE).