RSC Energia: Soyuz MS-15 has been mated with the transfer compartment
September 16, 2019
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome preparations are continuing for the launch of the Integrated Launch Vehicle with the Soyuz MS-15 manned transport spacecraft to the International Space Station.
Today, on September 16, according to the training schedule specialists of RSC Energia completed a set of technological operations for the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft mating with the transfer compartment of launch vehicle (LV).
The launch of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft to the International Space Station is scheduled for September 25, 2019 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).