The rocket with Soyuz МS-10 is installed on the launch pad

October 8, 2018

Today, on October 9, medium capacity launch vehicle Soyuz-FG with manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz MS-10 was carried out from the integration and test facility and erected on the launch pad of Launch Site No.1 'Gagarin's launch pad' of Baikonur launch site.

L-1 day program activities have begun.

Tomorrow, on October 10, the meeting of the State Commission will approve the crew assignments for Soyuz МS-10 and ISS-57/58 Expedition, followed by a prelaunch press-conference at which the cosmonauts and astronauts will answer questions of the journalists.

The launch of Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with Soyuz MS-10 with the crew of the next Expedition to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for October 11, 2018 from the Baikonur Launch Site.

The main crew of ISS-57/58 Expedition consists of Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Nick Hague. Their backups are Roscosmos cosmonaut Оleg Kononenko and CSA astronaut David Saint-Jaques.

RSC Energia is the leader in the rocket and space industry, and the prime contractor for manned space systems. The Corporation conducts work on the development of unmanned space and rocket systems (launch vehicles and orbital transfer vehicles), and high-technology systems for various non-space applications.

SC Roscosmos is a State Corporation established in August of 2015 in order to conduct a comprehensive reform of the rocket and space industry in Russia+. State Corporation Roscosmos assures implementation of the Government policies in the field of space activities and provides for them a legal and regulatory framework, as well as places orders for the development, production and delivery of space hardware and space infrastructure facilities. The functions of the State Corporation also include development of international cooperation in space, and creating conditions for using results of space activities in social and economic development of Russia.

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RSC Energia press-center

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