Today, on April 10, RSC Energia specialists successfully performed processing operations at Baikonur cosmodrome relating to the new-modification manned transport vehicle Soyuz MS-04 mating to the transfer compartment.
The vehicle prelaunch processing under the International Space Station (ISS) program is under way in the spacecraft Assembly and Testing facility (SC ATF) at Baikonur cosmodrome.
Per the preparatory work schedule for the nearest week the following activities are planned, i.e. designer’s inspection of the vehicle, encapsulation and transportation of the payload module with Soyuz МS-04 from SC ATF to the launch vehicle integration and test facility (LV ITF) for final assembly with launch vehicle Soyuz-FG.
The launch of Soyuz MS-04 carrying the crew of the next long-duration tour to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled on April 20, 2017 from Baikonur cosmodrome. ROSKOSMOS cosmonaut Fedor YURCHIKHIN and NASA astronaut Jack FISHER are crewmembers of the ISS-51/52 Expedition.











