At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz MS-06 transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program.

In the assembly/test building prime (Alexander MISURKIN (spacecraft commander, ROSCOSMOS) and astronauts Mark VANDE HEI and Joseph ACABA (flight engineers, NASA)) and backup (Anton SHKAPLEROV (spacecraft commander, ROSCOSMOS) and NASA astronauts Scott TINGLE and Shannon WALKER (flight engineers, NASA)) crews of the Soyuz MS-06 transportation manned spacecraft made a check inspection of the spacecraft in the launch configuration.

The launch of Soyuz MS-06 carrying the crew of the next long-duration tour to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for September 13, 2017 at 00:17 Moscow time from Launch site No.1 (Gagarin’s Launch Pad) of Baikonur cosmodrome.