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Spacecraft Soyuz MS-11 mated to the adapter section

Russian Aviaton » Monday November 26, 2018 19:45 MSK
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At November 25, specialists from RSC Energia working at the Baikonur launch site have successfully completed operations to mate the manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz MS-11 to the adapter section of Soyuz-FG launch vehicle.

Under the schedule of processing activities a designer’s inspection of the spacecraft and roll-on of the payload fairing are planned for the day after tomorrow.

The launch of Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft is planned for December 3, 2018 from the Baikonur launch site.

The prime crew of ISS-58/59 consists of Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, CSS astronaut David Saint-Jacques and NASA astronaut Anne McClain. Their backups are Rosocosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan.