On March 16 manned transport vehicle of Soyuz МС-08 developed and built by RSC Energia as a part of the nose assembly was transported for final assembly with launch vehicle Soyuz FG.
The transportation was done by rail. A series of processing final assembly operations is planned on March 16 in the launch vehicle integration and test facility (LV ITF) within the prelaunch processing under the International Space Station (ISS).
The launch of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with the Soyuz MS-08 manned transport spacecraft is scheduled for March 21, 2018 from Launch Pad No. 1 (Gagarin’s launch pad) of the Baikonur cosmodrome.
