Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft passed a vacuum test

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Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft passed a vacuum test

The prelaunch processing of Soyuz MS-12 is in progress in Baikonur launch site.

The leak test of the spacecraft systems and compartments in the upgraded vacuum chamber using a helium-air medium has been completed. After that Soyuz MS-12 was transported to the bench where the spacecraft is connected to the ground test systems.

The launch of Soyuz MS-12 is scheduled for March 2019. A crew consisting of Alexei Ovchinin (Roscosmos), Tyler Niklaus Hague (NASA) and Christina Hammock Cook (NASA) will go on an expedition to the International Space Station.