Before the flight (8 photos)

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome continues preparations for the launch of a space rocket "Soyuz-FG" with transport manned spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-14." Today, in accordance with the decision of the State Commission of 23 March, the calculations of rocket and space industry manufactured export space rocket from the assembly and testing site 112 Baikonur launch pad at 1 ("Gagarin's Start").

Manned transport spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-14" should be delivered to the International Space Station crew of three. Two of them will be part of the 19 th main mission to the International Space Station (ISS-19), and the third will work on the program of the 16th visiting crew (VC-16).




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