A solar panel on the manned “Soyuz TMA-14M” was not revealed – RIA Novosti

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MOSCOW, Sept. 26 – RIA Novosti. One of the two solar panels on the manned spacecraft “Soyuz TMA-14M “during its flight to the ISS was not revealed, told RIA Novosti the Mission Control Center (MCC).

” According to our data, one of the solar panels, for whatever reasons, have not yet opened. But to dock ISS is, according to preliminary data, can not hurt. Just maneuver was performed using the engines of the ship, all other systems are operating normally, the crew feels good, “- said the agency interlocutor.

The manned spacecraft “Soyuz TMA-14M” with the crew in the estimated time separated from the launch vehicle. Joining the “Union” with the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled to six hours after the start – on September 26 at 06.15 MSK automatically.

In orbit, the first time after a seventeen-year period, the male hegemony went to the Russian woman cosmonaut Yelena Serova. Her company in the capsule of the “Union” are Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyayev and NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore.