at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch campaign gaining momentum, whose result will be the launch to the ISS manned transport spacecraft “TMA-18M”, reports “Interfax”. Testers cosmodrome started the autonomous vehicle systems checks, the agency said the source at the cosmodrome. It is planned that next week the ship will pass comprehensive tests, after which he was placed in a vacuum chamber for inspection for leaks.
“Soyuz TMA-18M” entered the Baikonur from Rocket and Space Corporation “Energia” is still on May 2 and May-June with it was held the first test cycle, after which the ship was transferred to a conservation regime. Start a space rocket “Soyuz-FG” with transport manned spacecraft “TMA-18M» is scheduled to perform at the first site Baikonur cosmodrome at 07:34 Moscow time on September 2.
Rocket booster “Soyuz-2.1a” with transporters “Progress M-27M” launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on April 28 at 10:09 Moscow time. It was assumed that six hours after the start of the ship moored to the ISS, bringing six crew members of the expedition 43/44 more than 2.5 tons of cargo: food, fuel, oxygen and equipment for scientific experiments. However, because of the emergency situation, he turned into an unplanned orbit, May 8 already burned up in the atmosphere. Financial losses from a failed start-up is estimated at 2.6 billion rubles.
For more information about the investigation of the causes of the accident “Progress”, read the material “b”, “From” Progress “will suffer all ».
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