Manned spacecraft “Soyuz MS” docked with the ISS – Interfax

Moscow. 9 de Julio. INTERFAX.RU – manned ship “MS Union”, first launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome on July 7 brought another expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), reports “Interfax” from the Mission Control Center in Korolev near Moscow

. “Docking performed at 07:06 MSK,” – he said the speaker on the speakerphone in the MCC

on the ISS astronaut arrived Roskosmos Anatoly Ivanishin, JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi and NASA and Kathleen Rubins

The ship started docking with the ISS at 7:02 MSK.

The vehicle rendezvous with the ISS occurred on a two-day circuit. “Soyuz-MS” automatically docked with the research module “Dawn”.

The crew will open the passageways between the “Union” and the ISS should in the period from 9:50 to 10:20 MSK. ISS will meet their astronauts Roscosmos Alexei Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka and NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams.

The expedition will last 115 days. As part of the flight crew to be a series of experiments, including biological and medical nature. In particular, it is intended to conduct a series of studies for the joint Russian-American Spaceshift experiment.

“We hope that with the help of experiments will be able to develop a set of measures designed to prevent changes during long flights the astronauts, it also has application in the world in the diagnosis and treatment of certain diseases associated with increased intracranial pressure and will contribute to their solution “, – told the commander of the ship, astronaut,” Roskosmos “Anatoly Ivanishin

In addition, the Japanese astronaut T.Onishi conduct an experiment. . on crystal growth in orbit

also, the mission is expected to carry out flight tests of the new ship, including the testing of new systems on-board electronic systems, combined propulsion, motion control systems and navigation and television system

It is assumed testing of mooring mode space truck “Progress MS” to the ISS in the teleoperator control mode (TORU) by differences, hangs and re-docking.

The new spacecraft “MS Union” has a new layout engines, which will avoid problems when docking.

“engine layout has changed on the new ship. Now we have two collectors. They previously had two. But now they are completely interchangeable. The ship has become more intelligent, “- said A.Ivanishin

In addition, the ship set a new unit.” Which replaces the command radio link, which allows both issue commands from the MCC on board, and has the ability to removal of telemetry from the ship “.

” This unit not only works with ground stations and satellites. Covering the satellite constellation is most of the time of flight of the ship “, – said A.Ivanishin

Also, the new system is installed on the ship.” The course of this system is used for propulsion, for the correction of the model ship traffic on the station coordinates. “” . The system has become lighter, it decreased the number of antennas. The ship uses satellite navigation and a new television system, which has become digital, and in addition to its direct image transfer destination astronauts inside the lander, as well as docking sites for astronauts in the MCC during the docking, “- he said

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