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Interesting details about #ProgressMS17 mission. After its launch on June 30 and docking to #Poisk, it will be relocated to #Nauka in late October. On November 24, after the launch of #Prichal, it will depart, taking with him a docking adapter from Nauka. According to the source, this docking adapter allows the Soyuz and Progress ships to dock to Nauka, but it will interfere with the docking of Prichal, this is why Progress MS-17 should take it with him. https://ria.ru/20210502/progress-1730881164.html Thanks Nicolas Pillet for the photo.
#ProgressM-UM and #Prichal node module had been delivered to the assembly and test building on Baikonur, where the specialists will these all the systems and prepare the modified Progress ship and the module for the launch to the ISS in November 2021.
The assembly of the first and second stages of the #Soyuz2.1b rocket to launch the #Prichal module on November 24 has been completed on Baikonur. The rocket will be painted with a Khokhloma pattern in honor of the 800th anniversary of the city of Nizhny Novgorod.
The first crewed spacecraft to dock to #Prichal module will be #SoyuzMS21 which launch is scheduled for March 18, 2022, says the representative of RSC Energia. https://tass.ru/kosmos/12934131
Soyuz2.1b with #ProgressMUM and #Prichal module is vertical on Pad 31 at Baikonur cosmodrome! The fox named Manya was watching the rollout 🤣
The launch is scheduled for November 24 at 13:06 UTC.
More photos here: https://www.roscosmos.ru/33205/
Today at 15:26 UTC Progress M-UM with #Prichal node module will dock to Nauka module. Don’t miss the live stream!
Roscosmos and NASA begun the negotiations on the “harmonization”of the technical standards on the ISS, said Dmitry Rogozin. Among other things, it will allow to dock Crew Dragon to #Prichal using a docking adapter. https://ria.ru/20211126/rogozin-1760953294.html
Anton Shkaplerov and Petr Dubrov are preparing for the first Russian EVA in 2022 (#VKD51) on Jan. 19 at 12:00 UTC. The main task is the integration of the #Prichal module: installing handrails between Nauka and Prichal, connecting Kurs-P and TV cables, assembling docking targets. Anton will wear the Orlan-MKS №5 suit with red stripes, Petr - the suite № 4 with blue stripes.
The #SoyuzMS21 crew is now flying to the space station! The docking to the #Prichal module is scheduled for 19:15 UTC. Don't forget to watch the live stream!
Some news about the Russian ISS segment’s program.
1. On today’s meeting of the State Commission, it was decided to return the #SoyuzMS22 to Earth on March 28 with 218 kg of cargo, including the results of scientific experiments and station equipment.
2. After the undocking of Soyuz MS-22, the number of the long-term expedition will change from 68 to 69. Once again, it will change after the undocking of Soyuz MS-23 in the second half of 2023 - from 69 to 70.
3. The State Commission approved the updated flight program of the Russian segment in 2023. On April 6, it is planned to relocate #SoyuzMS23 from the #Poisk module to #Prichal. Sergei Prokopiev will fly it in manual mode, Dmitry Petelin and Francisco Rubio will be onboard.
4. The redocking of #SoyuzMS23 is necessary to ensure the safety of spacewalks under the Russian program from the Poisk module. In spring and summer 2023, several spacewalks are planned for Sergei Prokopiev and Dmitry Petelin.