State commission approves positioning Soyuz-2.1 rocket at launch pad — Roscosmos
Science & Space
November 22, 16:57
The rocket is to blast off on November 27
MOSCOW, November 22. /TASS/. A state commission has resolved to transport the Soyuz-2.1 carrier rocket with the Soyuz MS-28 manned spacecraft to the launch pad and install it there, Russia’s state-run space corporation Roscosmos said.
"The state commission permitted to transport the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with the Soyuz MS-28 manned spacecraft and install it on the launch pad on November 24," the state corporation said in a statement.
The rocket is to blast off on November 27. It will take to the orbital stations Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikayev, as well as NASA astronaut Christopher Williams.