At the Baikonur Cosmodrome, according to the online publication RIA Novosti, preparations have begun for the Soyuz-2.1a rocket to launch the Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft in an unmanned version.
According to the current schedule, the Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft should go into space on August 22. This will be the first launch of a manned vehicle on the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle in an unmanned (cargo-returning) version.
βThis morning, in the installation and testing building of site 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, specialists of the Samara Rocket and Space Center βProgressβ began unloading from the cars the stages of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle, which is intended for launching the Soyuz MS-unmanned spacecraft into low-Earth orbit. 14". This launch will be a qualification launch - for the first time, a manned spacecraft will be launched not on a Soyuz-FG rocket, but on a launch vehicle of a new, βdigitalβ generation,β Roscosmos said.
On the Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft, the anthropomorphic robot βFedorβ should go to the International Space Station (ISS). Let us remind you that this machine can repeat the movements of an operator wearing a special exoskeleton.
Fedor has already been transferred to Roscosmos and the S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (RSC Energia) to study the possibility of its use in manned programs. In the future, the robot can be used to perform various operations on board the orbital complex.
Source: 3dnews.ru