space environment №301 14.10.2020 (2020)

Special issue.

On October 14, 2020, the Soyuz MS-17 manned spacecraft with a Russian-American crew flew to the ISS using an ultrafast scheme.

At 8:45 Moscow time, Soyuz MS-17 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and docked at the ISS at 11:49. The launch of the spacecraft and its docking with the ISS was broadcast live by Roscosmos from the studio in the Ostankino TV Tower.

The special edition of "Space Environment" includes the most interesting moments of the broadcast, as well as a report on the preparations for the launch.

Interview: Vladimir Ermakov, technical supervisor at the launch complex, Sofia Shakirova, 10th grade student of Krasnogorsk School No. 18, Victoria Shalunkova, head of the school Museum of Cosmonautics, cosmonaut Sergey Ryazansky, head of the Ballistics Department of RSC Energia Rafail Murtazin.