Космонавт Роскосмоса Александр Горбунов ушёл в предполётный карантин

He is preparing to go to the ISS with astronaut Nick Hague

Gorbunov and Hague are part of the Crew-9 mission. The launch of the Falcon-9 launch vehicle with the Crew Dragon spacecraft is tentatively scheduled for September 26.

Alexander Gorbunov and Nick Hague

According to Roscosmos State Corporation, the crew has already arrived at the cosmodrome at Cape Canaveral (Florida) and is preparing for the flight in quarantine. The flight will take place under an agreement on cross-flights between Roscosmos and NASA.

In particular, under this agreement, on September 11, NASA astronaut Donald Pettit went to the ISS as part of the crew of the Russian Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft. And tomorrow, September 23, NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson will go to Earth on the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft.

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