Moscow, Mar 20 (Sputnik) :The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) has completed re-docking of the Soyuz MS-17 manned spacecraft from one Russian module to another, the broadcast is being conducted on the Roscosmos website.
The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft with Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, as well as US astronaut Kathleen Rubins, flew to the ISS in October 2020. Their return to Earth is scheduled for April 17.
According to the broadcast, Soyuz MS-17 with its crew, which had previously departed from the Rassvet module and flew around the station, docked with the Poisk module. Re-docking was performed by Ryzhikov in manual mode.
The operation is needed in order for Soyuz MS-18 to dock at the Rassvet module in April. After the departure of Soyuz MS-17 in the same month, the Poisk module could be safely used for the next Russian spacewalk in June.
This is the 19th re-docking of the Soyuz spacecraft carried out on the ISS, and the 45th in total for the Soyuz spacecraft since 1978.(UNI)