RSC Energia held a session of the General Designer's Review for the Russian Segment of the ISS
Council reviewed the readiness of launch vehicle Soyuz-FG to launch spacecraft Soyuz ТМА-18М; the readiness of the launch site and ground infrastructure for upcoming operations with Soyuz ТМА-18М. A conclusion on the readiness of the MCC-M hardware and personnel for activities on the launch of Soyuz TMA-18M was made, and the readiness of search and rescue vehicles was reported. The representative of the Institute of Biomedical Problems of RAS reported on health status of the ISS-44/45, ISS-45/46 crews and the visiting crew. The head of the Cosmonaut Training Center Yuri Lonchakov confirmed that the crew members are ready to fulfill the upcoming program of activities on the ISS.
Summarizing the results of the session, the General Designer's Review Board approved RSC Energia proposals on the outstanding activities plan to prepare Soyuz TMA-18M for launch on September 2, 2015 and on the delivery of the prime expedition and visiting crew members to the ISS; on providing authorization to the ISS RS to proceed with the program of the next phase of the ISS operations. The ISS-45/46 prime crew consists of Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, the visiting crew consists of Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen and Kazakh cosmonaut Аydyn Aimbetov.
The meeting was attended by representatives of Roscosmos, foreign space agencies, companies of rocket and space industry and some other organizations involved in the ISS program.
Chief designer Savenkov V. V. represented our enterprise.