Preparations for the 20th Expedition of Visit the International Space Station continues. In early December 2021, the Japanese entrepreneur Yusaka Maesava and his assistant Jozo Hirano should go to orbit. The ship “Union MS-20” will manage the cosmonaut of Roscosmos Alexander Misurnkin. The cosmonaut Roscosmos was entered into the duplicating crew of EP-20 Alexander Skvortsov and a participant in Space Flight from Japan Shun Ogiso.
It is the dubls that were the first to participate in the training session on the Russian segment of the ISS, which is called typical flight days. The 20th expedition of the station visits will last 12 days.
Japan’s representatives go to orbit as space tourists. They do not need to prepare for work in conditions of weightlessness, but it is important to learn how to warm up food, breed drinks and fully serve yourself in everyday life. Another skill, which is usually practiced during such workouts – recording video inboard from the station. In addition, the participants in the space flight should be focused in the space of the Russian segment of the ISS and know the algorithm of actions in the case of an abnormal or emergency.
Similar situations were simulated for both crews: similar situations: problems with an assessing and sanitary device and a fire at the station. Cosmonauts and participants in the space flight successfully overcame all difficulties. In addition to the tasks that are executed together, Alexander Skvortsov, and then Alexander Misurkin, during typical flight days, performed its part of the cyclogram as a flight center of the 20th Expedition of the ISS visits.
In two weeks, November 15, the main and duplication crews of EP-20 will begin to examine comprehensive training, after which it will continue to prepare already on Baikonur. The start of the ship “Union MS-20” is scheduled for December 8, 2021.