Expedition 51-52 Soyuz Vehicle is Prepared for Launch in Kazakhstan
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft and its Soyuz booster were mated in the Integration Facility April 17 and transported to the launch pad on a railcar April 18 for final preparations before launch to the International Space Station April 20. The Soyuz MS-04 will carry Expedition 51-52 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA to the orbital complex for a four and a half month mission.