According to Oleg Artemyev, the first residents may be members of the crew of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft, which includes cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko
MOSCOW, August 11. /TASS/. The crew members of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft, which includes cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko, can become the first residents of the new cabin of the Russian segment of the ISS, located in the Nauka module. This was reported to TASS by Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev.
"It is quite possible that someone from the crew who will fly on October 5, 2021 (Anton Shkaplerov, Klim Shipenko and Yulia Peresild)will live there. The cabin will finally become habitable, " Artemyev said.
According to the cosmonaut, Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov are preparing Nauka for the accommodation of future members of the expeditions to the station. "They disassemble the cargo, retrofit the module, equip it, make it cozy and comfortable," he added.
The main crew of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft includes Shkaplerov, Peresild and Shipenko, the backup crew includes cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev, actress Alyona Mordovina and cameraman Alexey Dudin. They will shoot the first feature film on the ISS, their main part will take place in the "Science"module. The space drama with the working title "Challenge" is a joint project of Roscosmos, Channel One and the studio Yellow, Black and White.
The multi-purpose laboratory module "Science" was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on July 21, on July 29 it docked to the ISS. The module is intended for the implementation of the Russian program of scientific and applied research and experiments. After its commissioning, the Russian segment will receive additional volumes for the arrangement of workplaces and cargo storage, the placement of equipment for the regeneration of water and oxygen. The module is equipped with a second toilet for the Russian segment, a cabin for the third crew member of the Russian Federation, as well as a European ERA manipulator, which will allow performing some work without going into outer space.
