The Progress MS-17 spacecraft undocked from the small research module "Search" of the International Space Station (ISS). This became known on Thursday, October 21.
Now he will spend 29 hours in an autonomous flight, after which, early on Friday morning, he will dock with the multipurpose laboratory module "Science". The broadcast is conducted on the Roscosmos website.
The maneuver is being held to prepare the Nauka module for the reception of the new Berth node module, the launch of which is scheduled for November 24.
On October 17, the descent vehicle of the Soyuz MS-18 manned spacecraft with a film crew and cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky on board landed at 07:35 Moscow time in the steppe of Kazakhstan 148 km south-east of the city of Zhezkazgan. Actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko have been in orbit since October 5, while cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky has been in orbit since April 9.
The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, noted that the landing of the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft in Kazakhstan went well, on a "solid five".
As noted in Roscosmos, the crew members feel well. They will undergo rehabilitation in the Star City for the next three days.
Peresild admitted on her return that she did not want to say goodbye to space.
The camera used to shoot the film "The Challenge" remained on board the ISS and will be disposed of. Actress Julia Peresild shared that she was afraid she would not be able to physically cope with the task of making a film in space, and the director said that he shot about 30 hours of material on the ISS.
In orbit, the film crew shot a feature film. The picture, called "The Challenge", is a joint project of Roscosmos, Channel One and the studio Yellow, Black and White.
