The crew of the Russian Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft, which includes two Japanese space tourists, has arrived at the launch complex at Site 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, RT reports.
The cosmonaut & nbsp; Alexander Misurkin, along with the Japanese Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano have already taken the elevator to the upper platform of the service columns and entered the ship.
Earlier, the State Commission authorized the launch of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket; with the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft, on board which will be space tourists.
The launch will take place on December 8 at 10:38 a.m. Moscow time.
It is known that tourists will spend in orbit 12 days. On board & nbsp; On the International Space Station, they will participate in a science program, as well as complete web surfing tasks from the list of '100 things you want MZ to do in space! ''. They will record this process on camera and upload videos to Youtube.
In addition, the crew will deliver New Year's gifts to Russian cosmonauts, props for their missions, and Japanese cuisine suitable for use in space.
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