The Soyuz launch vehicle that will transport the UAE’s first astronaut Hazzaa AlMansoori to the International Space Station (ISS) on September 25 was rolled out on a rail car today from an assembly building in Baikonur Cosmodrome to launch pad no. 1. #HazzaAlMansoori #EmiratiAstronaught #UAEinSpace
00:00Good morning, we are in Baikonur. This is the Baikonur Cosmodrome facility.
00:06It's 6.48 local time, quite cold here.
00:10And we are waiting for the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft to be taken on these railway tracks.
00:19They will be crossing this area and they will be taken to the launch pad where they will be installed later.
00:30You are watching the Soyuz MS-15, a Soyuz spaceflight that is being transported to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
00:59This will be the 144th flight of the Soyuz aircraft.
01:29And it will transport the UAE's first astronaut on September 25 to the International Space Station.
01:59The Soyuz MS-15 is being transported to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
02:23The Soyuz MS-15 is being transported to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
02:54The aircraft will be launching into space Russian commander Oleg Skripachka, NASA astronaut Jessica Mayer and of course our very own Hazar Al-Mansouri.
03:14The Soyuz is a series of spacecraft designed for the Soviet space program by the Korundaev Design Bureau.
03:22And all Soyuz spacecrafts are launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
03:28It's launched on a Soyuz rocket, which has proved to be the most reliable launch vehicle in the world to date.
03:41And it will consist of three parts from front to back.
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