The Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with the Soyuz MS-19 successfully launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome

On October 5, 2021, at 14:55 Astana time, the launch vehicle Soyuz-2.1a with the Soyuz MS-19 manned transport vehicle successfully launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome.

The launch was carried out from the launch complex of site 31 and proceeded in the normal mode.

The spacecraft is to deliver to the International Space Station the first ever space movie crew for filming a feature film in space "Challenge."

Crew: Roscosmos cosmonaut, Soyuz MS-19 commander Anton Shkaplerov and space flight participants - film director Klim Shipenko and actress Yulia Peresild.

The crew, according to plans, should dock to the Russian ISS module Rassvet at 18:12 Ast (± 3 min), after two orbits and entering the target orbit of the space station - about 408 km. The hatches will open at 20:05 ast.

The planned duration of the ISS-66 crew is 174 days.

The approximate duration of the space flight participants on the ISS is at least 12 days.