At about 18:00 Moscow time on October 5 (23:00 Beijing time on October 5), the hatch of the International Space Station opened, and under the leadership of Russian astronaut Anton Shkaplerov, a member of the 66th Expedition to the International Space Station, Russian film director Klim Shipenko and actor Yulia Peresild successfully entered the space station.
△ Russian astronaut Oleg Nowitzki posted on social media
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Nowitzki, who was waiting on the space station, posted on social media after the successful docking of the Soyuz MS-19 manned spacecraft and the space station, "Docking successful!" Welcome to the International Space Station, Anton, Yulia and Klim, we've got dinner ready for you! ”
At about 15:15 on the same day, the Ground Flight Control Center in Moscow announced that due to the failure of the space station's automatic docking system, the spacecraft and the space station failed to achieve automatic docking at the first time. According to the notification of the ground flight control center, the spacecraft performed a manual docking program, and Anton Skaprerov carried out manual docking. Subsequently, the spacecraft docked successfully with the space station.
△ All astronauts and film crew members currently on the space station
It is reported that the Russian film crew only stayed on the space station for 12 days. On October 17, they will return to Earth aboard the Soyuz spacecraft, led by Russian cosmonaut Oleg Nowitzki. (Reporter Song Yiping)
Source: CCTV news client