OREANDA-NEWS. Sept 1 on Baikonur Cosmodrome the State Commission under the governance of 1-st Deputy Head of Roscosmos approved the membership of main and back up crew of manned Spacecraft “Soyuz TMA-18M”.
 
The main crew:
Sergei VOLKOV – the commander (ROSCOSMOS)
Andreas MOGENSEN – 1-st flight engineer (ESA)
Aydyn AIMBETOV – 2-nd flight engineer (KAZCOSMOS)
 
The back up crew:
 
Oleg SKRIPOCHKA – the commander (ROSCOSMOS)
Thomas Pesquet – 1-st flight engineer (ESA)
Sergei PROKOPEV– 2-nd flight engineer (ROSCOSMOS)
 
The launch of SC “Soyuz TMA-18M” is scheduled on Sept 2 at 7-37 a.m. MT