"This is not a Khokhloma, but a Gorodets painting": Roscosmos commented on the design of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket and its preparation for launch from Baikonur
At the Baikonur cosmodrome, the process of installing the Soyuz-2.1a rocket on the launch site has been completed. This rocket attracted the attention of netizens after the publication of its photographs. Users noted that Roskosmos continues to "exercise in the original design" of spacecraft and launch vehicles.
Several custom comments:
At Baikonur, a rocket is being installed, painted under "Khokhloma".
The design is original, no doubt about it. The main thing is to cope with the tasks set.
Meanwhile, in Roscosmos itself, commenting on the appearance of the launch vehicle, they note that this is "not Khokhloma, but Gorodets painting." According to Dmitry Rogozin, who heads the above-mentioned department, Soyuz-2.1a is decorated with just such a painting at the request of the head of the Nizhny Novgorod region, Gleb Nikitin.
Rogozin writes that such a request from the Nizhny Novgorod governor was received in honor of the 800th anniversary of the city.
Dmitry Rogozin:
The rocketeers appreciated the folk patterns.
The process of installing the launch vehicle in the launch system was completed at around 8:00 Moscow time. At the moment, autonomous pre-launch tests of the systems and assemblies of the launch vehicle, the spacecraft and the launch complex itself at Baikonur are beginning.
The general assembly of the launch vehicle and the Progress-MS18 spacecraft at Baikonur took place last Saturday - October 23rd. The structure was installed at the launch site of the site No. 31 of Baikonur. Progress-MS18 is fueled with fuel and compressed gases.
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