“I regret to say that, due to medical indications, we are likely to have a replacement crew. The crew that was preparing for the flight, which was scheduled for April 9, is likely to be replaced by understudies, ”RIA Novosti quoted the executive director of Roscosmos for manned programs, Sergey Krikalyov.
However, he said that the launch of the spacecraft will not be postponed due to the replacement of the Russian part of its crew.
“April 9 remains, the date remains,” Krikalyov emphasized.
On February 6, the Soyuz MS-13 descent vehicle returned to Earth, on board of which were Russian Alexander Skvortsov, American Christina Cook and Italian Luca Parmitano.