“As part of the main crew: the cosmonauts of Roscosmos, Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Wagner, NASA astronaut Christopher Cassidy,” the state corporation said.
It is noted that the backup crew included cosmonauts from Russia Sergei Ryzhikov, Andrei Babkin and US astronaut Stephen Bowen.
It is specified that the launch of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft is scheduled for April 9 at 11:05 Moscow time.
Earlier it was reported that the flight of the ISS-63 expedition, scheduled for April 9, will take place according to a four-turn scheme, its duration will be about six hours.