“Vanya (Wagner. - RT ) and I spent the last month in Star City, and Chris (Cassidy. - RT ) also spent about a month in quarantine in Star City. We have already been in quarantine for more than two weeks at Baikonur, ”Ivanishin quotes RIA Novosti.
According to him, even communication with the state commission that approved the crew took place in a video conference format.
He added that relatives and friends of the astronauts were not allowed to go to Baikonur.
Earlier, the state commission approved the crew of the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft, which will leave on April 9 for the ISS.
The main crew included Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Wagner, as well as NASA astronaut Christopher Cassidy.