The pink pig will be sent to ISS
The crew of the next expedition to the International space station decided on the mascot, who will accompany them. This time in space will go a little pink pig.
"Indicator of weightlessness we will have a little pink pig," said the commander of the crew of a Russian astronaut Sergei Volkov. As told "Interfax", the astronaut added that he would take with him on the flight and will install in the cabin of the flag of the motorcycle club "Night wolves".
Previously, the interdepartmental Commission recognized the composition of the primary and backup crews of the spaceship "Soyuz TMA-18M", which will travel to the ISS on 2 August. The main crew includes Russian and Kazakh astronauts Sergei Volkov and Aidyn Aimbetov and astronaut of the European space Agency's Andreas Mogensen. The backup crew was composed of domestic astronauts Sergey Prokopiev and Oleg skripochka, and ESA astronaut Tom the Sand.
Note that earlier as part of this expedition was to go into space by the famous English artist Sarah Brightman, but she flatly refused to flight, and took her place Aidyn Aimbetov. The cost of the cruise the Brits had to be more than $ 50 million. The aerospace Committee (Kazcosmos) of the Ministry of investment and development Kasachstanische announced that it will pay for a place Aimbetova 20 million dollars.
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