MOSCOW, April 3 During training in the United States for departure to the ISS on the Crew Dragon spacecraft, astronauts face fewer tasks than during preparations for a flight on the Russian Soyuz «, Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina said in an interview.
Kikina made her first flight to the International Space Station from October 5 to March 12, she was the first of the Russians to arrive and return from the ISS on the US ship Crew Dragon.
«Trainings in the USA differ from Russian ones in that they are held on American models and simulators. Their specialists train our cosmonauts and representatives of the profession from other countries to work on the American segment, as well as actions in emergency situations,» Kikina said.
According to her, the preparation for the flight on the Crew Dragon-5 took place in exactly the same way: the crew was trained by SpaceX specialists. «It's all very much like training in the Soyuz spacecraft, only with fewer tasks, because the Dragon is more automated,» Kikina said.
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