it is Reported that the ceremony of handing over the banner to the station will take place within the framework of celebrations dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Victory in the great Patriotic war.

Tuesday, April 28, from the Baikonur cosmodrome will be the start of the carrier rocket "Soyuz-2.1 a" with the space truck "Progress-M27M", which must deliver to the International space station (ISS) more than 2.5 tons of useful materials for various purposes, according to the press service of Roscosmos.



in Addition to fuel, oxygen, food and scientific equipment to the ISS will be delivered a copy of the Victory banner.

the Victory Banner - assault the flag of the 150th order of Kutuzov II degree Idritsa infantry division, hoisted about 3 a.m. on may 1, 1945 on the roof of the Reichstag building by soldiers of the red Army, Alexei Beresta, Mikhail Yegorov and Meliton Kantaria. 

According to the Russian legislation, the Victory banner is the official symbol of the victory of the Soviet people and its armed Forces over Nazi Germany in the great Patriotic war .

it is Reported that the ceremony of handing over the banner to the station will take place within the framework of celebrations dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Victory in the great Patriotic war.

Photo: Roscosmos

the launch of the rocket "Soyuz-2.1 a launch vehicle carrying the Progress M-27M" is scheduled for 10:09 Minsk time. It will be the second test launch of a cargo ship on the given medium.

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