SHM fit check on the launcher

On the Russian side, the following activities shall take place this week:

• the loading of the empty Space Head Module (SHM) on a dedicated truck,
• the SHM transport from MIK to the launch pad and
• the fit check of the SHM on the launcher in the Silo

The truck, called the crocodile*, arrived in Building C of the MIK this morning.

The CS-2 team was invited by the Russians to see the very beginning of this activity: i.e. moving the empty SHM towards the truck. Further activities are "classified" to us and will not be witnessed by the CS-2 team.

Here are 2 pictures of what was seen this morning:

The crocodile


Push of the SHM into the truck open container.
(the container once filled will be tilted horizontally)


*Another angle of view on the "open crocodile's jaw"!
Hope you got it now? :-)