On December 15, 2017, the space rocket as part of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle and the Soyuz MS-07 transport manned vehicle (TPC) Soyuz MS-07 was removed from the assembly and test building to the launch pad No. 1 (Gagarinsky Start) of the Baikonur cosmodrome and installed in the launch system.
The launch of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with Soyuz MS-07 with the crew of the next long-term expedition to the International Space Station is scheduled for December 17, 2017 at 10:21 Moscow time from site No. 1 (Gagarinsky Start). The main crew of the ISS-54/55 includes ROSCOSMOS cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, NASA astronaut Scott Tingle and JAXA astronaut Norishige Kanai.