Moscow: Russia's just dynamic female cosmonaut, Anna Kikina, said Friday she was prepared for her impending trip to the International Space Station on board Space X's Crew Dragon.

The flight, planned for October 3, is set to go on in spite of taking off strains among Moscow and Washington over Russia's tactical mediation in Ukraine.

Kikina, a 37-year-old specialist, will be just the fifth expert lady cosmonaut from Russia or the Soviet Union to travel to space.

She will likewise be the main Russian to go on board a Crew Dragon shuttle, as a component of a cross-flights bargain among NASA and Russia's space organization Roscosmos.

"Indeed, obviously I am prepared for the flight. I will leave for America on September 8 for the last instructional course, pre-flight exercises and methods," Kikina told a question and answer session broadcast by Roscosmos.

Discussing her job as the primary Russian to fly with a Space X mission, she said "this is an extraordinary obligation".

"However, I can likewise say that any flight is a major liability regarding a cosmonaut. So by and by, I don't make exceptional qualifications," she added.

Gotten some information about the perspectives of US partners towards her, that's what kikina said "I feel adored... I'm exceptionally glad that I am essential for this group".

Kikina will be essential for Space X's Crew-5 mission to the ISS on October 3, joined by Japan's Koichi Wakata and NASA space explorers Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada.

Kikina said she will be taking with her an image of her Siberian old neighborhood Novosibirsk - - a hand-made toy of a little fellow with orange hair called "Gorodovichok".

"He's as of now sitting tight for me locally available," she said.

The last Russian lady to travel to space was Elena Serova, who burned through 167 days on board the ISS from September 2014 to March 2015.

Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova turned into the principal lady in space when she went into space on June 16, 1963.

Svetlana Savitskaya was the subsequent lady in space, and the primary lady to play out a spacewalk in July 1984.

In October, Russia likewise shipped off space an entertainer, Yulia Peresild, who burned through 12 days on the ISS shooting scenes for a film.

By correlation, in excess of 50 American ladies have ventured out to space.