Soyuz MS-26 is a planned Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight to launch from Baikonur in September 2024 to the International Space Station.[2][3][4]
Names | ISS 72S |
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Mission type | Crewed mission to ISS |
Operator | Roscosmos |
Website | en |
Mission duration | 180 days (planned) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz MS |
Manufacturer | RSC Energia |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | [1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 11 September 2024 (planned)[2] |
Rocket | Soyuz-2.1a |
Launch site | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Site 31 |
Contractor | Progress Rocket Space Centre |
End of mission | |
Landing date | March 2025 (planned) |
Landing site | Kazakh Steppe, Kazakhstan |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.66° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Rassvet nadir |
Docking date | 11 September 2024 (planned) |
Undocking date | March 2025 (planned) |
Crew
editPrimary crew
Position | Crew member | |
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Commander | Aleksey Ovchinin, Roscosmos Expedition 71/72 Fourth[a] spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | Ivan Vagner, Roscosmos Expedition 71/72 Second spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | Donald Pettit, NASA Expedition 71/72 Fourth spaceflight |
Backup crew
Position | Crew member | |
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Commander | Sergey Ryzhikov, Roscosmos | |
Pilot | Alexey Zubritsky, Roscosmos | |
Flight Engineer | Jonny Kim, NASA |
Notes
edit- ^ Counting the aborted flight of Soyuz MS-10, even though this did not quite cross the Kármán line. This matches NASA's count, though RSA follows the Kármán line definition.[5]
References
edit- ^ https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-astronaut-don-pettit-to-conduct-science-during-fourth-mission/
- ^ a b Zak, Anatoly (25 March 2024). "Space exploration in 2024". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ^ "Better Late Than Never: New ISS Crew Prepares to Fly, All-Female EVAs Possible in October - AmericaSpace". www.americaspace.com. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Госкорпорация «Роскосмос»". Telegram. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ Gebhardt, Chris (14 March 2019). "Soyuz MS-12 docks with the Space Station – NASASpaceFlight.com". NASASpaceflight.com.