Soyuz MS-26
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 |
|---|---|
| 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
Primary crew
| Position | Crew member | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Aleksey Ovchinin, Roscosmos Expedition 71/72 Fourth[lower-alpha 1] 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Sergey Ryzhikov, Roscosmos | |
| Pilot | Alexey Zubritsky, Roscosmos | |
| Flight Engineer | Jonny Kim, NASA | |
Notes
- 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
- https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-astronaut-don-pettit-to-conduct-science-during-fourth-mission/
- 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.
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