Soyuz MS-26
Appearance
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) |
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]
Crew
[edit]Primary crew
Position | Crew member | |
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Commander | Aleksey Ovchinin, Roscosmos Expedition 71/72 Third[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 | |
---|---|---|
Commander | Sergey Ryzhikov, Roscosmos | |
Pilot | Alexey Zubritsky, Roscosmos | |
Flight Engineer | Jonny Kim, NASA |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Not counting the aborted flight of Soyuz MS-10.
References
[edit]- ^ "NASA Astronaut Don Pettit to Conduct Science During Fourth Mission - NASA".
- ^ 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.