Soyuz MS-26
| Soyuz MS-26 approaches the International Space Station | |
| Names | ISS 72S |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
| Operator | Roscosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2024-162A Edit this at Wikidata |
| SATCAT no. | 61043Edit this on Wikidata |
| Mission duration | 143 days, 8 hours and 57 minutes (in progress) 180 days (planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz MS-26 No. 757 |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz MS |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Launch mass | 7,152 kg (15,767 lb)[1] |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | |
| Callsign | Burlak |
| Expedition | Expedition 71/72 |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 11 September 2024, 16:23:12 (11 September 2024, 16:23:12) UTC (21:23:12 AQTT) |
| Rocket | Soyuz-2.1a No. M15000-070[1] |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 31/6 |
| Contractor | RKTs Progress |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 20 April 2025 (planned)[2] |
| 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, 19:32:09 UTC |
| Undocking date | April 2025 (planned) |
| Time docked | 143 days, 5 hours and 48 minutes (in progress) |
| Mission patch, which depicts the three crew members as Burlak (the mission's callsign) pulling the Soyuz[3] From left: Vagner, Ovchinin and Pettit | |
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Soyuz MS-26, Russian production No. 757 and identified by NASA as Soyuz 72S, is a Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight launched from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 11 September 2024 to the International Space Station.[4] [5] [6] The mission transported three crew members, Roscosmos cosmonauts Aleksey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, along with NASA astronaut Donald Pettit.
When the spacecraft crossed the Karman line shortly after launch, there were a record 19 people in outer space: the three astronauts on the MS-26 mission, three more on China's Tiangong space station, four people on the SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission, and nine more on board the International Space Station.[7]
Crew
[edit ]| Position [8] | Crew | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Russia Aleksey Ovchinin, Roscosmos Expedition 71/72 Third[a] spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer | Russia Ivan Vagner, Roscosmos Expedition 71/72 Second spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer | United States Donald Pettit, NASA Expedition 71/72 Fourth spaceflight | |
| Position | Crew | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Russia Sergey Ryzhikov, Roscosmos | |
| Pilot | Russia Alexey Zubritsky, Roscosmos | |
| Flight Engineer | United States Jonny Kim, NASA | |
Notes
[edit ]- ^ Not counting the aborted flight of Soyuz MS-10.
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Zak, Anatoly (11 September 2024). "Soyuz MS-26 lifts off". RussianSpaceWeb.com. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Upcoming ISS Expeditions". spacefacts.de. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ^ "NASA's oldest active astronaut launches on 'next flight' on Soyuz MS-26". collectSPACE. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "NASA's oldest active astronaut launches on 'next flight' aboard Soyuz". CollectSpace.com . 11 September 2024.
- ^ Donaldson, Abbey A. (27 March 2024). "NASA Astronaut Don Pettit to Conduct Science During Fourth Mission". NASA.
External links
[edit ]- Media related to Soyuz MS-26 at Wikimedia Commons
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