Soyuz MS-26

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Soyuz MS-26
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Soyuz MS-26 approaches the International Space Station
NamesISS 72S
Mission type ISS crew transport
Operator Roscosmos
COSPAR ID 2024-162A OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
SATCAT no. 61043 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Mission duration128 days, 4 hours and 33 minutes (in progress)
180 days (planned)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz MS-26 No. 757
Spacecraft type Soyuz MS
Manufacturer Energia
Launch mass7,152 kg (15,767 lb) [1]
Crew
Crew size3
Members
Callsign Burlak
Expedition Expedition 71/72
Start of mission
Launch date11 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 dateMarch 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 date11 September 2024, 19:32:09 UTC
Undocking dateMarch 2025 (planned)
Time docked128 days, 1 hour and 24 minutes (in progress)
Soyuz MS-26 mission patch.png
Mission patch, which depicts the three crew members as Burlak (the mission's callsign) pulling the Soyuz [2]
Soyuz MS-26 crew 02.png
From left: Vagner, Ovchinin and Pettit

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. [3] [4] [5] The mission transported three crew members, Roscosmos cosmonauts Aleksey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, along with NASA astronaut Donald Pettit.

Contents

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. [6]

Crew

Prime crew
Position [7] Crew
Commander Flag of Russia.svg Aleksey Ovchinin, Roscosmos
Expedition 71/72
Third [a] spaceflight
Flight Engineer Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Vagner, Roscosmos
Expedition 71/72
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer Flag of the United States.svg Donald Pettit, NASA
Expedition 71/72
Fourth spaceflight
Backup crew
Position Crew
Commander Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Ryzhikov, Roscosmos
Pilot Flag of Russia.svg Alexey Zubritsky, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer Flag of the United States.svg Jonny Kim, NASA
Soyuz MS-26 atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket shortly after it was erected at Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Soyuz MS-26 at Baikonur.jpg
Soyuz MS-26 atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket shortly after it was erected at Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome

Notes

  1. Not counting the aborted flight of Soyuz MS-10.

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