Soyuz MS-28

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Soyuz MS-28
NamesISS 74S
Mission type ISS crew transport
Operator Roscosmos
Website en.roscosmos.ru
Mission duration240 days (planned)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz MS-28 No. 759
Spacecraft type Soyuz MS
Manufacturer Energia
Crew
Crew size3
Members
CallsignFavor 2 [1]
Start of mission
Launch dateNET 27 November 2025 [2]
Rocket Soyuz-2.1a
Launch site Baikonur, Site 31/6
Contractor RKTs Progress
End of mission
Landing date15 June 2026 (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 date27 November 2025 (planned)
Undocking date15 June 2026 (planned)
Soyuz MS-28 crew.jpg
From left: Williams, Kud-Sverchkov and Mikayev

Soyuz MS-28, Russian production No. 759 and identified by NASA as Soyuz 74S, is a planned Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight to launch from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome no earlier than 27 November 2025 to the International Space Station.

The mission was slated to be the first to launch after the termination of a NASA/Roscosmos barter agreement, where one Russian cosmonaut flies on a NASA spacecraft in exchange for one NASA astronaut flying on a Soyuz. Consequently, as of 2024, this mission was scheduled to transport three Russian cosmonauts. However, NASA and Roscosmos were negotiating to extend their seat exchange program beyond 2025, [3] and in April 2025, NASA announced that Christopher Williams had been assigned to the crew. [4]

Crew

Prime crew
Position [5] Crew
Commander Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Kud-Sverchkov
Expedition 73/74
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Mikayev
Expedition 73/74
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer Flag of the United States.svg Christopher Williams
Expedition 73/74
First spaceflight
Backup crew
Position [5] Crew
Commander Flag of Russia.svg Pyotr Dubrov
Flight Engineer Flag of Russia.svg Anna Kikina
Flight Engineer Flag of the United States.svg Anil Menon

References

  1. "Центр подготовки космонавтов им. Ю.А.Гагарина. Официальный Web-сайт" [Cosmonauts' call signs]. Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (in Russian). Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Upcoming ISS Expeditions". spacefacts.de. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  3. NASA's Management of Risks to Sustaining ISS Operations through 2030 (PDF) (Report). NASA Office of Inspector General. 26 September 2024. p. 14. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  4. "NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Assigned to First Space Station Mission - NASA".
  5. 1 2 "Центр подготовки космонавтов им. Ю.А.Гагарина. Официальный Web-сайт" [Crews in training]. Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (in Russian). Retrieved 10 February 2025.