Soyuz MS-26

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Soyuz MS-26
NamesISS 72S
Mission typeCrewed mission to ISS
OperatorRoscosmos
Websiteen.roscosmos.ru
Mission duration180 days (planned)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz MS
ManufacturerRSC Energia
Crew
Crew size3
Members[1]
Start of mission
Launch date11 September 2024 (planned)[2]
RocketSoyuz-2.1a
Launch siteBaikonur Cosmodrome, Site 31
ContractorProgress Rocket Space Centre
End of mission
Landing dateMarch 2025 (planned)
Landing siteKazakh Steppe, Kazakhstan
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portRassvet nadir
Docking date11 September 2024 (planned)
Undocking dateMarch 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

Primary crew

Position Crew member
Commander Russia Aleksey Ovchinin, Roscosmos
Expedition 71/72
Fourth[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

Backup crew

Position Crew member
Commander Russia Sergey Ryzhikov, Roscosmos
Pilot Russia Sergey Mikayev, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer United States TBA, NASA

Notes

  1. ^ 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

  1. ^ https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-astronaut-don-pettit-to-conduct-science-during-fourth-mission/
  2. ^ a b Zak, Anatoly (25 March 2024). "Space exploration in 2024". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Госкорпорация «Роскосмос»". Telegram. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  5. ^ Gebhardt, Chris (14 March 2019). "Soyuz MS-12 docks with the Space Station – NASASpaceFlight.com". NASASpaceflight.com.