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.
 Soyuz MS-26 approaches the International Space Station | |
| Names | ISS 72S |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
| Operator | Roscosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2024-162A |
| SATCAT no. | 61043 |
| Mission duration | 98 days, 23 hours and 1 minute (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 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 | 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, 19:32:09 UTC |
| Undocking date | March 2025 (planned) |
| Time docked | 98 days, 19 hours and 52 minutes (in progress) |
 Mission patch, which depicts the three crew members as Burlak (the mission's callsign) pulling the Soyuz[2]  From left: Vagner, Ovchinin and 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.[6]
Crew
edit| Position[7] | Crew | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Aleksey Ovchinin, RoscosmosExpedition 71/72 Third[a] spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer | Ivan Vagner, Roscosmos Expedition 71/72 Second spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer |  Donald Pettit, NASAExpedition 71/72 Fourth spaceflight | |
| Position | Crew | |
|---|---|---|
| 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- ^ a b Zak, Anatoly (11 September 2024). "Soyuz MS-26 lifts off". RussianSpaceWeb.com. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "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
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