Names | ISS 72S |
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Mission type | Crewed mission to ISS |
Operator | Roscosmos |
Website |
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Mission duration | 180 days (planned) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz MS |
Manufacturer | RSC Energia |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | [1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 11 September 2024 (planned) [2] |
Rocket | Soyuz-2.1a |
Launch site | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Site 31 |
Contractor | Progress Rocket Space Centre |
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 (planned) |
Undocking date | March 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]
Primary crew
Position | Crew member | |
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Commander |
Aleksey Ovchinin,
Roscosmos Expedition 71/ 72 Fourth [a] spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer |
Ivan Vagner,
Roscosmos Expedition 71/ 72 Second spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer |
Donald Pettit,
NASA Expedition 71/ 72 Fourth spaceflight |
Backup crew
Position | Crew member | |
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Commander | Sergey Ryzhikov, Roscosmos | |
Pilot | Alexey Zubritsky, Roscosmos | |
Flight Engineer | Jonny Kim, NASA |