Soyuz MS-26
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_---_The_Soyuz_MS-26_spacecraft.jpg) 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 | 6 days, 19 hours and 33 minutes (in progress) 180 days (planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz MS-26 No. 757 |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz MS |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Launch mass | 7,050 kg (15,540 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 |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 31/6 |
| Contractor | 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 UTC |
| Undocking date | March 2025 (planned) |
| Time docked | 6 days, 16 hours and 24 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 | |
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.
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]- ^ "Soyuz MS-26". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 11 September 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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Media related to Soyuz MS-26 at Wikimedia Commons
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