Summary
Soyuz MS-25 is an ongoing Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight from Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station.[2][3]
 Soyuz MS-25 rolled out to Pad 31/6 | |
| Names | ISS 71S |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Crewed mission to ISS |
| Operator | Roscosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2024-055A |
| SATCAT no. | 59294 |
| Website | en |
| Mission duration | 26 days, 7 hours and 42 minutes (in progress) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz MS No.756 |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz MS |
| Manufacturer | RSC Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Tracy Caldwell-Dyson |
| Launching | |
| Landing | |
| Callsign | Kazbek |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 23 March 2024, 12:36 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-2.1a |
| Launch site | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Site 31 |
| Contractor | Progress Rocket Space Centre |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 24 September 2024 (planned) |
| Landing site | Kazakh Steppe, Kazakhstan |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Prichal Nadir |
| Docking date | 25 March 2024, 15:03 UTC |
| Time docked | 24 days, 5 hours and 15 minutes (in progress) |
 (L-R) Dyson, Novitsky, Vasilevskaya | |
Crew edit
This is the first launch of two women, Tracy Caldwell-Dyson from US and Marina Vasilevskaya from Belarus, aboard a Soyuz spacecraft. The mission commander is Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, born in Chervyen, Minsk Voblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR (now Belarus).
Primary Crew
| Position | Launching Crew member | Landing Crew member |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Oleg Novitsky, RoscosmosVisiting Fourth spaceflight |
Oleg Kononenko, Roscosmos Expedition 69/70/71 Fifth spaceflight |
| Spaceflight Participant/ Flight Engineer |  Marina Vasilevskaya[4], Belarus Space AgencyVisiting First spaceflight |
Nikolai Chub, Roscosmos Expedition 69/70/71 First spaceflight |
| Flight Engineer |  Tracy Caldwell-Dyson, NASAExpedition 70/71 Third spaceflight | |
Backup crew
| Position | Crew member | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Ivan Vagner, Roscosmos
| |
| Spaceflight participant | Anastasia Lenkova, Belarus Space Agency
| |
| Flight Engineer | Donald Pettit, NASA
| |
Flight edit
It was originally scheduled for launch on 21 March 2024, but due to a voltage drop in one of the power generators, the launch was aborted.[5] The second launch attempt on 23 March 2024 was successful.
Dyson will spend approximately six months aboard the International Space Station. Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus spent approximately 13 days aboard the orbital complex as a part of 21st ISS visiting expedition.[6]
Undocking and Return edit
After completing her expedition, Dyson will return to Earth on 24 September 2024 with Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub on the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft. Kononenko and Chub have been on the ISS since September 2023. They arrived with NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara on the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft. Kononenko and Chub will remain aboard the orbital laboratory for about one year. If the mission lasts 300–365 days, Kononenko will become the first person to stay 1,000 days in space and have spent a total of 1,036–1,101 days in space. He exceeded the previous record of 878 days by Gennady Padalka on 4 February 2024. O'Hara, who spent six months aboard the space station, returned with Novitsky and Vasilevskaya on the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft.[6][7]
References edit
This article incorporates public domain material from NASA Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson Receives Third Space Station Assignment. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- ^ Pearlmanpublished, Robert Z. (23 March 2024). "Flight attendant becomes 1st Belarusian in space on ISS-bound Soyuz launch". Space.com. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "Космодром Байконур" [Baikonur Cosmodrome]. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "Next year's Russian manned missions to ISS due in March, September".
- ^ "Belarusian female astronaut to go ISS in March 2024 — Roscosmos". TASS. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ "Soyuz MS-25 Launch Scrubbed". NASA. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ a b O'Shea, Claire (15 September 2023). "NASA Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson Receives Third Space Station Assignment". NASA. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Better Late Than Never: New ISS Crew Prepares to Fly, All-Female EVAs Possible in October". www.americaspace.com. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
