Soyuz MS-26
2024 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS
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Soyuz MS-26, Russian production No. 757 and identified by NASA as Soyuz 72S, was a Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight launched from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 11 September 2024 to the International Space Station.[4][5][6] The mission transported three crew members, Roscosmos cosmonauts Aleksey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, along with NASA astronaut Donald Pettit.
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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 | 220 days, 8 hours and 57 minutes |
| Distance travelled | 150,200,000 km (93,300,000 mi)[1] |
| Orbits completed | 3,520[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz MS-26 No. 757 |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz MS |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Launch mass | 7,152 kg (15,767 lb)[2] |
| 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[2] |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 31/6 |
| Contractor | RKTs Progress |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 20 April 2025 01:20:35 UTC |
| Landing site | Kazakh Steppe, 147 km (91 mi) southeast of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan (47°19′N 69°33′E)[2] |
| 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 | 19 April 2025, 21:57:33 UTC |
| Time docked | 220 days, 2 hours and 25 minutes |
 Mission patch, which depicts the three crew members as Burlak (the mission's callsign) pulling the Soyuz[3]  From left: Vagner, Ovchinin and Pettit | |
When the spacecraft crossed the Karman line shortly after launch, there was 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.[7]
Crew
| Position[8] | Crew | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Aleksey Ovchinin, Roscosmos Expedition 71/72 Third[a] spaceflight | |
| Flight engineer | Ivan Vagner, Roscosmos Expedition 71/72 Second spaceflight | |
| Flight engineer | Donald Pettit, NASA Expedition 71/72 Fourth spaceflight | |
| Position | Crew | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Sergey Ryzhikov, Roscosmos | |
| Flight engineer | Alexey Zubritsky, Roscosmos | |
| Flight engineer | Jonny Kim, NASA | |
Gallery
Soyuz MS-26 atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket shortly after it was erected
Soyuz MS-26 launches atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket
Soyuz MS-26 docked to the Rassvet module
Ovchinin at the controls of Soyuz MS-26 in space during pre-departure fit checks
Soyuz MS-26 descends back to the Kazakh Steppe under a parachute
From left: Pettit, Ovchinin, Vagner inside Soyuz MS-26 after landing
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Notes
- Not counting the aborted flight of Soyuz MS-10.
