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2023 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS

Soyuz MS-24
Soyuz MS-24 approaching the ISS
NamesISS 70S
Mission typeISS crew transport
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2023-143A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.57862Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration203 days, 15 hours, 33 minutes and 12 seconds
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz MS-25 No. 755
Spacecraft typeSoyuz MS
ManufacturerEnergia
Crew
Crew size3
MembersLoral O'Hara
Launching
Landing
CallsignAntares
Start of mission
Launch date15 September 2023, 15:44:35 (15 September 2023, 15:44:35) UTC
RocketSoyuz-2.1a
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 31/6
ContractorRKTs Progress
End of mission
Landing date6 April 2024, 07:17:47 (6 April 2024, 07:17:47) UTC
Landing siteKazakh Steppe, Kazakhstan (47°25′6.12″N 69°38′56.22″E / 47.4183667°N 69.6489500°E / 47.4183667; 69.6489500)
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.659°
Docking with ISS
Docking portRassvet nadir
Docking date15 September 2023, 18:53:32 UTC
Undocking date6 April 2024, 03:54:58 UTC
Time docked203 days, 9 hours, 1 minute and 26 seconds

Mission patches: launch (left) and landing (right)


Top: launching crew, from left: O'Hara, Kononenko, and Chub
Bottom: landing crew, from left: O'Hara, Novitsky, and VasilevskayaSoyuz programme (crewed)← Soyuz MS-23Soyuz MS-25 →

Soyuz MS-24, Russian production No. 755 and identified by NASA as Soyuz 70S, was a Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight launched from Baikonur on 15 September 2023 to the International Space Station.

Crew

They were originally assigned to Soyuz MS-23, but they were moved to MS-24 due to a coolant leak on Soyuz MS-22 that required MS-23 to be launched uncrewed as its replacement and returned to Earth uncrewed. Oleg Kononenko was assigned for a one year long mission with his MS-24 crewmate Nikolai Chub that started on September 15, 2023. As the mission lasted 374 days, Kononenko spent a total of 1,111 days in space. He exceeded the previous record of 878 days held by Gennady Padalka on 4 February 2024. He later became the first person to stay 900, 1,000, and 1,110 days in space on 25 February 2024, 4 June 2024, and 12 September 2024 respectively.

Prime crew
Position Launching crew member Landing crew member
Commander Russia Oleg Kononenko, Roscosmos
Expedition 69/70/71
Fifth spaceflight
Russia Oleg Novitsky, Roscosmos
21st Visiting Expedition
Fourth spaceflight
Flight Engineer/ Spaceflight Participant Russia Nikolai Chub, Roscosmos
Expedition 69/70/71
First spaceflight
Belarus Marina Vasilevskaya, Belarus Space Agency
21st Visiting Expedition
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer United States Loral O'Hara, NASA
Expedition 69/70
First spaceflight
Backup crew
Position Crew member
Commander Russia Aleksey Ovchinin, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer United States Tracy Caldwell-Dyson, NASA

Undocking and Return

At the end of Expedition 70, O'Hara returned to Earth on Soyuz MS-24 with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and Belarusian spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya (both on ISS EP-21) on 6 April 2024. On the other hand, Kononenko and Chub remained onboard the ISS for a year and returned to Earth with NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell-Dyson on Soyuz MS-25. As the mission lasted 374 days, Kononenko spent a total of 1,111 days in space by the time he returned to Earth. He broke the world record of 878 days in space held by Gennady Padalka on February 4, 2024 at 07:30:08 UTC. He later became the first person to stay 900, 1,000, and 1,100 days in space on 25 February 2024, 4 June 2024, and 12 September 2024 respectively.

References

  1. Zak, Anatoly (13 February 2023). "Space exploration in 2023". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  2. "Belarusian female astronaut to go ISS in March 2024 — Roscosmos". TASS. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  3. Imgur. "imgur.com". Imgur. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  4. "Russian cosmonaut sets new record for most total time in space — more than 878 days". ABC. 4 February 2024. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
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