Soyuz MS-24

Soyuz MS-24 is a planned Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight to launch from Baikonur in September 2023 to the International Space Station.[1]

Soyuz MS-24
NamesISS 70S
Mission typeCrewed mission to ISS
OperatorRoscosmos
Websitehttp://en.roscosmos.ru/
Mission duration180 days (planned)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz MS
ManufacturerRSC Energia
Crew
Crew size3
Members
Start of mission
Launch date15 September 2023 (planned)
RocketSoyuz-2.1a
Launch siteBaikonur Cosmodrome, Site 31
ContractorProgress Rocket Space Centre
End of mission
Landing date2024 (planned)
Landing siteKazakh Steppe, Kazakhstan
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portRassvet nadir

O'Hara, Kononenko and Chub
 

Crew

The original three-Russian member crew for this scenario was named in May 2021. American astronaut Loral O'Hara replaced Andrey Fedyaev as a part of the Soyuz-Dragon crew swap system of keeping at least one NASA astronaut and one Roscosmos cosmonaut on each of the crew rotation missions. This ensures both countries have a presence on the station, and the ability to maintain their separate systems if either Soyuz or commercial crew vehicles are grounded for an extended period.[2] They were originally assigned to Soyuz MS-23 mission, but were moved to MS-24, due to Soyuz MS-22 coolant leak accident that required MS-23 to be launched uncrewed as its replacement.

Primary Crew

Position Launching Crew member Landing Crew member
Commander Russia Oleg Kononenko, Roscosmos
Expedition 69/70
Fifth spaceflight
Flight Engineer Russia Nikolai Chub, Roscosmos
Expedition 69/70/71
First spaceflight		 United States Loral O'Hara, NASA
Expedition 69/70
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer / Spaceflight Participant United States Loral O'Hara, NASA
Expedition 69/70
First spaceflight		 Belarus Anastasia Lenkova or Marina Vasilevskaya[3]
First spaceflight

Backup crew

Position Crew member
Commander Russia Aleksey Ovchinin, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 1 Russia Oleg Platonov, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 2 United States Tracy Caldwell-Dyson[4], NASA

References
  1. Zak, Anatoly (13 February 2023). "Space exploration in 2023". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  2. "Rogozin says Crew Dragon safe for Russian cosmonauts". SpaceNews. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. "Belarusian cosmonaut candidates named". eng.belta.by. 24 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  4. Imgur. "imgur.com". Imgur. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
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