Soyuz MS-19

Soyuz MS-19 is a Soyuz spaceflight planned for launch on 5 October 2021.[1] Soyuz MS-19 will be the 147th flight of a crewed Soyuz spacecraft. The crew will have a Russian commander, Russian movie director Klim Shipenko and Russian actress Yulia Peresild.[2]

Shipenko and Peresild are planned to spend about a week on the ISS before returning to Earth aboard Soyuz MS-18, with plans of filming a movie in space, Vyzov (Russian: Вызов, lit. 'The Challenge').[3] The flight will launch three crew members of the Expedition 66.[4]

Without an American astronaut, this would make the first time in more than 21 years that a Soyuz crew only includes Russian cosmonauts and travelers.[5]

References
  1. "Launch Schedule". Spaceflight Now. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  2. "Фильм «Вызов»: итоги медкомиссии" (in Russian). Roscosmos. 13 May 2021. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  3. "Выбраны 20 претенденток на роль в фильме, который будут снимать на МКС" (in Russian). Интерфакс. 9 March 2021.
  4. "Срок полета двух членов экипажа «Союза МС-18» увеличат" (in Russian). TASS. 2021-03-14. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  5. "Soyuz crewing plans for 2021 now clearer". 2021-03-16. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
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