_---_The_Soyuz_MS-26_spacecraft.jpg) 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 | 69 days, 7 hours and 53 minutes (in progress) 180 days (planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz MS-26 No. 757 |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz MS |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Launch mass | 7,050 kg (15,540 lb)[1] |
| 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 |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 31/6 |
| Contractor | Progress |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | March 2025 (planned) |
| Landing site | Kazakh Steppe, Kazakhstan |
| 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 UTC |
| Undocking date | March 2025 (planned) |
| Time docked | 69 days, 4 hours and 44 minutes (in progress) |
 Mission patch, which depicts the three crew members as Burlak (the mission's callsign) pulling the Soyuz[2]  From left: Vagner, Ovchinin and Pettit | |
Soyuz MS-26, Russian production No. 757 and identified by NASA as Soyuz 72S, is a Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight launched from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 11 September 2024 to the International Space Station.[3][4][5] The mission transported three crew members, Roscosmos cosmonauts Aleksey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, along with NASA astronaut Donald Pettit.
When the spacecraft crossed the Karman line shortly after launch, there were 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.[6]
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