Soyuz MS-25

Soyuz MS-25
Soyuz MS-25 illuminated by an aurora
NamesISS 71S
Mission typeISS crew transport
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2024-055A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.59294Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration183 days, 23 hours, 22 minutes and 6 seconds
Distance travelled126,000,000 km (78,000,000 mi)[1]
Orbits completed2,944[1]
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz MS-25 No. 756
Spacecraft typeSoyuz MS
ManufacturerEnergia
Crew
Crew size3
MembersTracy Caldwell Dyson
Launching
Landing
CallsignKazbek
Start of mission
Launch date23 March 2024, 12:36:10 (2024-03-23UTC12:36:10Z) UTC[2]
RocketSoyuz 2.1a
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 31/6
ContractorProgress
End of mission
Landing date23 September 2024, 11:58:16 (2024-09-23UTC11:58:17Z) UTC[3]
Landing siteKazakh Steppe, Kazakhstan (47°21′00″N 69°38′00″E / 47.35000°N 69.63333°E / 47.35000; 69.63333)[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portPrichal nadir
Docking date25 March 2024, 15:02:50 UTC[3]
Undocking date23 September 2024, 08:36:30 UTC[3]
Time docked181 days, 17 hours, 33 minutes and 40 seconds

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


Top: launching crew, from left: Dyson, Novitsky, and Vasileuskaya
Bottom: landing crew, from left: Kononenko, Chub, and Dyson

Soyuz MS-25, Russian production No. 756 and identified by NASA as Soyuz 71S, was a Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight from Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b Doyle, Tiernan P. (23 September 2024). "NASA Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Crewmates Return from Space Station". NASA. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  2. ^ Pearlman, Robert Z. (23 March 2024). "Flight attendant becomes 1st Belarusian in space on ISS-bound Soyuz launch". Space.com. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "Spaceflight mission report Soyuz MS-25". spacefacts.de. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Космодром Байконур" [Baikonur Cosmodrome]. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Next year's Russian manned missions to ISS due in March, September".