Soyuz MS-24
| Names | ISS 70S |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Crewed mission to ISS |
| Operator | Roscosmos |
| COSPAR ID | {{#property:P247}} |
| Website | en |
| Mission duration | 203 days, 15 hours, 32 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz MS |
| Manufacturer | RSC Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Launching | Oleg Kononenko
Nikolai Chub Loral O'Hara |
| Landing | Oleg Novitsky
Marina Valsilevskaya Loral O'Hara |
| Callsign | Antares |
| Expedition | Expedition 70 |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | September 15, 2023, 15:44:35.417 (UTC) |
| Rocket | Soyuz-2.1a |
| Launch site | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Site 31 |
| Contractor | Progress Rocket Space Centre |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | April 6, 2024, 08:17:00 UTC |
| 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 | September 15, 2023, 18:53:00 (UTC) |
| Undocking date | April 5, 2024, 04:54:00 (UTC) |
| Time docked | 202 days, 5 hours, 7 minutes |
Soyuz programme (crewed) | |
Soyuz MS-24
Soyuz MS-24 was a Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight launched from Baikonur on September 15, 2023, to the International Space Station.
Crew
They were originally assigned to the Soyuz MS-23 mission, 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. Oleg Kononenko is assigned for a one-year-long mission with his MS-24 crewmate Nikolai Chub that started on September 15, 2023. If the mission lasts 300–365 days, Kononenko will have spent a total of 1,036–1,101 days in space, exceeding the current record of 878 days by Gennady Padalka. He will thus also become the first person to stay 1,000 days in space.
Primary Crew
More information Position, Launching Crew member ...
| Position | Launching Crew member | Landing Crew member |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Oleg Kononenko, Roscosmos
Expedition 69/70/71 Fifth spaceflight |
Oleg Novitsky, Roscosmos
Visiting Fourth spaceflight |
| Flight Engineer/ Spaceflight Participant | Nikolai Chub, Roscosmos
Expedition 69/70/71 First spaceflight |
Marina Vasilevskaya
Visiting First spaceflight |
| Flight Engineer | Loral O'Hara, NASA
Expedition 69/70 First spaceflight | |
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Backup crew
More information Position, Crew member ...
| Position | Crew member | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Aleksey Ovchinin, Roscosmos | |
| Flight Engineer 1 | None | |
| Flight Engineer 2 | Tracy Caldwell-Dyson, NASA | |
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Undocking and Return
After completing her expedition, Loral returned to Earth on April 6, 2024, with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and Belarusian spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya (both on ISS EP-21) on the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft. On the other hand, Kononenko and Chub will remain aboard the ISS orbital laboratory for about one year and return with NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell-Dyson on the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft. If the mission lasts 300–365 days, Kononenko will have spent a total of 1,036–1,101 days in space, exceeding the current record of 878 days by Gennady Padalka. He will thus also become the first person to stay 1,000 days in space.
