Soyuz MS-26

Russia

Manned Flight nº:

Earth orbit Flight nº:

Russia manned Flight nº:

-th manned flight to ISS. Flight: ISS-**

Launch, orbit & landing data:

Designation	24162A
Launch date - time	11 September 2024 - 16:23:12 UTC-
Launch site	Baikonur, LC31/6
Launch vehicle	Soyuz-2.1a (No. M15000-070)
Manufacturer	Energia
Soyuz designation	11F732A48 nº757
Mass (kg)	kg
Docking date - time	11 September 2024 - 19:32:09 UTC
Target spacecraft/port	ISS/Rassvet
Earth orbit on :
- Perigee / Apogee	415 - 427 km
- Inclination	51.64°
- Period	min
Undocking date - time	19 April 2025 - 21:57:36 UTC
Deorbit burn date - time
Landing date - time	20 April 2025 - 01:20:28 UTC
Landing location	47°23' N, 69°29' E
Flight Duration (d:hr:min)	220d
Nbr orbits	3520
Landing crew	(crew TMA-)

Soyuz MS-26 path

Launched Crew

Nr.	Name	Job	Duration	Orbits
1	Ovchinin, Aleksei Nikolaevich (Russia)	Commander	220d 08h 57m 16s	3520
2	Vagner, Ivan Viktorovich (Russia)	Flight Engineer	220d 08h 57m 16s	3520
3	Pettit, Donald Roy (US)	Flight Engineer	220d 08h 57m 16s	3520

Soyuz MS-26 crew

Launch crew: Pettit, Ovchinin and Vagner.

Soyuz MS-26 backup

Backup crew: Kim, Ryshikov and Zubritsky.

Backup Crew

Nr.	Name	Job
1	Ryzhikov, Sergei (Russia)	Commander
3	Zubritsky, Aleksei (Russia)	Flight Engineer
2	Kim, Jonathan (US)	Flight engineer

Descriptions:

Soyuz MS-26, Russian production No. 757 and identified by NASA as Soyuz 72S, was a Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight launched from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 11 September 2024 to the International Space Station. 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 was 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.
The spacecraft docked after two orbits to the International Space Station.

Mission details:

ISS Expedition 71 and 72.

Rocket on way to launchpad.

Rocket erection.

Soyuz MS-26 docked

Soyuz MS-26 docked to Rassvet module. Credit: NASA

Rocket erection

Ovchinin insite the Soyuz in space. Credit: NASA

Cabine on parachute

Cabine MS-26 on parachute.

Recovery

Pettit, Ovchinin, Vagner inside Soyuz MS-26 after landing. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

External links:

Spacefacts: Soyuz MS-26 mission
Wikipedia: Soyuz MS-26 mission

Astrophilately covers:

Soyuz MS-26 launch cover

Launch cancel Baikonur 11.09.2024.

Soyuz MS-06 launch cover

Launch cancel Baikonur 11.09.2024, special cancel Soyuz.

Soyuz MS-26 launch cover

Cosmic mail: Launch cancel Baikonur 11.09.2024, docking cancel Soyuz MS-27 (08.04.25).

Cover

Previous cover on insite window from cabine, in space. Photo Credit: #404

Ref.: #14, #16, #404, #411 - update: 08.02.2026