Tag: Soyuz MS-28
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All eight ISS docking ports occupied for the first time, Expedition 74 begins
After the arrival of the MS-28 spacecraft on Nov. 27, all eight docking ports on the International Space Station (ISS) were occupied for the first time in its 27-year history. November also marked 25 years of continuous human presence on the orbiting laboratory. With seven vehicles currently docked at the Station and seven crew members…
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Russia left without access to ISS following structure collapse at Baikonur launch site
On Nov. 27, after the launch of the Soyuz 2.1a rocket with the Soyuz MS-28 crew and spacecraft, an accident occurred on the launch pad at Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch itself was successful, and the crew — consisting of Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikayev, and NASA astronaut Christopher Williams…
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Soyuz MS-28 Delivers New Crew to International Space Station
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Roscosmos cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut successfully launched to the International Space Station on Thursday, Nov. 27, marking the final crewed mission to the orbiting laboratory under Expedition 73. The Soyuz MS-28 mission lifted off at 09:27 UTC atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur…
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Soyuz MS-28 launches three new crew members to ISS
The next crewed mission to the International Space Station has launched from Kazakhstan. The Soyuz MS-28 mission, carrying two Roscosmos cosmonauts and a single NASA astronaut to the orbiting laboratory, lifted off from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Thursday, Nov. 27, at 09:27 UTC. The mission marks the final launch to the Station…