{"id":20431,"date":"2025-11-29T23:56:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T15:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/soyuz-ms-28-delivers-new-crew-to-international-space-station\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T23:56:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T15:56:19","slug":"soyuz-ms-28-delivers-new-crew-to-international-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/soyuz-ms-28-delivers-new-crew-to-international-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Soyuz MS-28 Delivers New Crew to International Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The Soyuz MS-28 mission lifted off at 09:27 UTC atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket from Site 31\/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. After completing just two orbits of Earth, the spacecraft performed an automated docking with the Rassvet module at 12:38 UTC. The three crew members subsequently entered the station to begin an eight-month mission, with undocking currently scheduled for late July 2026. Expedition 74 is set to begin in early December.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Soyuz MS-28 Launch\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gWhAbWnm_oM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" id=\"fitvid45744\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The crew is commanded by Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, who is making his second flight to the ISS after previously serving as a flight engineer on Soyuz MS-17 in 2020. The mission also marks the first spaceflight for Russian cosmonaut Sergei Mikayev, serving as a flight engineer, and NASA astronaut Christopher Williams, who is also making his debut in orbit after being selected as part of NASA\u2019s Astronaut Group 23 in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Soyuz MS-28 is flying aboard Soyuz MS spacecraft No. 753, operating under the callsign \u201cGyrfalcon.\u201d The vehicle was reassigned to the mission after the originally designated spacecraft sustained damage during ground testing. The Soyuz MS series, introduced in 2016, features upgraded navigation, communications and safety systems and continues Russia\u2019s long-running crewed spaceflight program dating back to the 1960s.<\/p>\n<p>The Soyuz 2.1a rocket that launched the crew is a three-stage, medium-lift vehicle manufactured by RKTs Progress and powered by liquid oxygen and kerosene propellants. The rocket followed a precise instantaneous launch window dictated by ISS orbital mechanics. Any delay would have forced a scrub and rescheduling of both launch and docking.<\/p>\n<p>The Soyuz MS-28 backup crew consists of Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, along with NASA astronaut Anil Menon. They are currently scheduled to fly aboard Soyuz MS-29 in July 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The mission continues a long-standing pattern of U.S.-Russian cooperation aboard the ISS despite wider geopolitical tensions, ensuring uninterrupted crew rotation and operational stability on the station.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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