Soyuz MS-22

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Soyuz MS-22
NamesISS 68S
Mission typeCrewed mission to ISS
OperatorRoscosmos
Websitehttp://en.roscosmos.ru/
Mission duration188 days (planned)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz MS
ManufacturerRSC Energia
Crew
Crew size3
CallsignAltai
Start of mission
Launch date21 September 2022 (planned) [1]
RocketSoyuz-2.1a
Launch siteBaikonur Cosmodrome, Site 31
ContractorProgress Rocket Space Centre
End of mission
Landing date28 March 2023 (planned)
Landing siteKazakh Steppe, Kazakhstan
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portRassvet nadir
Soyuz programme (crewed)
← Soyuz MS-21
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Soyuz MS-22 is a Russian Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station with a crew of three planned for launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 21 September 2022. The launch was previously planned for 13 September 2022, but in the provisional flight manifest prepared by Roscosmos by the end of Summer 2020, the launch of Soyuz MS-21 was delayed to 21 September 2022, for a 188 days mission.[2]

However, continued international collaboration around the ISS has been thrown into doubt by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and related sanctions on Russia.[3]

Crew[]

The original three-Russian member crew was named in May 2021.[4] This may thus be a part of the Soyuz-Dragon crew swap system, that is, keeping at least one NASA astronaut and one Roscosmos cosmonaut on each of the crew rotation missions. That would ensure both countries would have a presence on the station, and ability to maintain their separate systems, if either Soyuz or commercial crew vehicles are grounded for an extended period.[5] In December 2021, it was announced by Roscosmos that Anna Kikina would fly on board SpaceX Crew-5 and would leave her seat on board Soyuz MS-22 to a NASA astronaut. On 20 January 2022 Roscosmos announced that Francisco Rubio would take Kikina's former seat.[6]

Position Crew member
Commander Russia Sergey Prokopyev, Roscosmos
Expedition 68/69
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Russia Dmitry Petelin, Roscosmos
Expedition 68/69
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 United States Francisco Rubio, NASA
Expedition 68/69
First spaceflight

Backup crew[]

Position Crew member
Commander Russia Oleg Kononenko, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 1 Russia Nikolai Chub, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 2 United States To be announced, NASA

References[]

  1. ^ "Space exploration in 2022". russianspaceweb.com. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Кикина может побить рекорд пребывания россиянок в космосе" [Kikina can break the record for Russian women in space] (in Russian). RIA Novostidate=26 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  3. ^ Witze, Alexandra (11 March 2022). "Russia's invasion of Ukraine is redrawing the geopolitics of space". Nature. doi:10.1038/d41586-022-00727-x. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Источник: Кикина будет единственной женщиной в отряде космонавтов". 4 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Rogozin says Crew Dragon safe for Russian cosmonauts". SpaceNews. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  6. ^ @roscosmos (20 January 2022). "В случае подписания между Роскосмосом и @NASA соглашения о «перекрестных» полетах на МКС Анну Кикину планируется вв…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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