Soyuz MS-21
Soyuz 2.1a
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
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Crew
Oleg Artemyev
Status: Active
12/28/1970 -
Nationality: Russian
Type: Government
First Flight: 3/25/2014
Last Flight: 3/18/2022
Oleg Germanovich Artemyev (Russian: Олег Германович Артемьев) is a Russian Cosmonaut for the Russian Federal Space Agency. He was selected as part of the RKKE-15 Cosmonaut group in 2003. He was a Flight engineer of Expedition 39 and 40 to the International Space Station, and in 2018 he returned to space as the Commander of Soyuz MS-08.
Denis Matveev
Status: Active
4/23/1983 -
Nationality: Russian
Type: Government
First Flight: 3/18/2022
Last Flight: 3/18/2022
Denis Vladimirovich Matveev is a Russian cosmonaut. He received his degree in computing and networks from the Bauman Moscow State Technical University in 2006. After graduation, Matveev began working at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia as a junior research assistant. He was promoted to engineer in 2009. Matveev was selected as a cosmonaut in 2010. He was appointed to begin training on October 12, 2010 and was named a test cosmonaut on July 31, 2012.
Sergey Korsakov
Status: Active
9/1/1984 -
Nationality: Russian
Type: Government
First Flight: 3/18/2022
Last Flight: 3/18/2022
Sergey Vladimirovich Korsakov is a Russian cosmonaut selected by Roscosmos in 2012. He is scheduled to make his first flight into space in April 2021 as a flight engineer aboard Soyuz MS-18 ahead of a six month stay aboard the International Space Station.
Mission
Soyuz MS-21
Type: Human Exploration
Launch Cost: $80,000,000
Soyuz MS-21 will carry Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Location
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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
1531 rockets have launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan.
Agency
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Type: Government
Abbreviation: RFSA
Administration: Administrator: Dmitry Rogozin
Founded: 1992
Launchers: Soyuz
Spacecraft: Soyuz
Country: RUS
The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.
That’s what we are all about here folks , “human space exploration” at its best .
All the very best to our Russian space friends .
Space unites us , it does not separate us.
Great launch space friends , three more folks for the ISS.