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Soyuz MS-21

Soyuz 2.1a

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Launch Status
Success

Crew


Oleg Artemyev

Oleg Artemyev

  • Birthday: 12/28/1970
  • Role: Commander
  • Nationality: Russian
  • First Flight: 03/25/2014
  • Last Flight: 03/18/2022

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

Denis Matveev

  • Birthday: 04/23/1983
  • Role: Flight Engineer
  • Nationality: Russian
  • First Flight: 03/18/2022
  • Last Flight: 03/18/2022

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

Sergey Korsakov

  • Birthday: 09/01/1984
  • Role: Flight Engineer
  • Nationality: Russian
  • First Flight: 03/18/2022
  • Last Flight: 03/18/2022

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
  • Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
  • 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.

Soyuz MS-21

Location


31/6

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

31/6 has witnessed the launch of 415 rockets, including 415 orbital launch attempts, while Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan, has been the site for 1548 rocket launches.

31/6

Rocket


Progress Rocket Space Center Soyuz 2.1a

The Soyuz 2.1A converted the flight control system from analog to digital, which allowed launch from fixed platforms. It also allowed big fairings and payloads.
It is currently used for crewed Soyuz and Progress flights to the ISS.

Soyuz 2.1a

Agency


Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

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.

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
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Ken & Judy
Ken & Judy
2 years ago

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.

Ken & Judy O
Ken & Judy O' Neill
2 years ago

Great launch space friends , three more folks for the ISS.