Soyuz MS-23
Soyuz 2.1a
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Crew
Oleg Kononenko
Status: Active
6/21/1964 -
Nationality: Russian
Type: Government
First Flight: 4/8/2008
Last Flight: 12/3/2018
Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko (Russian: Олег Дмитриевич Кононенко) is a Russian cosmonaut. He has flown to the International Space Station three times, as a flight engineer for Expedition 17 aboard Soyuz TMA-12, as a flight engineer on Expedition 30 and commander of Expedition 31 aboard Soyuz TMA-03M, and as a flight engineer on Expedition 44 and Expedition 45 aboard Soyuz TMA-17M. Kononenko has accumulated over 533 days in orbit during three long duration flights to ISS.
Nikolai Chub
Status: Active
6/10/1984 -
Nationality: Russian
Type: Government
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Chub (Николай Александрович Чуб) is a Russian cosmonaut. He was selected to cosmonaut corps in 2012.
ISS-69 expedition will be the first spaceflight for Chub.
Loral O'Hara
Status: Active
5/3/1983 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
Loral O'Hara is an American engineer and NASA astronaut of the class of 2017.
Mission
Soyuz MS-23
Type: Human Exploration
Launch Cost: $80,000,000
Soyuz MS-22 will carry a crew of 3 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
1534 rockets have launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan.
Agency
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Type: Government
Abbreviation: RFSA
Administration: Administrator: Yuri Borisov
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.
