Soyuz MS-24

Oleg Kononenko

• Birthday: 06/21/1964
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: Russian
• First Flight: 04/08/2008
• Last Flight: 09/15/2023

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.

Loral O’Hara

• Birthday: 05/03/1983
• Role: Flight Engineer
• Nationality: American
• First Flight: 09/15/2023
• Last Flight: 09/15/2023

Loral O’Hara is an American engineer and NASA astronaut of the class of 2017.

Nikolai Chub

• Birthday: 06/10/1984
• Role: Flight Engineer
• Nationality: Russian
• First Flight: 09/15/2023
• Last Flight: 09/15/2023

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.

Soyuz MS-24

• Type: Human Exploration
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
• Launch Cost: $80,000,000

Soyuz MS-24 carried two cosmonauts and one astronaut to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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.

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.

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.