Soyuz MS-11
Soyuz-FG
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Crew
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.
Anne McClain
- Birthday: 06/07/1979
- Role: Flight Engineer
- Nationality: American
- First Flight: 12/03/2018
- Last Flight: 12/03/2018
Anne Charlotte McClain is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army currently assigned to NASA Astronaut Group 21.
David Saint-Jacques
- Birthday: 01/06/1970
- Role: Flight Engineer
- Nationality: Canadian
- First Flight: 12/03/2018
- Last Flight: 12/03/2018
David Saint-Jacques is a Canadian astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
He was also an engineer, an astrophysicist, and a physician prior to joining the CSA.
He was selected to join the CSA in the 2009 CSA selection along with Jeremy Hansen.
Mission
Soyuz MS-11
- Type: Human Exploration
- Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Soyuz MS-11 begins expedition 58 by carrying Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, CSA astronaut David Saint-Jacques and NASA astronaut Anne McClain to the International Space Station. After launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, they will rendezvous to the station where they will remain for their 6 month stay.
Location
Rocket
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.