Soyuz MS-11
Soyuz-FG
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.
David Saint-Jacques
Status: Active
1/6/1970 -
Nationality: Canadian
Type: Government
First Flight: 12/3/2018
Last Flight: 12/3/2018
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.
Anne McClain
Status: Active
6/7/1979 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 12/3/2018
Last Flight: 12/3/2018
Anne Charlotte McClain is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army currently assigned to NASA Astronaut Group 21.
Mission
Soyuz MS-11
Type: Human Exploration
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
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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
1536 rockets have launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan.
Rocket
Soyuz FG – Progress Rocket Space Center
Family: Soyuz-U
Length: 49.5 m
Diameter: 3 m
Launch Mass: 310000 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 6450 kg
The Soyuz FG was manufactured by Progress Rocket Space Center with the first launch on 2001-05-20. Soyuz FG has 59 successful launches and 1 failed launches with a total of 60 launches. The Soyuz FG rocket is an expendable launch vehicle most commonly known for carrying humans to the International Space Station today.
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.
