Soyuz MS-21

Soyuz MS-21 is a Russian Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station with a crew of three planned for launch from Baikonur on 18 March 2022. The launch was previously planned for 30 March 2022, but in the provisional flight manifest prepared by Roscosmos by the end of Summer 2020, the launch of Soyuz MS-21 was advanced to 18 March 2022.[1]

Soyuz MS-21
NamesISS 67S
Mission typeCrewed mission to ISS
OperatorRoscosmos
Websitehttp://en.roscosmos.ru/
Spacecraft properties
BusSoyuz MS
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date18 March 2022 (planned) [1][2]
RocketSoyuz-2.1a
Launch siteBaikonur Cosmodrome, Site 31
ContractorProgress Rocket Space Centre
End of mission
Landing dateTBD
Landing siteKazakh Steppe
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portPrichal nadir
 

Crew

The three-Russian member crew was named in May 2021.[3] Although NASA had not decided whether or not they will purchase a seat on the flight, NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara was preparing to replace Korsakov if the agency decided to buy a seat.[4] Later NASA has decided not to acquire a seat on the Soyuz MS-21 launching in March 2022.[5]

Position Crew member
Commander Oleg Artemyev, Roscosmos
Expedition 66/67/68
Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Denis Matveev, Roscosmos
Expedition 66/67/68
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 Sergey Korsakov, Roscosmos
Expedition 66/67/68
First spaceflight

Backup crew
Position Crew member
Commander Sergey Prokopyev, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 1 Anna Kikina, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 2 Dmitriy Petelin, Roscosmos

References
  1. Zak, Anatoly (1 December 2020). "Planned Russian space missions in 2022". RussianSpaceWeb.com. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  2. Baylor, Michael (1 December 2020). "Status - Soyuz MS-21". NextSpaceFlight. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. "Источник: Кикина будет единственной женщиной в отряде космонавтов". 4 May 2021.
  4. @katlinegrey (19 June 2021). "Katlingrey on Twitter" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. "Rogozin says Crew Dragon safe for Russian cosmonauts". SpaceNews. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
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