Soyuz MS-22

Soyuz MS-22 is a Russian Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station with a crew of three planned for launch from Baikonur on 21 September 2022. The launch was previously planned for 13 September 2022, but in the provisional flight manifest prepared by Roscosmos by the end of Summer 2020, the launch of Soyuz MS-21 was delayed to 21 September 2022, for a 188 days mission.[2]

Soyuz MS-22
Mission typeISS 67S
OperatorRoscosmos
Websitehttp://en.roscosmos.ru/
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz MS
ManufacturerEnergia
Crew
Crew size3
CallsignAltai
Start of mission
Launch date21 September 2022 (planned) [1]
RocketSoyuz-2.1a
Launch siteBaikonur Cosmodrome, Site 31
ContractorProgress Rocket Space Centre
End of mission
Landing date18 March 2023
Landing siteKazakh Steppe
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portRassvet nadir
 

Crew

The original three-Russian member crew was named in May 2021.[3] In December 2021 it was announced by Roscosmos that Anna Kikina would fly on board SpaceX Crew-5 and would leave her seat on board Soyuz MS-22 to a NASA astronaut.

Position Crew member
Commander Sergey Prokopyev, Roscosmos
Expedition 68/69
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Dmitriy Petelin, Roscosmos
Expedition 68/69
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 To be announced, NASA
Expedition 68/69
TBA spaceflight

Backup crew
Position Crew member
Commander Oleg Kononenko, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 1 Nikolai Chub, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 2 To be announced, NASA

References
  1. "Space exploration in 2022". www.russianspaceweb.com. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  2. "Кикина может побить рекорд пребывания россиянок в космосе" [Kikina can break the record for Russian women in space]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). 26 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  3. "Источник: Кикина будет единственной женщиной в отряде космонавтов". 4 May 2021.
  4. "Кикина может побить рекорд пребывания россиянок в космосе". РИА Новости (in Russian). 26 September 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
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