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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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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.
Soyuz MS-18
Soyuz MS-18 begins expedition 65 by carrying Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky, Pyotr Dubrov and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. After launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, they will rendezvous to the station where they will remain for their 6 month stay.
Soyuz MS-18
Serial Soyuz MS 11F732A48 #748
Launch Crew Count 3
Status Single Use
Landing Time 2021-10-17T04:35:44+0000
Crew
Oleg Novitskiy
Commander
Nationality Russian
Date Of Birth 1971-10-12
Status Active
Type Government
Mark T. Vande Hei
Flight Engineer
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1966-11-10
Status Active
Type Government
Pyotr Dubrov
Flight Engineer
Nationality Russian
Date Of Birth 1978-01-30
Status Active
Type Government
Soyuz 2.1a
Height 46.30 Meters
Max Stages 3
Mass To GTO 2810 kg
Liftoff Thrust 4149 kN
Diameter 2.95 Meters
Mass To LEO 7020 kg
Liftoff Mass 312 Tonnes
Launch Success 48
Consecutive Success 42
Maiden Flight 2004-11-04
Launch Failures 1
Programs
International Space Station
The International Space Station programme is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the sixteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilization, and responsibilities for crew rotation and resupply of the International Space Station. It was conceived in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, during the Space Station Freedom project as it was originally called.
Soyuz
The Soyuz programme is a human spaceflight programme initiated by the Soviet Union in the early 1960s. The Soyuz spacecraft was originally part of a Moon landing project intended to put a Soviet cosmonaut on the Moon. It was the third Soviet human spaceflight programme after the Vostok and Voskhod programmes.
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The Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft carrying ROSCOSMOS cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy as well as film director Klim Shipenko and actress Yulia Peresild will land back on Earth near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.
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