Soyuz MS-24 is a planned Russian crewed
Soyuz spaceflight to launch from
Baikonur
Baikonur ( kk, Байқоңыр, ; russian: Байконур, translit=Baykonur), formerly known as Leninsk, is a city of republic significance in Kazakhstan on the northern bank of the Syr Darya river. It is currently leased and administered ...
in September 2023 to the
International Space Station.
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Crew
The original three-Russian member crew for this scenario was named in May 2021. American astronaut Loral O'Hara
Loral Ashley O'Hara (born May 3, 1983) is an American engineer and NASA astronaut.
Early life and education
Loral Ashley O'Hara was born on May 3, 1983, in Houston, Texas, to Cindy and Steve O'Hara. She grew up in Sugar Land, Texas, where she ...
replaced Andrey Fedyaev as a part of the Soyuz-Dragon crew swap system of keeping at least one NASA astronaut and one Roscosmos cosmonaut on each of the crew rotation missions. This ensures both countries have a presence on the station, and the ability to maintain their separate systems if either Soyuz or commercial crew vehicles are grounded for an extended period.Soyuz MS-23
Soyuz MS-23 is a planned Russian uncrewed Soyuz spaceflight to launch from Baikonur on 20 February 2023 to the International Space Station, in order to replace the Soyuz MS spacecraft for landing that the three Soyuz MS-22 crew members launch ...
mission, but were moved to MS-24, due to Soyuz MS-22 coolant leak accident that required MS-23 to be launched uncrewed as its replacement.
Primary Crew
Backup crew
References
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Crewed Soyuz missions
Future human spaceflights
2023 in spaceflight
2023 in Russia