Soyuz MS-19

Russian crewed mission to the ISS

Soyuz MS-19 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on 5 October 2021.[1] It was the 147th flight of a crewed Soyuz spacecraft. The crew members were Russian commander Anton Shkaplerov, Russian film director Klim Shipenko, and Russian actress Yulia Peresild.[2]

Soyuz MS-19
Mission typeCrewed Misson to ISS
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2021-089A
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Websiteen.roscosmos.ru
Mission duration176 days
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz MS no.749 Astraeus
ManufacturerRSC Energia
Crew
Crew size3 up
3 down
LaunchingAnton Shkaplerov, Klim Shipenko, Yulia Peresild
LandingMark Vande Hei, Pyotr Dubrov
ExpeditionISS Expedition 66.
Start of mission
Launch dateOctober 5, 2021 08:55:02 (UTC)
RocketSoyuz 2.1a
Launch siteBaikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
ContractorRoscosmos
Entered serviceOctober 6, 2021 00:00:00 (UTC)
End of mission
Landing dateMarch 30, 2022 11:28:26 (UTC)
Landing siteKazakh Steppe
Soyuz Programme
← Soyuz MS-18
Soyuz MS-20 →
 

Shipenko and Peresild spent about twelve days on the International Space Station before returning to Earth aboard Soyuz MS-18. They filmed a movie in space, Vyzov (Russian: Вызов, lit.'The Challenge').[3][4] Without an American astronaut, this launch was the first time in more than 21 years (since Soyuz TM-30 in 2000) that a Soyuz crew only included Russian cosmonauts and travelers. It was the first time in years that the ship had to be upgraded to be piloted by a single person at launch.[5] This is also the first mission to the ISS with an entirely Russian crew.

It landed on March 30, 2022 in The Kazakh Steppe in Kazakhstan.

References change

  1. "Launch Schedule". Spaceflight Now. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  2. "Фильм "Вызов": итоги медкомиссии" (in Russian). Roscosmos. 13 May 2021.
  3. "Russian actress to head to ISS in 2021 to star in first feature film in space". TASS. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  4. "Выбраны 20 претенденток на роль в фильме, который будут снимать на МКС" (in Russian). Интерфакс. 9 March 2021.
  5. "Soyuz crewing plans for 2021 now clearer". 2021-03-16. Retrieved 2021-07-25.