Soyuz MS-19

Soyuz MS-19 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on 5 October 2021. 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.

Soyuz MS-19

Mission type	Crewed Misson to ISS
Operator	Roscosmos
COSPAR ID	2021-089A
SATCAT no.	49269
Website	en.roscosmos.ru
Mission duration	176 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Soyuz MS no.749 Astraeus
Manufacturer	RSC Energia
Crew
Crew size	3 up 3 down
Launching	Anton Shkaplerov, Klim Shipenko, Yulia Peresild
Landing	Mark Vande Hei, Pyotr Dubrov
Expedition	ISS Expedition 66.
Start of mission
Launch date	October 5, 2021 08:55:02 (UTC)
Rocket	Soyuz 2.1a
Launch site	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Contractor	Roscosmos
Entered service	October 6, 2021 00:00:00 (UTC)
End of mission
Landing date	March 30, 2022 11:28:26 (UTC)
Landing site	Kazakh Steppe
Soyuz Programme

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'). 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. 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.