Soyuz MS-18
Soyuz MS-18 launched from Baikonur Site 31/6 on April 9, 2021 UTC with Roscosmos commander Oleg Novitsky, Roscosmos flight engineer Pyotr Dubrov, and NASA flight engineer Mark Vande Hei. The spacecraft docked with the International Space Station the same day and supported Expeditions 64 and 65 during a busy Russian-segment assembly period. Dubrov and Vande Hei remained aboard for a longer mission and returned on Soyuz MS-19 in 2022; Soyuz MS-18 landed on October 17, 2021 with Novitsky and the Soyuz MS-19 visiting crew.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Yuri A. GagarinKazbekISS Soyuz 64SSoyuz MS-18 / Expeditions 64-65
- Name
- Soyuz MS-18
- Status
- completed
Details
- Astronauts
- Description
- Soyuz MS-18 launched from Baikonur Site 31/6 on April 9, 2021 UTC with Roscosmos commander Oleg Novitsky, Roscosmos flight engineer Pyotr Dubrov, and NASA flight engineer Mark Vande Hei. The spacecraft docked with the International Space Station the same day and supported Expeditions 64 and 65 during a busy Russian-segment assembly period. Dubrov and Vande Hei remained aboard for a longer mission and returned on Soyuz MS-19 in 2022; Soyuz MS-18 landed on October 17, 2021 with Novitsky and the Soyuz MS-19 visiting crew.
- End Date
- 2021-10-17
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successful mixed-manifest crew transport and return. MS-18 launched Novitsky, Dubrov, and Vande Hei for Expeditions 64-65. Dubrov and Vande Hei later transferred to MS-19 for an extended mission, while MS-18 returned Novitsky with visiting film participants Shipenko and Peresild safely to Kazakhstan.
- Programs
- Start Date
- 2021-04-09
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_MS-18
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 9, 2026 at 01:08:17 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:53:52 UTC
Other
- Affiliations
- Search Name
- Soyuz MS-18 Yuri A. Gagarin Kazbek ISS Soyuz 64S Soyuz MS-18 / Expeditions 64-65
- Space Stations
- Vehicles