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Soyuz MS-25

Soyuz MS-25 was a Russian crewed Soyuz mission to the International Space Station. After an earlier launch attempt was scrubbed, the spacecraft launched on March 23, 2024 UTC with NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, and Belarusian spaceflight participant Maryna Vasileuskaya. It docked to the station's Prichal module on March 25, bringing Dyson into the resident Expedition 70 and 71 crew while Novitsky and Vasileuskaya began a short visiting mission. Novitsky and Vasileuskaya spent about 12 days aboard the station and returned on Soyuz MS-24 with NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara on April 6, 2024. Soyuz MS-25 remained attached as a return spacecraft for Dyson and for Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, whose yearlong mission had begun on Soyuz MS-24. The spacecraft landed in Kazakhstan on September 23, 2024, returning Dyson after a 184-day mission and returning Kononenko and Chub after 374 days in orbit.

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Soyuz 71S
Name
Soyuz MS-25
Slug
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Status
completed

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Description
Soyuz MS-25 was a Russian crewed Soyuz mission to the International Space Station. After an earlier launch attempt was scrubbed, the spacecraft launched on March 23, 2024 UTC with NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, and Belarusian spaceflight participant Maryna Vasileuskaya. It docked to the station's Prichal module on March 25, bringing Dyson into the resident Expedition 70 and 71 crew while Novitsky and Vasileuskaya began a short visiting mission. Novitsky and Vasileuskaya spent about 12 days aboard the station and returned on Soyuz MS-24 with NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara on April 6, 2024. Soyuz MS-25 remained attached as a return spacecraft for Dyson and for Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, whose yearlong mission had begun on Soyuz MS-24. The spacecraft landed in Kazakhstan on September 23, 2024, returning Dyson after a 184-day mission and returning Kononenko and Chub after 374 days in orbit.
End Date
2024-09-23
Outcome
Success. Soyuz MS-25 launched Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Oleg Novitsky, and Maryna Vasileuskaya to the International Space Station, then returned Dyson, Oleg Kononenko, and Nikolai Chub to Earth on September 23, 2024.
Program
Soyuz
Start Date
2024-03-23

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Creation Time
7/7/2026, 4:52:55 AM
Updated Time
7/7/2026, 4:52:55 AM

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