Crewed Soyuz Spacecraft Launches, Trio Headed to Space Station
The crewed Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft is safely in orbit headed for the International Space Station following a launch at 12:23 p.m. EDT Sept. 11 (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) with NASA astronaut Don Petitt and Roscosmos cosmonauts Aleksey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner.
After a two-orbit, three-hour trajectory to the station, the spacecraft will automatically dock at the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet module at 3:33 p.m. NASA's coverage of rendezvous and docking will begin at 2:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency's website. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of platforms including social media. The trio will spend approximately six months aboard the orbital laboratory before returning to Earth in the spring of 2025.
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