Soyuz MS-21

Soyuz MS-21 was a Russian Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) with a crew of three launched from Baikonur on 18 March 2022. The launch was previously planned for 30 March 2022, but in the provisional flight manifest prepared by Roscosmos by the end of Summer 2020, the launch of Soyuz MS-21 was advanced to 18 March 2022.

Soyuz MS-21
Soyuz MS-21 docked to the ISS
NamesISS 67S
Mission typeCrewed mission to ISS
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2022-028A
SATCAT no.52086
Mission duration194 days, 19 hours and 2 minutes
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz MS No.750 Korolyov
Spacecraft typeSoyuz MS
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Crew
Crew size3
Members
CallsignDon
Start of mission
Launch date18 March 2022, 15:55:18 UTC
RocketSoyuz-2.1a
Launch siteBaikonur Cosmodrome, Site 31
ContractorProgress Rocket Space Centre
End of mission
Landing date29 September 2022, 10:57 UTC
Landing siteKazakh Steppe
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portPrichal nadir
Docking date18 March 2022, 19:12 UTC
Undocking date29 September 2022, 07:34 UTC
Time docked194 days, 12 hours and 22 minutes

Matveev, Artemyev and Korsakov
 

It was the first mission to the ISS with three Roscosmos cosmonauts.

On 29 September 2022, after 6 months and 11 days, the mission completed successfully as planned with a landing on the Kazakh Steppe in Kazakhstan.

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