Soyuz MS-24
Crewed Soyuz flight to the ISS launched September 2023.
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Soyuz MS-24, Russian production No. 755 and identified by NASA as Soyuz 70S, was a Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight launched from Baikonur on 15 September 2023 to the International Space Station.
Crew
The crew was originally assigned to Soyuz MS-23, but were moved to MS-24 after a coolant leak on Soyuz MS-22 required MS-23 to launch uncrewed as its replacement and return uncrewed. Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub began a one-year mission on September 15, 2023. Kononenko exceeded Gennady Padalka's record of 878 days on 4 February 2024, later becoming the first to reach 900, 1,000, and 1,100 days in space on 25 February 2024, 4 June 2024, and 12 September 2024 respectively.
Undocking and Return
At the end of Expedition 70, O'Hara returned to Earth on Soyuz MS-24 with Oleg Novitsky and Marina Vasilevskaya on 6 April 2024. Kononenko and Chub remained onboard for a year and returned with Tracy Caldwell-Dyson on Soyuz MS-25. Kononenko broke the world record of 878 days on February 4, 2024 at 07:30:08 UTC, and later became the first to stay 900, 1,000, and 1,100 days in space on the respective dates.
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- Wikipedia: Soyuz MS-24 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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