Soyuz MS-21 will carry Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The Soyuz 2.1A converted the flight control system from analog to digital, which allowed launch from fixed platforms. It also allowed big fairings and payloads. It is currently used for crewed Soyuz and Progress flights to the ISS.
Launched to the ISS in March 2022.
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Progress Rocket Space Centre, formerly known as TsSKB-Progress, is a space science and aerospace research company which is known for manufacturing launch vehicles and satellites. Most notably, Progress Rocket Space Centre is the manufacturer of Soyuz launch vehicles.
INFO WIKIThree cosmonauts undocked from the International Space Station Thursday and returned to Earth aboard their Soyuz spacecraft, safely landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan to wrap up a 195-day mission.
The Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft, which launched three Russian cosmonauts to the International Space Station on March 18 of this year, touched down in the Kazakh steppe. MS-21 landed outside of Dzhezkazgan on Thursday, Sept. 29, completing a 195…
Three cosmonauts living aboard the International Space Station are set to return to Earth Thursday, Sept. 29.
Three cosmonauts set to kick off a six-and-a-half month expedition in orbit will launch Friday on Russia’s first mission to the International Space Station since the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Russian federal space agency Roscosmos launched a Soyuz 2.1a with three cosmonauts to the International Space Station (ISS) Friday, March 18 at 11:55 am EDT (15:55 UTC) aboard the Soyuz MS-21 mission.