Soyuz MS-24

Antares

Russia

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	15.09.2023
Launch time:	15:44:35.417 UTC
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	31
Altitude:	415.042 x 435.231 km
Inclination:	51.659°
Docking ISS:	15.09.2023, 18:53:32 UTC
Undocking ISS:	06.04.2024, 03:54:58 UTC
Landing date:	06.04.2024
Landing time:	07:17:53 UTC
Landing site:	47°25'6.12"N, 69°38'56.22"E

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Kononenko	Oleg Dmitriyevich	Commander	5
2	Chub	Nikolai Aleksandrovich	Flight Engineer	1
3	O'Hara	Loral Ashley	Flight Engineer	1	203d 15h 33m 18s	3264

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Kononenko
2	Chub
3	O'Hara

Landing
1	Novitsky
2	Vasilevskaya
3	O'Hara

Backup Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position
1	Ovchinin	Aleksei Nikolaevich	Commander
2	Ovchinin	Aleksei Nikolaevich	Flight Engineer
3	Dyson	Tracy Caldwell	Flight Engineer

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Hardware

Launch vehicle:	Soyuz-2.1a (No. M15000-061)
Spacecraft:	Soyuz MS-24 (MS No. 755)

Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Landing 147 km southeast of Dzheskasgan.

On August 15, 2023 Oleg Platonov was removed from the backup crew due to medical problems. Aleksei Ovchinin is now backup for Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub. But Oleg Platonov is still in training with two backup cosmonauts.