Soyuz MS-25

Soyuz MS-25
Soyuz MS-25 illuminated by an aurora
NamesISS 71S
Mission typeISS crew transport
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2024-055A
SATCAT no.59294
Mission duration183 days, 23 hours, 22 minutes and 54 seconds
Distance travelled126,000,000 km (78,000,000 mi)
Orbits completed2,944
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz MS-25 No. 756
Spacecraft typeSoyuz MS
ManufacturerEnergia
Launch mass7,152 kg (15,767 lb)
Crew
Crew size3
MembersTracy Caldwell Dyson
Launching
Landing
CallsignKazbek
Start of mission
Launch date23 March 2024, 12:36:10 (2024-03-23UTC12:36:10Z) UTC
RocketSoyuz-2.1a No. 15000-066
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 31/6
ContractorRKTs Progress
End of mission
Landing date23 September 2024, 11:59:04 (2024-09-23UTC11:59:05Z) UTC
Landing siteKazakh Steppe, Kazakhstan (47°21′00″N 69°38′00″E / 47.35000°N 69.63333°E / 47.35000; 69.63333)
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portPrichal nadir
Docking date25 March 2024, 15:02:51 UTC
Undocking date23 September 2024, 08:36:30 UTC
Time docked181 days, 17 hours, 33 minutes and 39 seconds

Mission patches: launch (left) and landing (right)


Top: launching crew, from left: Dyson, Novitsky, and Vasileuskaya
Bottom: landing crew, from left: Kononenko, Chub, and Dyson

Soyuz MS-25, Russian production No. 756 and identified by NASA as Soyuz 71S, was a Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight from Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station.