Soyuz MS-19

Soyuz MS-19 is a Soyuz spaceflight planned for launch in September 2021. It will transport three members of the Expedition 67[1] crew to the International Space Station Soyuz MS-19 will be the 147th flight of a crewed Soyuz spacecraft. The crew will consist of a Russian commander and two flight engineers whose nationalities will rely on an NASA decision to buy a seat on the mission.[2][3]

Soyuz MS-19
Mission typeCrewed mission to ISS
OperatorRoskosmos
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz MS 11F732A48
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Crew
Crew size3
MembersAndrei Babkin
Start of mission
Launch dateSeptember 2021 (planned)
RocketSoyuz-2.1a
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 31/6
ContractorProgress Rocket Space Centre
End of mission
Landing siteKazakh Steppe
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)
 

Crew

Position Crew member
Commander TBA, RSA
Expedition 67
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Andrei Babkin, RSA
Expedition 67
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 TBA, RSA
Expedition 67
TBA spaceflight

The identity of the mission's Flight Engineer 2 will depend on whether or not NASA purchases a seat on the flight. If NASA does, the seat will be taken by an American astronaut. If NASA does not purchase a seat, it will go to another Russian cosmonaut.

Backup crew

Position Crew member
Commander TBA, RSA
Flight Engineer 1 TBA, RSA
Flight Engineer 2 TBA, RSA

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References

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