The launch of a manned spacecraft with two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut is scheduled for September 11
The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) was adjusted to ensure the launch of the manned spacecraft «Soyuz MS-26» and the landing of the Soyuz MS-25. Launch and landing of «Soyuz» scheduled for September 2024.
Engines of the Progress MS-26 cargo ship docked to the Zvezda service module. Russian segment of the ISS, turned on at 07:40 Moscow time and worked for 1390.3 seconds, producing an impulse of 2 m/s. As a result, the average altitude of the station's orbit increased by 3.5 km and amounted to 418.38 km.
Launch of the manned spacecraft «Soyuz MS-26» from the Baikonur Cosmodrome using the launch vehicle «Soyuz-2.1a» scheduled for September 11. The main crew includes Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, as well as NASA astronaut Donald Pettit. Return to Earth of the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft with Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub and NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson expected on September 23.