HERO OF RUSSIA
COSMONAUT #111
HERO OF RUSSIA
COSMONAUT #111

Soyuz MS-19

ISS-65/66

Callsign: Astraeus
The Soyuz MS-19 crew members

Crew

Anton Shkaplerov (Russia), Soyuz MS-19 commander and flight engineer, ISS-65 flight engineer, ISS-66 commander
Klim Shipenko (Russia), spaceflight participant
Yulia Peresild (Russia), spaceflight participant

Backup crew

Oler Artemyev (Russia), commander
Alexey Dudin (Russia), spaceflight participant
Alena Mordovina (Russia), spaceflight participant

Reserve crew

Dmitry Petelin (Russia), Soyuz MS-19 flight engineer
Sergey Korsakov (Russia), Soyuz MS-19 flight engineer

Landing crew

Anton Shkaplerov (Russia), Soyuz MS-19 commander, ISS-65 flight engineer, ISS-66 commander
Pyotr Dubrov (Russia), Soyuz MS-19 flight engineer
Mark T. Vande Hei (USA), Soyuz MS-19 flight engineer

PATCH

MISSION PROFILE

The composition of the Soyuz MS-19 patch is built around the image of the Soyuz launch vehicle taking off with the Soyuz MS transport manned spacecraft. The excitement from the flight of non-professional participants is reflected in the isoline of the cardiogram, symbolizing the beating of their hearts. In the lower field is the planet Earth, which is wrapped around a film, symbolizing the shooting of a feature movie.

Mission duration

hours
minutes
0
2
33
days
176
05 October 2021
08:55:02 UTC
Launch
05 October 2021
12:22:31 UTC
Docking
Rassvet Research module MRM-1
Docking port
Soyuz-2.1a
Launch vehicle
Baikonur Site 31
Launch site
30 March 2022
07:21:03 UTC
Undocking
30 March 2022
11:28:04 UTC
Landing
Kazakhstan, 147 km southeast of Zhezkagan
Landing site

PREPARATION

Due to the fact that for the first time one professional cosmonaut and two non-professional flight participants were preparing for flight on the Soyuz MS-19, the ship was equipped with a new portable console for especially important commands that are usually performed by a flight engineer. The remote control in certain areas of the flight was to be controlled only by the crew commander Anton Shkaplerov. For training of independent control of the ship at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, the ship’s integrated simulator was finalized and the onboard documentation was rewritten.

LAUNCH

On October 5, 2021, at 08:55 UTC the Soyuz MS-19 transport manned spacecraft was launched from launch site No. 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Soyuz MS-19 at 09:03 UTC regularly separated from the third stage of the launch vehicle Soyuz-2.1a and headed for the ISS.

LAUNCH

On October 5, 2021, at 08:55 UTC the Soyuz MS-19 transport manned spacecraft was launched from launch site No. 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Soyuz MS-19 at 09:03 UTC regularly separated from the third stage of the launch vehicle Soyuz-2.1a and headed for the ISS.

DOCKING

The rendezvous of the spacecraft with the ISS was carried out according to the ultra-short two-orbit scheme under the control of specialists from the Main Operational Group for Controlling the Russian Segment of the ISS. The ship failed to dock in automatic mode, docking was performed manually by Anton Shkaplerov at 12:22 UTC to the Rassvet module. After checking the tightness and opening the hatches between the ship and the ISS, the crew members boarded the International Space Station at 15:01 UTC.

MISSION PROGRAM

Experiments

5 cargo ships were received as a part of the mission
In addition to the widely publicized participation in the flight of the film crew during the 66th expedition, 50 scientific studies and experiments were carried out, including 4 experiments performed in automatic mode without the participation of the crew.
(79th Russian ISS supply ship)
Progress MS-18
(delivery of the Prichal nodal module to the Russian orbital segment of the ISS)
Progress M-UM
(24th SpaceX ISS supply ship)
Dragon SpX-24
(80th Russian ISS supply ship)
Progress MS-19
(17th Northrop Grumman ISS supply ship)
Cygnus NG-17

PRICHAL NODAL MODULE

The five-ton docking module Prichal on a modified Progress M-UM spacecraft was launched on a Soyuz 2.1b launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on November 24, 2021. After separating from the upper stage of the Soyuz rocket, Progress delivered the Prichal for automatic docking with the Nauka multi-purpose laboratory module of the ISS two days later.

The Prichal node module has five accessible docking ports to accommodate several Russian spacecraft and provide fuel transfer capabilities to the Nauka module. The docking compartment has an internal volume of 14 m³.

SOYUZ MS-20

Launch of a transport manned spacecraft to the ISS on December 8, 2021. During the flight of the spacecraft, controlled by cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, two Japanese space tourists, members of the 20th ISS visiting expedition, were delivered to the ISS. On December 20, 2021, the crew returned to Earth. This flight was the last for Alexander Misurkin: on March 31, 2022, Misurkin completed his activities in the Roscosmos cosmonaut corps.

EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY

Anton Shkaplerov
Pyotr Dubrov
Works on the integration of the Prichal module into the Russian segment of the station: installation and connection of the antenna of the passive rendezvous system Kurs-P on the outer surface of the Prichal module, transfer of a television camera and laying a television cable between the Prichal and Nauka modules, and also installation of a target for docking ships.
Tasks and features of extravehicular activity

EVA duration

0
11
hours
minutes
7
12:17 UTC
19 January 2022
Start
19:28 UTC
19 January 2022
End

DEORBIT

On March 30, 2022 at 04:20 UTC, the passage hatches between the Soyuz MS-19 manned spacecraft and the Rassvet small research module were closed. At 07:21 UTC, the spacecraft undocked from the ISS Russian Segment in the normal mode. After undocking and leaving the spacecraft to a safe distance from the ISS, the crew of the spacecraft flew around the station and Pyotr Dubrov from the Soyuz MS-19 household compartment filmed the Russian segment in the final configuration, after which the spacecraft switched to autonomous flight mode and went to Earth. The propulsion system of the ship in the normal mode switched on for braking at 10:34 UTC, after which it began to deorbit. At 11:28 UTC, the descent vehicle of the Soyuz MS-19 manned spacecraft landed in the calculated area on the territory of Kazakhstan.
The crew of the Soyuz MS-19 after landing
The flight duration of Anton Shkaplerov was 176 days 02 hours 33 minutes, and the flight duration of Pyotr Dubrov and Mark T. Vande Hei was 355 days 03 hours 45 minutes.
The third flight of Anton Shkaplerov into space.
Soyuz MS-07
Previous mission:
On March 14, 2023, Anton Shkaplerov completed his activities in the cosmonaut corps of the Roscosmos State Corporation. Most likely, this flight into space was the last for him.
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