The manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-28 successfully separated from the third stage of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle. This was reported by the press service of Roscosmos.
The manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-28 with two cosmonauts and an astronaut on board was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 12:27:57 Moscow time.
“Inserting the spacecraft into a given orbit, its separation from the third stage of the rocket, opening the antennas and solar panels of the spacecraft is normal!”, the statement says. message.
The crew included Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, as well as NASA astronaut Christopher Williams.
It is noted that docking with the station is expected at 15:38 Moscow time.
As Russian media report, Sber’s GigaChat neural network will help the cosmonauts in their work. It is planned that the crew will spend 242 days in orbit and return at the end of July 2026. The mission is expected to conduct more than 40 scientific experiments, as well as perform two spacewalks.