Soyuz MS-24
{{Short description|2023 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS}}
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{{Infobox spaceflight
| name = Soyuz MS-24
| image = Soyuz MS-24 approach.jpg
| image_caption = Soyuz MS-24 approaching the ISS
| names_list = ISS 70S
| mission_type = ISS crew transport
| operator = Roscosmos
| COSPAR_ID =
| SATCAT =
| mission_duration = {{time interval|15 September 2023 15:44:35|6 April 2024 07:17:47|show=dhms}}
| spacecraft = Soyuz MS-25 No. 755
| spacecraft_type = Soyuz MS
| manufacturer = Energia
| launch_mass =
| landing_mass =
| launch_date = {{Start date text|15 September 2023, 15:44:35|timezone=yes}}{{nbsp}}UTC
| launch_rocket = Soyuz-2.1a
| launch_site = Baikonur, Site 31/6
| launch_contractor = RKTs Progress
| landing_date = {{End date text|6 April 2024, 07:17:47|timezone=yes}}{{nbsp}}UTC
| landing_site = Kazakh Steppe, Kazakhstan ({{coord|47|25|6.12|N|69|38|56.22|E|display=inline}})
| crew_size = 3
| crew_members = Loral O'Hara
| crew_launching = {{Ubl|Oleg Kononenko|Nikolai Chub}}
| crew_landing = {{Ubl|Oleg Novitsky|Maryna Vasileuskaya}}
| crew_callsign = Antares
| orbit_reference = Geocentric orbit
| orbit_regime = Low Earth orbit
| orbit_inclination = 51.659°
| apsis = gee
| docking = {{Infobox spaceflight/Dock
| docking_target = ISS
| docking_type = dock
| docking_port = Rassvet nadir
| docking_date = 15 September 2023, 18:53:32{{nbsp}}UTC
| undocking_date = 6 April 2024, 03:54:58{{nbsp}}UTC
| time_docked = {{time interval|15 September 2023 18:53:32|6 April 2024 03:54:58|show=dhms}}
}}
| insignia = File:Soyuz MS-24 mission patch.png File:Soyuz MS-24 mission landing patch.png
| insignia_caption = Mission patches: launch (left) and landing (right)
| crew_photo = File:Soyuz MS-24 Crew.jpg
File: Expedition 70 Soyuz Landing (NHQ202404060201).jpg
| crew_photo_caption = Top: launching crew, from left: O'Hara, Kononenko, and Chub
Bottom: landing crew, from left: O'Hara, Novitsky, and Vasileuskaya
| programme = Soyuz programme (crewed)
| previous_mission = Soyuz MS-23
| next_mission = Soyuz MS-25
}}
Soyuz MS-24, Russian production No. 755 and identified by NASA as Soyuz 70S, was a Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight launched from Baikonur on 15 September 2023 to the International Space Station.
Crew
They were originally assigned to Soyuz MS-23, but they were moved to MS-24 due to a coolant leak on Soyuz MS-22 that required MS-23 to be launched uncrewed as its replacement and returned to Earth uncrewed. Oleg Kononenko was assigned for a one year long mission with his MS-24 crewmate Nikolai Chub that started on September 15, 2023. As the mission lasted 374 days, Kononenko spent a total of 1,111 days in space. He exceeded the previous record of 878 days held by Gennady Padalka on 4 February 2024. He later became the first person to stay 900, 1,000, and 1,100 days in space on 25 February 2024, 4 June 2024, and 12 September 2024 respectively.
{{Spaceflight crew
|crew = prime
|terminology = crew member
|position1 = Commander
|crew1_up = {{Flagicon|RUS}} Oleg Kononenko
|agency1_up = Roscosmos
|expedition1_up = Expedition 69/70/71
|flights1_up = Fifth
|crew1_down = {{Flagicon|RUS}} Oleg Novitsky
|agency1_down = Roscosmos
|expedition1_down = 21st Visiting Expedition
|flights1_down = Fourth
|position2 = Flight Engineer/ Spaceflight Participant
|crew2_up = {{Flagicon|RUS}} Nikolai Chub
|agency2_up = Roscosmos
|expedition2_up = Expedition 69/70/71
|flights2_up = First
|crew2_down = {{Flagicon|BLR}} Maryna Vasileuskaya
|agency2_down = Belarus Space Agency{{Cite web |title=Belarusian female astronaut to go ISS in March 2024 — Roscosmos |url=https://tass.com/science/1624689 |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=TASS}}
|flights2_down = First
|expedition2_down = 21st Visiting Expedition
|position3 = Flight Engineer
|crew3_up = {{Flagicon|USA}} Loral O'Hara
|agency3_up = NASA
|expedition3_up = Expedition 69/70
|flights3_up = First
}}
{{Spaceflight crew
|crew = backup
|terminology = Crew member
|position1 = Commander
|crew1_up = {{Flagicon|RUS}} Aleksey Ovchinin
|agency1_up = Roscosmos
|position2 = Flight Engineer
|crew2_up = {{Flagicon|US}} Tracy Caldwell-Dyson
|agency2_up = NASA{{Cite web |last=Imgur |title=imgur.com |url=https://imgur.com/5YMstdx |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=Imgur |language=en}}
}}
Undocking and Return
At the end of Expedition 70, O'Hara returned to Earth on Soyuz MS-24 with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and Belarusian spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya (both on ISS EP-21) on 6 April 2024. On the other hand, Kononenko and Chub remained onboard the orbital laboratory for a year and returned to Earth with NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell-Dyson on Soyuz MS-25. As the mission lasted 374 days, Kononenko spent a total of 1,111 days in space by the time he returned to Earth. He broke the world record of 878 days in space held by Gennady Padalka on February 4, 2024 at 07:30:08 UTC. He later became the first person to stay 900, 1,000, and 1,100 days in space on 25 February 2024, 4 June 2024, and 12 September 2024 respectively.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-04 |title=Russian cosmonaut sets new record for most total time in space — more than 878 days |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-04/cosmonaut-oleg-kononenko-soyuz-ms-24-iss-space-time-record/103425860 |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=ABC |language=en |archive-date=2024-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204120144/https://amp.abc.net.au/article/103425860 |url-status=live }}
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