Vehicle: Soyuz FGCredit: Roscosmos · Launch Library 2
Soyuz MS-09 begins expedition 56 by carrying Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst and NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor to the International Space Station. After launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, they will rendezvous to the station where they will remain for their 6 month stay.
- Target orbit
- LEO · Low Earth Orbit
- Mission type
- Human Exploration
- Payload
- Soyuz MS-09