Soyuz MS-19

Launch, orbit & landing data: Designation  20 Launch date - time  05 Oct 2021 - 08:55 UTC Launch site  Baikonur, LC1/5 Launch vehicle  Soyuz-2.1a) Manufacturer  Energia Soyuz designation   Mass (kg)   kg Docking date - time  05 Oct 2021 - 12:22:31 UTC Target spacecraft/port  ISS/Rassvet Earth orbit on :    - Perigee / Apogee   km    - Eccentricity      - Inclination  51.64°    - Period   min Undocking date - time  30 Mar 2022 - 07:21:03 UTC Deorbit burn date - time   Landing date - time  30 March 2022 - 11:28:04 UTC Landing location  Kazakh Steppe 47°23′24.84''N, 69°35′16.50''E Flight Duration (d:hr:min)  176d 02h 33m 02s Nbr orbits  2759 Landing crew  Shkaplerov  Dubrov and Vande Hei(crew MS-18)

Launched Crew

Launch crew: Peresild, Shkaplerov and Shipenko.

Backup Crew

Descriptions:

• SOYUZ MS-19 is a Soyuz spaceflight that transported three members of the Expedition 67 crew to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-19 is the 147th crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft.
• The crew will consist of a Russian commander, Russian film director Klim Shipenko and Russian actress Yulia Peresild. Shipenko and Peresild are planned to spend about a week on the ISS before returning to Earth aboard Soyuz MS-18, with the intention of filming a movie in space, Vyzov (lit. 'Challenge')
  • Film project:
  • On May 14, 2021, the Interagency Committee approved the composition of the ISS main and alternate crews for the period 2021-2023. Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (commander) and the crew of the film "Challenge": actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko, will go to the ISS on the Soyuz MS-19. The drama is a joint project of Roscosmos, Channel One and the Yellow, Black and White studio (Ru). The alternates chosen after passing the medical committee are: New Drama Theater actress Alyona Mordovina, director Alexei Dudin and the commander Oleg Artemyev. Since May 24 the crew members have been training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. On July 23, the prime crew participated in a four-hour simulation inside a Soyuz replica while wearing the Sokol suit and on July 28, the back-up crew completed the same exercise. According to the Commander, Oleg Artemyev the performance of the two back-up Spaceflight Participants was outstanding. On July 30, the spacecraft had its pre-launch preparation started. On August 31 the medical committee announced that both the main and reserve crew were healthy for space flight.
  • It is planned that the director and actress will return to Earth on October 17, 2021 on Soyuz MS-18, with Commander Oleg Novitskiy. Cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov and astronaut Mark Vande Hei, who arrived at the ISS on Soyuz MS-18, will join Shkaplerov on the landing of Soyuz MS-19. Soyuz MS-19 is scheduled to land on March 28, 2022

Mission details:

• ISS Expedition 67/68.
• Soyuz MS-19 was launched on Oct 5, 2021 at 0855 UTC, carrying commander Anton Shkaplerovand two passengers, movie director Klim Shipenko and actor Yulia Peresild. The ship docked at the Rassvet module at 1222 UTC the same day.

External links:

• Wikipedia: Soyuz MS-19 mission

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel Baikonur 05.10.2021, registered mail.