posted 04-06-2025 11:48 AM               

Soyuz MS-27 crew, rocket poised for launch

Soyuz MS-27 commander Sergey Ryzhikov and flight engineer Alexey Zubritsky, both of Roscosmos, together with NASA astronaut Jonny Kim are set to launch to the International Space Station on Tuesday (April 8) at 1:47 a.m. EDT (0547 GMT or 10:47 a.m. local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The Soyuz is scheduled to dock to the station's Prichal node module at about 5:03 a.m. EDT (0903 GMT) the same day, after a two-orbit rendezvous.

About two hours after docking, the hatches between the Soyuz and the space station will open and Ryzhikov, Zubritsky and Kim will be greeted by Expedition 72 commander Alexey Ovchinin and cosmonauts Kirill Peskov and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers, Anne McClain and Don Pettit and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi.

On Saturday (April 5), the Soyuz-2.1a rocket topped with the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft was rolled out to Pad 31/6 by train and erected into position.

posted 04-08-2025 01:12 AM               

Navy SEAL-doctor-astronaut lifts off with cosmonauts on Soyuz flight to ISS

A Navy SEAL, medical doctor and NASA astronaut lifted off for an eight-month mission on the International Space Station — and that was just one of the three crew members on the trip into Earth orbit.

Jonny Kim of the United States together with Russia's Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky launched on Tuesday (April 8) as the Soyuz MS-27 crew. Riding atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket, they ascended from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1:47 a.m. EDT (0547 GMT or 10:47 a.m. local time).

posted 04-08-2025 08:01 AM               

Soyuz MS-27 docks at space station

Soyuz MS-27 arrived at the International Space Station on Tuesday (April 8), completing an autonomous docking to the Prichal node at 4:57 a.m. EDT (2057 GMT).

The two spacecraft made contact as they were traveling 260 miles over western Russia.

The hatches between the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft and the space station were opened at 7:28 a.m. EDT (2328 GMT) and Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritsky and Jonny Kim entered their home for the next eight months.