The Soyuz MS-21 team ship with 3 cosmonauts aboard methods the Prichal module for docking in this view from the space station. Credit: NASA TELEVISION
Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev, and Sergey Korsakov on the Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft gone for 11:55 a.m. EDT on March 18, 2022, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (8:55 p.m. Baikonur time). They docked to the International Space Station at 3:12 p.m. EDT, while the station was taking a trip 260 miles over eastern Kazakhstan.
The Soyuz MS-21 rocket raises off on time from Kazakhstan bring 3 cosmonauts to the space station. Credit: NASA
About 2 hours after docking, hatches in between the Soyuz and the station opened and the trio signed up with Expedition 66 Commander Anton Shkaplerov and cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, along with NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei, Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Kayla Barron, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer.
Three Russian cosmonauts reached the International Space Station on March 18 a bit more than three hours after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on their Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft. Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev, and Sergey Korsakov docked to the Prichal module on the ISS for the start of a planned six-month objective as part of both the Expedition 66 and 67 teams. Credit: NASA
On March 30, a Soyuz spacecraft will return as scheduled bring NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov back to Earth. Upon their return, Vande Hei will hold the American record for the longest single human spaceflight objective of 355 days.
Exploration 66-67 Soyuz MS 21 Hatch Opening On International Space Station. Credit: NASA
