Overview
- Technicians at Baikonur finished assembling the Soyuz-2.1a rocket for the crewed Soyuz MS-28 mission to the International Space Station.
- The State Commission authorized the rocket’s rollout and installation on the launch pad on November 24.
- Launch is scheduled for November 27 at 12:28 Moscow time from Baikonur Cosmodrome.
- The prime crew comprises Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, Sergey Mikaev, and NASA astronaut Christopher Williams, with backups Pyotr Dubrov, Anna Kikina, and Anil Menon.
- The mission is planned for about 242 days on orbit with more than 40 Russian experiments and two spacewalks targeted for April and June 2026.