Soyuz MS-26
Success
SEP 11202416:23:12 UTCDon Pettit flew to the ISS for the fourth time, becoming - at 69 - the oldest active NASA astronaut to reach orbit at the time of launch. After 220 days aboard as part of Expedition 71/72, the crew landed on the Kazakh steppe on April 20, 2025, Pettit's 70th birthday.
LIFTOFF
SEP 11 202416:23:12 UTC
Success
launched from Pad 31/6 Baikonur
aboard Soyuz 2.1a into LEO
Payload
Soyuz MS-26 / 72S
Expedition 71/72
Crew
Ascending
- 01 Aleksey Ovchinin from Russia
- 02 Ivan Vagner from Russia
- 03 Donald Pettit from USA
Descending
- 01 Aleksey Ovchinin from Russia
- 02 Ivan Vagner from Russia
- 03 Donald Pettit from USA