Welcome to the Soyuz MS-23 Return Thread!

Welcome everyone!

Undocking scheduled for (UTC) 2023-09-27 07:55
Landing scheduled for (UTC) 2023-09-27 11:17
Vehicle Soyuz MS-23
Landing site Kazakh Steppe, Kazakhstan
Commander Sergey Prokopyev 🇷🇺
Flight Engineer 1 Dmitry Petelin 🇷🇺
Flight Engineer 2 Francisco Rubio 🇺🇸
Mission success criteria Safe return of crew and cargo to Earth

The crew of MS-23 actually launched on MS-22, but did not return on the vehicle as it was deemed unsafe following the cooling loop incident, so MS-23 was launched uncrewed as a replacement. The delay in return has resulted in Francisco Rubio becoming the first American to spend a full year or more in space, breaking Mark T. Vande Hei’s record for the longest spaceflight by an American astronaut.

Livestreams

Stream Link
NASA TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg
NASA Landing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAv2sKblPRc
Roscosmos Hatch Closing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpVIYTAl2RI
Roscosmos Undocking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q55TZRjpOyQ
Roscosmos Landing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGuSG76-n8U

Mission Details 🚀

NASA blog posts and press releases:

Please feel free to post updates and questions in the comments!