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SOYUZ-MS 18
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Soyuz MS-18 was a Soyuz spaceflight that was launched on 9 April 2021 at 07:42:41 UTC. It transported three members of the Expedition 64 crew to the International Space Station (ISS). Soyuz MS-18 was the 146th crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The launching crew consisted of a Russian commander, a Russian flight engineer, and an American flight engineer of NASA. The spacecraft returned to Earth on 17 October 2021 following 191 days in space. The flight served as the landing vehicle for the Russian film director Klim Shipenko and actress Yulia Peresild who launched to the ISS aboard Soyuz MS-19 and spent twelve days in space in order to film a movie, Vyzov.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 9, 2021 at 07:42 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Soyuz 2.1a →
- Operator
- Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
- Mission
- Soyuz MS-18
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 423 km
- Periapsis
- 418 km
- Inclination
- 51.64°
- Orbital period
- 92.98 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Russia (CIS / former USSR)
- Launch mass
- 7,218 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2021-029A
- NORAD catalog №
- 48159
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- October 17, 2021
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- October 17, 2021
- Time in service
- 191 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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