Launch of Soyuz MS-28 manned mission from Baikonur to ISS scheduled for November 27

The Soyuz MS-28 manned spacecraft is scheduled to be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Baikonur launch facility on November 27, Russia’s state-run space corporation Roscosmos said, TASS reports.

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"The blastoff [is scheduled for] November 27, 2025," says a Roscosmos handout, issued in the run up to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the National Space Center.

The spacecraft’s crew will comprise crew comprises Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikayev and NASA astronaut Christopher Williams, who will be delivered to the ISS in accordance with the Russia-NASA seat swap agreement.

As written before, the Soyuz 2.1a carrier rocket with the Progress MS-32 cargo spacecraft blasted off last week from Launch Pad 31 of the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.