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Crew from NASA, Roscosmos Launching to Station on NASA+

Soyuz MS-27 backup crew members (from left) NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikaev pose for a portrait at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia.
Soyuz MS-28 crew members (from left) NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikaev pose for a portrait at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia.
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NASA’s live launch coverage is underway on NASA+, Amazon Prime, YouTube, and more, as teams prepare for the launch of the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Launch is scheduled for 4:27 a.m. EST (2:27 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 

The spacecraft will carry NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev to the orbiting laboratory, where they will spend approximately eight months conducting scientific research before returning to Earth in summer 2026.  

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After a two-orbit, three-hour trip to the orbital laboratory, the spacecraft will dock automatically at approximately 7:38 a.m. with the station’s Rassvet module. Shortly after, hatches will open between Soyuz and the space station. NASA’s live coverage of rendezvous and docking will begin at 6:45 a.m. on NASA+, Amazon Prime, YouTube, and more. 

Once aboard, the trio will join NASA astronauts Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, and Jonny Kim; JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui; and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritsky, and Oleg Platonov. 

Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.

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