Mission Overview
A three-member U.S.-Russian crew launched aboard the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on November 27, 2025, kicking off an eight-month stay at the International Space Station. The Soyuz booster rocket lifted off at 2:27 p.m. local time and docked with the ISS roughly three hours later at 5:34 p.m.
Crew Details
The team includes NASA astronaut Chris Williams, a physicist on his first spaceflight, alongside Russian cosmonauts Sergei Mikaev, a military pilot also on his debut mission, and Sergei Kud-Sverchkov, who is on his second flight. They arrived just in time for holiday activities aboard the orbiting lab.
In this photo taken from video released by Roscosmos space corporation, the Soyuz-2.1 rocket booster with Soyuz MS-28 space ship carrying NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikaev blasts off from Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025.
Author's summary: A U.S.-Russian trio—NASA's Chris Williams, Sergei Mikaev, and Sergei Kud-Sverchkov—launched via Soyuz MS-28 from Baikonur on Nov. 27, 2025, docking at ISS for an 8-month mission; first flights for Williams and Mikaev. (152 characters)
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