At 7:34 a.m. EST, the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft docked with the International Space Station’s Rassvet module. NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev launched at 4:27 a.m. (2:27 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Hatch opening is scheduled for 10:10 a.m. NASA’s live hatch-opening coverage will begin at 9:50 a.m. on NASA+, Amazon Prime, YouTube, and more. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media.
Once aboard, the trio will join Expedition 73, including 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. The newly arrived crew members will spend approximately eight months aboard the orbital laboratory, returning to Earth in summer 2026.
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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Mark A. GarciaNovember 27, 2025