The launch of the crewed Soyuz MS-30 spacecraft to the International Space Station is scheduled for March 2027, according to the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC, part of Roscosmos). This will be the 76th long-duration mission.
The prime crew includes Roscosmos cosmonauts Dmitry Petelin and Konstantin Borisov, as well as NASA astronaut Denise Burnham. The backup crew will be led by GCTC head Oleg Kononenko, with Alexander Grebenkin and NASA astronaut Marcos Berrios preparing for the flight alongside him.
Earlier, Oleg Kononenko reported that specialists had begun checking key systems of the Russian and American segments of the ISS in preparation for deorbiting the station. The work is intended to determine their readiness and resilience to potential failures. Crewed missions continue on schedule.
Previous missions of the Soyuz MS series
The previous spacecraft in this series — Soyuz MS-29 — launched to the ISS on July 14, 2026 with a crew consisting of Pyotr Dubrov, Anna Kikina, and NASA astronaut Anil Menon. Notably, the backup crew for that mission — Dmitry Petelin, Konstantin Borisov, and Denise Burnham — is now moving to the prime crew of Soyuz MS-30. NASA Director Jared Isaacman personally attended the launch of Soyuz MS-29 — the first time in eight years that the head of the American agency visited Baikonur.
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