(...)You will prepare for the flight like an astronaut and undergo training and education alongside actual cosmonauts, all under the supervision of specialists. Everything is designed to ensure that your journey is as comfortable as possible, allowing you to fully enjoy this new experience.A spacesuit and individual equipment will be specially made for you to ensure both comfort and safety.(...)- Planned flight start: Q3 - Q4 2025.- Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome (Kazakhstan). - Duration of the flight to the ISS: approximately 3 hours.- Planned stay at the ISS: 10 days.- Total preparation time for the flight: 10 months.- Active flight preparation period: 4-5 months.- The flight and descent will be carried out with a team of professional cosmonauts. Seats on the Soyuz MS spacecraft: 2 + 1 (professional cosmonaut).What is Included in the Expedition:- Initial medical examination to determine flight eligibility (Stages I and II of selection).- Development and approval of the flight program, including personal and scientific experiments.- Preparation for the flight, training, and tests on ground equipment.- Preparation duration: 4-5 months. Short stays on training and educational modules may be possible. No special knowledge or skills for space flight are required. Everything necessary will be taught and practiced as part of the program.- Training is conducted in person at the Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City (Moscow Region, Russia).- Training is available in Russian or English. If necessary, Glavkosmos JSC provides an interpreter.- Medical examination under stress to ensure the safety of cosmonauts during the expedition (Stage III of selection).- Creation of a custom spacesuit. After the flight, the spacesuit can be kept as a memento.- Creation of individual support cushions. This equipment is necessary for the cosmonaut's seat, ensuring safety during takeoff and landing.- Pre-launch preparation at the cosmodrome (3 weeks).- Flight to the ISS as part of a professional space crew.- Stay at the ISS, including the execution of the flight program and photo and video recording.- Return to Earth.- Post-flight rehabilitation (1 week) at Star City (Moscow Region, Russia).
I'll be very interested to see whether this is MS-28 or a dedicated tourist Soyuz like MS-20.
This will be Glavkosmos ISS Visiting Expedition 22 or VE-22 for short. As stated in the presser it will be 2 Spaceflight participants and the Soyuz Commander. VE-22 by standard procedure will return in an older Soyuz leaving the new one docked for the ISS Expedition crew.
That is, it will be an additional third Soyuz, which will launch in 2025. There is still the possibility that some crew will stay on the ISS again for a year.The question is whether there will be two people willing to make such a trip. My guess is that NASA, as in the past, will not agree to tourists entering the American segment of the ISS. And that makes the trip much less attractive.
Quote from: russianhalo117 on 08/10/2024 05:49 amThis will be Glavkosmos ISS Visiting Expedition 22 or VE-22 for short. As stated in the presser it will be 2 Spaceflight participants and the Soyuz Commander. VE-22 by standard procedure will return in an older Soyuz leaving the new one docked for the ISS Expedition crew.Thanks! I wasn't clear, though--sorry. What I was wondering was whether it would be a taxi crew like MS-25 or a third Soyuz like MS-20.Quote from: JSz on 08/10/2024 08:17 amThat is, it will be an additional third Soyuz, which will launch in 2025. There is still the possibility that some crew will stay on the ISS again for a year.The question is whether there will be two people willing to make such a trip. My guess is that NASA, as in the past, will not agree to tourists entering the American segment of the ISS. And that makes the trip much less attractive.Thanks for chiming in. As far as the American segment, I thought that the MS-19 crew and maybe also the MS-20 crew were allowed to visit the American segment with escorts in spite of what the official ruling was, but I could be wrong.
