Soyuz MS-27

Soyuz MS-27
Soyuz MS-27 launches to the International Space Station atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket
NamesISS 73S
Mission typeISS crew transport
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2025-072A
SATCAT no.63520
Mission duration244 days, 23 hours and 16 minutes
Distance travelled167,000,000 km (104,000,000 mi)
Orbits completed3,920
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz MS-27 No. 758
Spacecraft typeSoyuz MS
ManufacturerEnergia
Launch mass7,152 kg (15,767 lb)
Crew
Crew size3
Members
CallsignFavor
ExpeditionExpedition 72/73
Start of mission
Launch date8 April 2025, 05:47:15 UTC
RocketSoyuz-2.1a No. K15000-075
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 31/6
ContractorRKTs Progress
End of mission
Landing date9 December 2025, 05:03 UTC
Landing siteKazakh Steppe, Kazakhstan
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Docking with ISS
Docking portPrichal nadir
Docking date8 April 2025, 08:57:43 UTC
Undocking date9 December 2025, 01:41:30 UTC
Time docked244 days, 16 hours and 44 minutes

Mission patch

From left: Kim, Ryzhikov and Zubritsky

Soyuz MS-27, identified by NASA as Soyuz 73S, was a Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight that launched on 8 April 2025 from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, bound for the International Space Station. The spacecraft was launched aboard a Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying three crew members, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, along with NASA astronaut Jonny Kim.