Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub and Loral O'Hara are now on a two-orbit, three-hour rendezvous with the International Space Station.
An engineer who worked on spacecraft design before becoming a cosmonaut in 1996, Kononenko, 59, is on his fifth mission to the International Space Station. Kononenko's prior stays include Expedition 17 in 2008, Expedition 30/31 in 2012, Expedition 44/45 in 2015 and Expedition 57/58/59 in 2019. Before launching on Friday, he had already logged more than 736 days in space.
Chub, 39, is on his first flight into space. Prior to his selection as a cosmonaut in 2012, he directed an astronautics firm, participated in ESA's CAVES training program and served as a backup crew member for Soyuz MS-12 and MS-22. O'Hara, 40, worked on rocket and submersible development before being named a member of NASA's 22nd group of astronauts,"," in 2017. O'Hara is the second astronaut to fly on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft as part of a seat-swap agreement between Roscosmos and NASA.
"I've been dreaming about exploration ever since I was a little kid. It has just been something I'm interested in doing, and from an early age spaceflight caught my imagination. From there, I have just always been interested in challenging activities, far-off places, studying our planet and learning about new things. So for me, spaceflight wraps all of that up in a pretty incredible stage," said O'Hara.
Soyuz MS-24 is Russia's 70th Soyuz to launch for the International Space Station since 2000 and the 153rd to fly since 1967.
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