Soyuz MS-28’s commander is Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov. Born in August 1983 in Soviet Kazakhstan, Kud-Sverchkov made his second flight to the Station on Soyuz MS-28 after serving as a flight engineer on Soyuz MS-17 in 2020.

A Russian Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft with two Russian cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut on board successfully docked with the International Space Station on Thursday (7), Russian space agency Roscosmos said.

A Soyuz spacecraft delivered two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut to the International Space Station Nov. 27 for an eight-month stay.

The launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan was damaged after the Soyuz MS-28 mission lifted off. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut successfully docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, despite damage to the launch pad in Kazakhstan during liftoff.