Russian Hero, Commander to Lead "Soyuz MS-31" Mission

Oleg Kononenko, the Commander of the cosmonaut squad, is set to lead the crew of the "Soyuz MS-31" spacecraft on his sixth flight to the ISS, bringing his total flight time to nearly 1,111 days.

Russian Hero, Commander to Lead "Soyuz MS-31" Mission

Joining Kononenko will be Alexander Grebenkin, also a member of the cosmonaut squad, who will serve as a flight engineer of the manned transport spacecraft "Soyuz" and a flight engineer of the ISS on this mission.

The mission, part of Expedition ISS-77, will see the spacecraft transporting the cosmonauts into orbit for their space mission.