The three cosmonauts will arrive at the orbiting lab in just a few hours.
Soyuz MS-21 crew, from the left: Sergey Korsakov, Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev, all Roscosmos cosmonauts.
Artemyev, Matveev and Korsakov's planned stay extends through September, with Artemyev becoming Expedition 67 commander whenAdditional Expedition 67 crew members will arrive with Crew-4, including NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins, as well as ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti.
Matveev, 38, and Korsakov, 37, are both on their first spaceflights. Matveev was working as an engineer at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, when he was selected to become a cosmonaut in 2010. Korsakov joined the cosmonaut corps in 2012 and trained to fly on Soyuz MS-18 before being replaced by Vande Hei on that mission.
The Soyuz MS-21 mission patch is based on the crest of Bauman Moscow State Technical University , all three crew members' alma mater.
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