Anna Yuryevna Kikina is a Russian engineer and test cosmonaut, selected in 2012. Kikina is assigned to Crew-5 mission which is to launch in 2022. The seat was arranged as a part of exchange agreement between Roscosmos and NASA, allowing Russian cosmonaut to fly on US vehicle while American astronaut gets a seat on Soyuz. Kikina will be the first Russian cosmonaut to fly on Crew Dragon.

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-5

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Sept. 2, 2022, 3 a.m.

Status: TBD

Mission:

SpaceX Crew-5 is the fifth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

Low Earth Orbit Unknown F9 - Maiden Flight Unknown

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Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-22

Progress Rocket Space Center | RUS
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 21, 2022, 1:54 p.m.

Status: TBC

Mission: Human Exploration

Soyuz MS-22 will carry Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Prokopeyev, Anna Kikina and Dmitry Petelin to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Low Earth Orbit

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