Soyuz MS-03
Soyuz MS-03 was a Soyuz spaceflight launched on 17 November 2016.[1] It transported three members of the Expedition 50 crew to the International Space Station. MS-03 was the 132nd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander with American and French flight engineers.
Soyuz MS-03 docked to ISS | |
Operator | Roskosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 2016-070A |
SATCAT no. | 41864 |
Mission duration | 196 days 17 hours 49 minutes |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-MS 11F747 |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 launching 2 landing |
Members | Oleg Novitskiy Thomas Pesquet |
Launching | Peggy Whitson |
Callsign | Kazbek |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | November 17, 2016 20:17 UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | June 2, 2017 14:10 UTC |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Rassvet nadir |
Docking date | November 19, 2016 21:58 UTC |
Undocking date | June 2, 2017 10:47 UTC |
(l-r) Pesquet, Whitson and Novitskiy Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
Crew
Position[2] | Launching Crew Member | Landing Crew Member |
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Commander | Expedition 50 Second spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 1 | Expedition 50 First spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 2 | Expedition 50 Third and last[3] spaceflight |
N/A[4] |
Backup crew
Position[5] | Crew Member | |
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Commander | ||
Flight Engineer 1 | ||
Flight Engineer 2 |
Mission highlights
Soyuz MS-03 launched with Expedition 50/51 on November 17, 2016 20:17 UTC. Astronaut Peggy Whitson, at age 56, became the oldest woman to fly into space.[6][7]
Soyuz MS-03 docked at the International Space Station on November 19, 2016.[8]
On June 2, 2017, MS-03 undocked from the ISS, carrying Novitskiy and Pesquet back to Earth after 196 days in space. Whitson remained on the ISS and returned on Soyuz MS-04 on September 3, 2017.
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References
- http://russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms-03.html
- Планируемые полёты (in Russian). astronaut.ru. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- Potter, Sean (15 June 2018). "Record-Setting NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson Retires". NASA. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
- Harwood, William. "Whitson's station expedition extended three months". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- astronaut.ru (2015). "Планируемые полёты" (in Russian).
- "NASA's Peggy Whitson Becomes Oldest Woman in Space - ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- Chiara Palazzo Associated Press. "Nasa veteran Peggy Whitson becomes the oldest woman in space as she blasts off for ISS". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- "Welcome Aboard! New Arrivals Make Six Expedition 50 Crew Members | Space Station". blogs.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
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