Soyuz MS-17
Soyuz MS-17 is a Soyuz spaceflight planned for October 2020.[2] It will transport three crew members of the Expedition 63 crew the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-17 will be the 145th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft crewed. The crew will consist of a Russian commander and a Russian and American flight engineer.[3] The mission may mark the first use of a new "ultrafast" two-orbit rendezvous flight plan with the Soyuz, which will see Soyuz MS-17 arrive at the ISS within approximately three hours of launch.[4]
Mission type | Crewed mission to ISS |
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Operator | Roscosmos |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Soyuz MS |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz MS 11F747 |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Sergey Ryzhikov Sergey Kud-Sverchkov Kathleen Rubins |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 14 October 2020 (planned) [1] |
Rocket | Soyuz-2.1a |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 31/6 |
Contractor | Progress Rocket Space Centre |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 17 April 2021 |
Landing site | Kazakh Steppe |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.66° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Rassvet nadir |
Docking date | 14 October 2020 (planned) |
Undocking date | 1 April 2021 (planned) |
Time docked | 170 days (planned) |
Docking with ISS (Relocation) | |
Docking port | Poisk zenith |
Docking date | 1 April 2021 (planned) |
Undocking date | 17 April 2021 (planned) |
Time docked | 17 days (planned) |
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Crew
Position | Crew member | |
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Commander | ![]() Expedition 63 Second spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 1 | ![]() Expedition 63 First spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 2 | ![]() Expedition 63 Second spaceflight |
Backup crew
Position | Crew member | |
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Commander | ![]() | |
Flight Engineer 1 | ![]() | |
Flight Engineer 2 | ![]() |
Reserve crew
Position | Crew member | |
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Commander | ![]() | |
Flight Engineer 1 | ![]() |
Crew notes
Early planning had listed Russian cosmonaut Nikolai Chub as the mission's Flight Engineer 2, pending a NASA decision on whether they would purchase more seats on the Soyuz. In May 2020, NASA purchased a Soyuz seat and assigned NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins to the Flight Engineer 2 position, backed up by astronaut Mark Vande Hei.[7][8]
Originally Russian cosmonauts Anatoli Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner were set to fly as Commander and Flight Engineer 1 respectively. In February 2020, however, the two cosmonauts were moved to the Soyuz MS-16 flight due to medical issues with the commander of Soyuz MS-16, Nikolai Tikhonov. Ivanishin and Vagner were replaced by Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov. Tikhonov and Babkin may fly on Soyuz MS-18.
Reacting to the COVID-19 pandemic, Roscosmos implemented a two-cosmonaut reserve crew to ensure the flight could go on with no delays, in the unlikely event both the prime and backup crews fall ill. It has not been confirmed whether NASA plans to add an astronaut of their own to the reserve crew.[9]
References
- "Источник: НАСА хочет купить еще одно место в российском "Союзе"" [Source: NASA wants to buy another Soyuz seat] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
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- @anik1982space (9 May 2020). "Вот и новые составы российских экипажей «Союза МС-17» стали известны из пресс-релиза аэропорта Жуковский.
Основной: Сергей Рыжиков, Сергей Кудь-Сверчков.
Дублирующий: Олег Новицкий, Пётр Дубров.
К сожалению, Николая Тихонова и Андрея Бабкина нет..." (Tweet) (in Russian) – via Twitter. - "Flight crew assignments". forum.nasaspaceflight.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- "Роскосмос подтвердил подписание контракта на доставку астронавта NASA на корабле "Союз"". ТАСС (in Russian). Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- "Press Release: NASA Assigns Astronaut Kate Rubins to Expedition 63/64 Space Station Crew". nasa.gov. NASA. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - "Новости. Утвержден экипаж корабля «Союз МС-17»". www.roscosmos.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 11 June 2020.