Soyuz MS-03
![]() Soyuz MS-03 docked to International Space Station (ISS). | |
Mission type | ISS crew transport |
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Operator | Roscosmos |
COSPAR ID | 2016-070A |
SATCAT no. | 41864![]() |
Mission duration | 196 days 17 hours 49 minutes |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Soyuz MS |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz MS 11F732A48 |
Manufacturer | Energia |
Launch mass | 7080 kg |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 (launching) 2 (landing) |
Members | Oleg Novitsky Thomas Pesquet |
Launching | Peggy Whitson |
Callsign | Kazbek |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 17 November 2016, 20:17:00 UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1 |
Contractor | Progress |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 2 June 2017, 14:10 UTC |
Landing site | Steppes of the Kazakhstan |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.66° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Rassvet nadir |
Docking date | 19 November 2016, 21:58 UTC |
Undocking date | 2 June 2017, 10:47 UTC |
Time docked | 194 days |
![]() (l-r) Pesquet, Whitson and Novitsky Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
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.[2]
Crew
[edit]Position[3] | 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 50/51/52 Third (last NASA)[5] spaceflight |
N/A [4] |
Backup crew
[edit]Position[6] | Crew Member | |
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Commander | ![]() | |
Flight Engineer 1 | ![]() | |
Flight Engineer 2 | ![]() |
Mission highlights
[edit]Soyuz MS-03 launched with Expedition 50/51 on 17 November 2016, at 20:17 UTC. Astronaut Peggy Whitson, at age 56, became the oldest woman to fly into space.[7][8] Soyuz MS-03 docked at the International Space Station on 19 November 2016.[9] On 2 June 2017, Soyuz MS-03 undocked from the ISS, carrying Oleg Novitsky and Thomas Pesquet back to Earth after 196 days in space. Whitson remained on the ISS and returned on Soyuz MS-04 on 3 September 2017.
References
[edit]- ^ "Soyuz MS-03 mission".
- ^ "Display: Soyuz MS-03 2016-070A". NASA. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
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- ^ Планируемые полёты. astronaut.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ Harwood, William. "Whitson's station expedition extended three months". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ^ Potter, Sean (15 June 2018). "Record-Setting NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson Retires". NASA. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
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- ^ astronaut.ru (2015). "Планируемые полёты" (in Russian).
- ^ "NASA's Peggy Whitson Becomes Oldest Woman in Space". abcnews.go.com. ABC News. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ Chiara Palazzo (18 November 2016). "NASA veteran Peggy Whitson becomes the oldest woman in space as she blasts off for ISS". The Telegraph. Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ "Welcome Aboard! New Arrivals Make Six Expedition 50 Crew Members | Space Station". blogs.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.