Soyuz MS-03
Operator | Roskosmos | ||||
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Spacecraft properties | |||||
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-MS 11F747 | ||||
Manufacturer | RKK Energia | ||||
Crew | |||||
Crew size | 3 | ||||
Members |
Oleg Novitskiy Peggy Whitson Thomas Pesquet | ||||
Callsign | Kazbek | ||||
Start of mission | |||||
Launch date |
November 17, 2016 20:17 UTC | ||||
Rocket | Soyuz-FG | ||||
Orbital parameters | |||||
Reference system | Geocentric | ||||
Regime | Low Earth | ||||
Docking with ISS | |||||
Docking port | Rassvet nadir | ||||
Docking date | November 19, 2016 | ||||
(l-r) Novitskiy, Whitson and Pesquet
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Soyuz MS-03 is 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 is the 132nd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consists of a Russian commander and American and French flight engineers.
Crew
Position[2] | Crew Member | |
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Commander | Oleg Novitskiy, RSA Second spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 1 | Thomas Pesquet, ESA Expedition 50 First spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 2 | Peggy A. Whitson, NASA Expedition 50 Third spaceflight |
Backup crew
Position[3] | Crew Member | |
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Commander | Fyodor Yurchikhin, RSA | |
Flight Engineer 1 | Paolo Nespoli, ESA | |
Flight Engineer 2 | Jack D. Fischer, NASA |
Mission Highlights
Soyuz MS-O3 launched with Expedition 50/51 On November 17 20:17 UTC. Astronaut Peggy Whitson, at age 56, became the oldest woman to fly into space.[4][5]
Soyuz MS-03 docked at the International Space Station on Novermber 19, 2016.[6]
References
- ↑ http://russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms-03.html
- ↑ Планируемые полёты (in Russian). astronaut.ru. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ↑ 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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