Soyuz MS-03

Soyuz MS-03
Operator Roskosmos
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


Soyuz programme
(Manned missions)
 Soyuz MS-02 Soyuz MS-04

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
Commander Russia Oleg Novitskiy, RSA
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 France Thomas Pesquet, ESA
Expedition 50
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 United States Peggy A. Whitson, NASA
Expedition 50
Third spaceflight

Backup crew

Position[3] Crew Member
Commander Russia Fyodor Yurchikhin, RSA
Flight Engineer 1 Italy Paolo Nespoli, ESA
Flight Engineer 2 United States 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

  1. http://russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms-03.html
  2. Планируемые полёты (in Russian). astronaut.ru. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  3. astronaut.ru (2015). "Планируемые полёты" (in Russian).
  4. "NASA's Peggy Whitson Becomes Oldest Woman in Space - ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  5. 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.
  6. "Welcome Aboard! New Arrivals Make Six Expedition 50 Crew Members | Space Station". blogs.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-24.


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