Soyuz MS-04
Soyuz MS-04 prior to launch | |
Operator | Roskosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 2017-020A |
SATCAT no. | 42682 |
Distance travelled | 92.5 million kilometers |
Orbits completed | 2176 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-MS 11F747 |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Crew | |
Crew size |
2 launching 3 landing |
Members |
Fyodor Yurchikhin Jack D. Fischer |
Landing | Peggy Whitson |
Callsign | Olimp (Olympus) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 20 April 2017 07:13:44 UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 03 September 2017 01:22 UTC |
Landing site | Kazakhstan |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Inclination | 51.6° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Poisk zenith |
Docking date | 20 April 2017 13:18 UTC |
Undocking date | 02 September 2017 21:58 UTC |
Yurchikhin and Fischer in front of their spacecraft Soyuz programme (Manned missions) |
Soyuz MS-04 is a Soyuz spaceflight that launched on 20 April 2017 to the ISS.[1] It transported two members of the Expedition 52 crew to the International Space Station. MS-04 is the 133rd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consists of a Russian commander and an American flight engineer. It is the first of the Soyuz MS series to rendezvous with the Station in approximately 6 hours, instead of the 2 day orbital rendezvous used for the previous launches. It was also the first Soyuz to launch with only 2 crew members since Soyuz TMA-2.
Crew
Position[2] | Launching Crew Member | Landing Crew Member |
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Commander | Expedition 51 Fifth spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 1 | Expedition 51 Only spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 2 | N/A | Expedition 52 Third and last[4] spaceflight |
Backup crew
Position[2] | Crew Member | |
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Commander | ||
Flight Engineer 1 |
Due to a decision to cut down the number of participating Russian astronauts in 2017, only two astronauts have been launched on Soyuz MS-04.[5] Originally set to include 3 people, the crew assignments were changed in November 2016 by NASA and Roscosmos. Of the original crew, Alexander Misurkin and Mark T. Vande Hei have been assigned to Soyuz MS-06 instead.[6]
External links
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References
- ↑ Pietrobon, Steven (5 February 2017). "Russian Launch Manifest". Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- 1 2 "Manned Spaceflight Launch and Landing Schedule". spacefacts. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Irene Klotz (16 November 2016). "NASA, Russia Set Flights for Trimmed-Down Space Station Crew". space.com. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ↑ "NASA Updates 2017 International Space Station Crew Assignments". NASA. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.