Soyuz MS-01

Soyuz MS-01 was a 2016 Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station.[4] Originally scheduled for launch in June 2016, the mission successfully lifted off from Kazakhstan on July 7, 2016.[5] It transported three members of the Expedition 48 crew to the International Space Station. MS-01 is the 130th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, and the first with the new version Soyuz MS. The crew consisted of a Russian commander, a Japanese flight engineer, and an American flight engineer.

Soyuz MS-01
Soyuz MS-01 docked to the ISS
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2016-044A
SATCAT no.41639
Mission duration115 days 2 hours 22 minutes
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-MS 11F747
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Crew
Crew size3
MembersAnatoli Ivanishin
Takuya Onishi
Kathleen Rubins
CallsignIrkut
Start of mission
Launch date7 July 2016
01:36 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-FG
End of mission
Landing date30 October 2016
03:58 UTC[2]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Docking with ISS
Docking portRassvet nadir
Docking date9 July 2016 04:12 UTC[3]
Undocking date30 October 2016 00:35 UTC

(l-r) Ivanishin, Rubins and Onishi
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)
 

On 6 June 2016, the launch was rescheduled to July 2016 due to flaws in the control system that could affect the docking to the ISS.[6] The spacecraft was successfully docked on 9 July 2016[3] and returned to Earth on 30 October 2016.[2]

Crew

Position[7] Crew Member
Commander Anatoli Ivanishin, RSA
Expedition 48
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Takuya Onishi, JAXA
Expedition 48
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 Kathleen Rubins, NASA
Expedition 48
First spaceflight

Backup crew

Position[8] Crew Member
Commander Oleg Novitskiy, RSA
Flight Engineer 1 Thomas Pesquet, ESA
Flight Engineer 2 Peggy Whitson, NASA

References

  1. "Crew Launches for Two-Day Ride to Station". NASA. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  2. "Soyuz MS crew return". Roscosmos. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  3. Garcia, Mark (9 July 2016). "Expedition 48-49 Crew Docks to New Home in Space". blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation.
  4. "Russian Launch Manifest". Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  5. "First flight of upgraded Russian Soyuz MS spacecraft lifts off for space station".
  6. "Launch of new series manned spacecraft rescheduled due to risk of docking disruption". TASS news agency. 6 June 2016.
  7. Планируемые полёты (in Russian). astronaut.ru. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  8. astronaut.ru (2015). "Планируемые полёты" (in Russian).
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