Soyuz MS-01 explained

Soyuz MS-01
Mission Type:ISS crew transport
Operator:Roscosmos
Cospar Id:2016-044A
Satcat:41639
Mission Duration:115 days 2 hours 22 minutes
Spacecraft:Soyuz MS
Spacecraft Type:Soyuz-MS 11F732A48
Manufacturer:RKK Energia
Launch Mass:7080 kg
Launch Date:7 July 2016, 01:36 UTC[1]
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-FG
Launch Site:Baikonur, Site 31 ?
Launch Contractor:Progress Rocket Space Centre
Landing Date:30 October 2016,
03:58 UTC [2]
Landing Site:Steppe of Kazakhstan
Crew Size:3
Crew Members:Anatoli Ivanishin
Takuya Onishi
Kathleen Rubins
Crew Callsign:Irkut
Crew Photo:Expedition 46 backup crew members in front of the Soyuz TMA spacecraft mock-up in Star City, Russia.jpg
Crew Photo Caption:(l-r) Ivanishin, Rubins and Onishi
Crew Photo Size:290px
Orbit Reference:Geocentric orbit
Orbit Regime:Low Earth orbit
Orbit Inclination:51.66°
Apsis:gee
Docking:
Docking Type:dock
Docking Date:9 July 2016, 04:12 UTC [3]
Undocking Date:30 October 2016 00:35 UTC
Time Docked:113 days
Insignia Caption:Soyuz MS-01 mission patch
Insignia Size:180px
Programme:Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)
Previous Mission:Soyuz TMA-20M
Next Mission:Soyuz MS-02

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 7 July 2016.[5] It transported three members of the Expedition 48 crew to the International Space Station. Soyuz 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.

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

Backup crew

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Crew Launches for Two-Day Ride to Station. 6 July 2016 . NASA. 8 July 2016.
  2. Web site: Soyuz MS crew return. Roscosmos. 30 October 2016. 6 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170506000906/http://en.roscosmos.ru/20656/. dead.
  3. Web site: Expedition 48-49 Crew Docks to New Home in Space. Garcia. Mark. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation. 9 July 2016.
  4. Web site: Russian Launch Manifest. 13 March 2014.
  5. News: First flight of upgraded Russian Soyuz MS spacecraft lifts off for space station. collectSPACE.
  6. Web site: Launch of new series manned spacecraft rescheduled due to risk of docking disruption. TASS. 6 June 2016. 2 June 2016. 9 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161009193539/http://tass.ru/en/science/879543. dead.