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Soyuz MS-03 was 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 was the 132nd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander with American and French flight engineers.[2]

Soyuz MS-03
Soyuz MS-03 docked to International Space Station (ISS).
Mission typeISS crew transport
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2016-070A
SATCAT no.41864
Mission duration196 days 17 hours 49 minutes
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz MS
Spacecraft typeSoyuz MS 11F732A48
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Launch mass7080 kg
Crew
Crew size3 (launching)
2 (landing)
MembersOleg Novitsky
Thomas Pesquet
LaunchingPeggy Whitson
CallsignKazbek
Start of mission
Launch date17 November 2016,
20:17:00 UTC
RocketSoyuz-FG
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1
ContractorProgress Rocket Space Centre
End of mission
Landing date2 June 2017, 14:10 UTC
Landing siteSteppes of the Kazakhstan
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portRassvet nadir
Docking date19 November 2016, 21:58 UTC
Undocking date2 June 2017, 10:47 UTC
Time docked194 days

(l-r) Pesquet, Whitson and Novitsky
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)
 

Crew


Position[3] Launching Crew Member Landing Crew Member
Commander Oleg Novitsky, Roscosmos
Expedition 50
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Thomas Pesquet, ESA
Expedition 50
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 Peggy Whitson, NASA
Expedition 50
Third[4] spaceflight
N/A [5]

Backup crew


Position[6] Crew Member
Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 1 Paolo Nespoli, ESA
Flight Engineer 2 Jack D. Fischer, NASA

Mission highlights


Soyuz MS-03 launched with Expedition 50/51 on 17 November 2016, at 20:17 UTC. Astronaut Peggy Whitson, at age 56, became the oldest woman to fly into space.[7][8] Soyuz MS-03 docked at the International Space Station on 19 November 2016.[9] On 2 June 2017, Soyuz MS-03 undocked from the ISS, carrying Oleg Novitsky and Thomas Pesquet back to Earth after 196 days in space. Whitson remained on the ISS and returned on Soyuz MS-04 on 3 September 2017.


References


  1. "Soyuz MS-03 mission".
  2. "Display: Soyuz MS-03 2016-070A". NASA. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. Планируемые полёты. astronaut.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  4. Potter, Sean (15 June 2018). "Record-Setting NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson Retires". NASA. Retrieved 24 June 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. Harwood, William. "Whitson's station expedition extended three months". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  6. astronaut.ru (2015). "Планируемые полёты" (in Russian).
  7. "NASA's Peggy Whitson Becomes Oldest Woman in Space". abcnews.go.com. ABC News. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  8. Chiara Palazzo (18 November 2016). "NASA veteran Peggy Whitson becomes the oldest woman in space as she blasts off for ISS". The Telegraph. Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  9. "Welcome Aboard! New Arrivals Make Six Expedition 50 Crew Members | Space Station". blogs.nasa.gov. Retrieved 24 November 2016. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

На других языках


- [en] Soyuz MS-03

[ru] Союз МС-03

«Союз МС-03» — российский транспортный пилотируемый космический корабль, старт которого состоялся 17 ноября 2016 года в 23:20:13 мск с космодрома Байконур[1][2] к международной космической станции. 20 ноября корабль доставил троих участников экспедиции МКС-50/ 51 и 2 июня 2017 года вернулся на Землю. Это 130-й пилотируемый полёт корабля «Союз», первый полёт которого состоялся в 1967 году.



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