Soyuz TMA-20M was a 2016 Russian Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS).[3] It transported three members of the Expedition 47 crew to the ISS. TMA-20M was the 129th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander and flight engineer, as well as an American flight engineer.
![]() Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft approaches the ISS | |
Operator | Roskosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 2016-018A ![]() |
SATCAT no. | 41391 |
Mission duration | 172 days 3 hours 47 minutes |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA-M 11F747 No.720[1] |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Aleksey Ovchinin Oleg Skripochka Jeffrey N. Williams |
Callsign | Burlak |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | March 18, 2016 21:26:38 UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | September 7, 2016 01:13 UTC |
Landing site | Kazakhstan |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Poisk zenith |
Docking date | March 19, 2016 03:09 UTC[2] |
Undocking date | September 6, 2016 21:51:30 UTC |
Time docked | 5 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 18 hours, 42 minutes |
![]() (l-r) Williams, Ovchinin and Skripochka Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
It was the final flight of the Soyuz TMA-M design, being replaced by the Soyuz MS in 2016.
Position[4] | Crew Member | |
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Commander | ![]() Expedition 47 First spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 1 | ![]() Expedition 47 Second spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 2 | ![]() Expedition 47 Fourth and last spaceflight |
Position[5] | Crew Member | |
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Commander | ![]() | |
Flight Engineer 1 | ![]() | |
Flight Engineer 2 | ![]() |
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