Soyuz MS-02

Soyuz MS-02

Soyuz MS-02 during preflight checks
Operator Roskosmos
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Soyuz-MS 11F747
Manufacturer RKK Energia
Crew
Crew size 3
Members Sergey Ryzhikov
Andrei Borisenko
Robert Kimbrough
Start of mission
Launch date 19 October 2016 08:05 UTC
Rocket Soyuz-FG
Launch site Baikonur 31/6
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Docking with ISS


(l-r) Kimbrough, Ryzhikov and Borisenko


Soyuz programme
(Manned missions)
 Soyuz MS-01 Soyuz MS-03

Soyuz MS-02 is a Soyuz spaceflight that was planned for a 23 September 2016 launch, but because of technical difficulties it launched on 19 October 2016.[1] It transported three members of the Expedition 49 crew to orbit and docked with the International Space Station. MS-02 was the 131st flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consists of a Russian commander and flight engineer, as well as an American flight engineer.[2][3]

Crew

Position[4] Crew Member
Commander Russia Sergey Nikolayevich Ryzhikov, RSA
Expedition 49
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Russia Andrei Borisenko, RSA
Expedition 49
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 United States Robert S. Kimbrough, NASA
Expedition 49
Second spaceflight

Backup crew

Position[5] Crew Member
Commander Russia Alexander Misurkin, RSA
Flight Engineer 1 Russia Nikolai Tikhonov, RSA
Flight Engineer 2 United States Mark T. Vande Hei, NASA

References

  1. "Soyuz spacecraft with 3-man crew blasts off to Intl Space Station". RT News. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  2. Sarah Lewin (19 October 2016). "Liftoff! Soyuz Rocket Launches US-Russian Space Station Crew Into Orbit". Space.com. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  3. "Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft docks with Expedition 49/50 crew | NASASpaceFlight.com". www.nasaspaceflight.com. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  4. Планируемые полёты (in Russian). astronaut.ru. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  5. astronaut.ru (2015). "Планируемые полёты" (in Russian).
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