Soyuz MS-20

Soyuz MS-20
Docking of Soyuz MS-20
NamesISS 66S
Mission typeISS crew transport, Space tourism
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2021-119A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.49922
Mission duration11 days, 19 hours and 34 minutes (achieved)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz MS No.752 Altair
Spacecraft typeSoyuz MS
ManufacturerRSC Energia
Crew
Crew size3
Members
Start of mission
Launch date8 December 2021, 07:38:15 UTC[1][2]
RocketSoyuz-2.1a
Launch siteBaikonur Cosmodrome, Site 31
ContractorProgress
End of mission
Landing date20 December 2021, 03:13 UTC
Landing siteKazakh Steppe,[a] Kazakhstan
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portPoisk zenith
Docking date8 December 2021, 13:40:44 UTC
Undocking date19 December 2021, 23:50:30 UTC
Time docked11 days, 10 hours and 9 minutes

Maezawa, Misurkin and Hirano

Soyuz MS-20 was a Russian Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) on 8–20 December 2021.[1] Unlike previous Soyuz flights to the ISS, Soyuz MS-20 did not deliver any crew members for an ISS Expedition or serve as a lifeboat for any crew members on board the station. Instead, it was commanded by a single professional cosmonaut and carried two space tourists represented by company Space Adventures, which had executed eight space tourism missions to the ISS in 2001–9.[4][5] The flight to reach the ISS took six hours.[6]

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  3. ^ "Soyuz MS-20 lands following 12-day ISS mission". NASASpaceFlight.com. 19 December 2021. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
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  6. ^ "Туристы из Японии в декабре полетят к МКС по шестичасовой схеме" (in Russian). 15 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.


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