Soyuz MS-03

Soyuz MS-03
Soyuz MS-03 docked to International Space Station (ISS).
Mission typeISS crew transport
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2016-070A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.41864Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration196 days 17 hours 49 minutes
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz MS
Spacecraft typeSoyuz MS 11F732A48
ManufacturerEnergia
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
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 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]

  1. ^ "Soyuz MS-03 mission".
  2. ^ "Display: Soyuz MS-03 2016-070A". NASA. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.