Soyuz MS-15 launches from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, marking the final crewed mission from the historic pad where Yuri Gagarin began humanity’s journey into space. | |
Names | ISS 61S |
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Mission type | ISS crew transport |
Operator | Roscosmos |
COSPAR ID | 2019-064A |
SATCAT no. | 44550 |
Mission duration | 204 days, 15 hours and 18 minutes |
Distance travelled | 139,900,000 km (86,900,000 mi) |
Orbits completed | 3,280 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Soyuz-MS No. 744 |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-MS |
Manufacturer | Energia |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir |
Launching | Hazza Al Mansouri |
Landing | Andrew Morgan |
Callsign | Sarmat (Сармат) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 25 September 2019, 13:57:42 (2019-09-25UTC13:57:42Z) UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-FG No. Ya15000-071 |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
Contractor | RKTs Progress |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 17 April 2020, 05:16:10 (2020-04-17UTC05:16:11Z) UTC |
Landing site | Steppe of Kazakhstan near the town of Dzhezkazgan (47°17′12.6″N 69°32′31.2″E / 47.286833°N 69.542000°E / 47.286833; 69.542000) |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Perigee altitude | 416 km (258 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 422 km (262 mi) |
Inclination | 51.64° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Zvezda aft |
Docking date | 25 September 2019, 19:42:40 UTC |
Undocking date | 17 April 2020, 01:53:00 UTC |
Time docked | 204 days, 6 hours and 10 minutes |
Mission patch Launching crew, from left: Al Mansouri, Skripochka and MeirSoyuz programme (crewed)← Soyuz MS-13Soyuz MS-16 → Soyuz programme← Soyuz MS-14 (uncrewed)Soyuz MS-16 → |
Soyuz MS-15 was a Soyuz spaceflight launched on 25 September 2019, transporting two members of the Expedition 61 crew and a short duration visiting crew member to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-15 was the 143rd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft with a crew. It was the last flight of Soyuz-FG launcher before its replacement by the Soyuz-2 in the crewed spaceflight role, and also the final launch from Site 1/5 (Gagarin's Start). The crew consisted of a Russian commander, an American flight engineer, and the first Emirati astronaut. To celebrate this event, pictures of the Soyuz launcher and of Hazza Al Mansouri were projected on Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world.
Crew
Position | Launching crew member | Landing crew member |
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Commander | Oleg Skripochka, Roscosmos Expedition 61/62 Third and last spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 1 | Jessica Meir, NASA Expedition 61/62 First spaceflight | |
Visiting Astronaut/Flight Engineer 2 | Hazza Al Mansouri, MBRSC 19th Visiting Expedition First spaceflight |
Andrew Morgan, NASA Expedition 60/61/62 First spaceflight |
Position | Crew member | |
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Commander | Sergey Ryzhikov, Roscosmos | |
Flight Engineer | Thomas Marshburn, NASA | |
Visiting Astronaut | Sultan Al Neyadi, MBRSC |
References
- ^ "NASA Astronauts Meir, Morgan, Crewmate Skripochka Return from Space Station - NASA". 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ "Определены сроки запусков с Байконура к МКС, сообщил источник" [Launch dates to ISS from Baikonur are defined, per source] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ Launch, orbit and landing data
- Zak, Anatoly (19 April 2020). "Final Soyuz-FG rocket delivers ISS crew". RussianSpaceWeb.com. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- "UAE says its first astronaut going into space in September". The News & Observer. 25 February 2019. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- "NASA Astronaut Nick Hague, Crewmates Return Safely from International Space Station". NASA. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Burj Khalifa lights up as UAE readies to enter space
- "On International Women's Day, NASA Looks Forward to First All-Female EVA in Late March; Koch Tapped for Longer ISS Stay". 8 March 2019.
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