Soyuz MS-01

Soyuz MS-01
Operator Roskosmos
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Soyuz-MS 11F747
Manufacturer RKK Energia
Crew
Crew size 3
Members Anatoli Ivanishin
Takuya Onishi
Kathleen Rubins
Callsign Irkut
Start of mission
Launch date June 24, 2016
07:46 UTC
Rocket Soyuz-FG
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Docking with ISS
Docking port Rassvet nadir (planned)


(l-r) Ivanishin, Rubins and Onishi


Soyuz programme
(Manned missions)
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Soyuz MS-01 is a Soyuz spaceflight planned for June 2016.[1] It will transport three members of the Expedition 48 crew to the International Space Station. MS-01 will be the 130th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew will consist of a Russian commander, a Japanese flight engineer, and an American flight engineer.

Crew

Position[2] Crew Member
Commander Russia Anatoli Ivanishin, RSA
Expedition 48
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Japan Takuya Onishi, JAXA
Expedition 48
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 United States Kathleen Rubins, NASA
Expedition 48
First spaceflight

Backup crew

Position[3] Crew Member
Commander Russia Oleg Novitskiy, RSA
Flight Engineer 1 France Thomas Pesquet, ESA
Flight Engineer 2 United States Peggy Whitson, NASA

References

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