Soyuz MS-03

Soyuz MS-03
Operator Roskosmos
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Soyuz-MS 11F747
Manufacturer RKK Energia
Crew
Crew size 3
Members Oleg Novitskiy
Peggy Whitson
Thomas Pesquet
Callsign Kazbek
Start of mission
Launch date November 15, 2016
21:01 UTC
Rocket Soyuz-FG
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Docking with ISS
Docking port Rassvet nadir (planned)


(l-r) Novitskiy, Whitson and Pesquet


Soyuz programme
(Manned missions)
 Soyuz MS-02 Soyuz MS-04

Soyuz MS-03 is a Soyuz spaceflight planned for November 2016.[1] It will transport three members of the Expedition 50 crew to the International Space Station. MS-03 will be the 132nd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew will consist of a Russian commander and an American and European flight engineer, as well.

Crew

Position[2] Crew Member
Commander Russia Oleg Novitskiy, RSA
Expedition 50
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 United States Peggy A. Whitson, NASA
Expedition 50
Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 France Thomas Pesquet, ESA
Expedition 50
First spaceflight

Backup crew

Position[3] Crew Member
Commander Russia Fyodor Yurchikhin, RSA
Flight Engineer 1 United States Jack D. Fischer, NASA
Flight Engineer 2 Italy Paolo Nespoli, ESA

References

  1. "Russian Launch Manifest". Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. Планируемые полёты (in Russian). astronaut.ru. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  3. astronaut.ru (2015). "Планируемые полёты" (in Russian).


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