ISS expedition 52

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Mission emblem
ISS Expedition 52 Patch.svg
Mission dates
Mission: ISS expedition 52
Crew: 6th
Rescue ships: Soyuz MS-04 , Soyuz MS-05
Space station: International space station
Start: June 2, 2017, 10:47 UTC
Started by: Decoupling from Soyuz MS-03
The End: September 2, 2017, 21:58 UTC
Ended by: Decoupling from Soyuz MS-04
Duration: 92d 11h 11min
Number of EVAs : 1
Team photo
v.  l.  To the right: Jack Fischer, Fyodor Jurtschichin, Peggy Whitson, Paolo Nespoli, Randolph Bresnik and Sergei Rjasanski
v. l. To the right: Jack Fischer, Fyodor Jurtschichin, Peggy Whitson, Paolo Nespoli, Randolph Bresnik and Sergei Rjasanski
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ISS Expedition 52 is the mission name for the 52nd long-term crew of the International Space Station (ISS). The mission began with the disengagement of the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft from the ISS on June 2, 2017 and ended with the disengagement of Soyuz MS-04 on September 2, 2017.

team

Acquired from ISS Expedition 51 :

Additionally from July 28th 2017:

Substitute team

Since Expedition 20, no official replacement team has been announced due to the permanent training for the six-person crew. Unofficially, the backup crews of the two Soyuz feeder spaceships MS-04 and MS-05 (see there) are considered substitute crews for Expedition 52. As a rule, these crews are deployed two missions later.

Mission description

Crew recorded on July 29, 2017

Crew exchange

After the start of Expedition 52, the station remained manned by only three space travelers for almost two months. It was not until July 28, after a six-hour flight, that the feeder spaceship Soyuz MS-05 docked and the regular crew was again increased to six people.

Peggy Whitson had been on board since Expedition 50 and, at 289 days in space, set a new record for the longest woman in space.

The day before the Soyuz MS-04 undocked with Fyodor Yurtschichin, Jack Fischer and Whitson, Randolph Bresnik took command of the ISS . Together with Sergei Ryazansky and Paolo Nespoli, he formed the initial crew of the subsequent ISS Expedition 53 .

Freight traffic

On June 4th, the Cygnus OA-7 was decoupled from the Unity module via Canadarm2 .

Dragon CRS-11 just before docking

The Dragon CRS-11 spaceship reached the ISS on June 5th and was captured by Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer using the Canadarm2 robotic arm. The transporter was docked on the earth-facing side of Harmony at 16:07 UTC .

On June 16 at 11:37 UTC, Progress MS-06 docked with the Zvezda module. The freighter remained connected to the ISS for six months until, loaded with garbage, it was uncoupled on December 28, 2017 and burned up over the South Pacific.

On July 4th at 06:41 UTC, Dragon CRS-11 was detached from the Harmony module by Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson using the Canadarm2 robotic arm and placed in its own orbit. The splashing in the Pacific took place on the same day.

On July 20, Progress MS-05 was disconnected from the docking port of the Pirs module.

On August 16, Dragon CRS-12 reached the ISS and was captured by Jack Fischer and Paolo Nespoli using the Canadarm2 robotic arm. The transporter was docked at 13:07 UTC on the earth-facing side of.

External works

On August 17, Fyodor Yurtschichin and Sergej Ryazansky left the station through the airlock in the Pirs module. They deployed various nano satellites, collected material samples and carried out equipment work. Sergei Ryazansky began his work in free space from a ladder outside the airlock by manually releasing five nano-satellites. One of the satellites carries people's greetings in eleven languages. The two of them subsequently collected material samples from various locations on the Russian segment of the ISS and fitted handles and struts to facilitate future EVAs.

See also

Web links

Commons : ISS Expedition 52  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / Mark Garcia: Expedition 51 Duo Undocks and Heads to Earth. In: NASA Space Station blog. June 2, 2017, accessed June 2, 2017 .
  2. Ken Kremer: NASA's Peggy Whitson Safely Returns Home in Soyuz from Record Breaking Stay in Space . Universe Today, September 3, 2017.