Soyuz MS-05

Mission emblem

Mission dates

Mission:

Soyuz MS-05

COSPAR-ID :

2017-043A

Spacecraft:

Soyuz 7K-MS ( GRAY index 11F747)
serial number 734

Launcher:

Soyuz FG (GRAY index 11A511FG)

Call sign:

Борей (" Boreas ")

Crew:

3

Begin:

July 28, 2017, 15:41 UTC

Starting place:

Baikonur 1/5

Space station:

ISS

Docking place:

Rasswet

Coupling:

July 28, 2017, 21:54 UTC

Decoupling:

December 14, 2017, 05:14 UTC

Duration on the ISS :

138d 7h 20min

Landing:

December 14, 2017, 08:38 UTC

Landing place:

147 km SE of Sheqasghan , Kazakhstan
47 ° 24 ' N , 69 ° 38' E

Flight duration:

138d 16h 56min

Earth orbits:

2158

Apogee :

409

Perigee :

400

Team photo

Paolo Nespoli, Sergei Ryazansky and Randy Bresnik

◄ Before / After ►

Soyuz MS-04
(manned)

Soyuz MS-06
(manned)

Soyuz MS-05 is a mission name for a flight of the Russian spacecraft Soyuz to the International Space Station . As part of the ISS program, the flight was designated ISS AF-51S. It was the 51st visit by a Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS and the 157th flight in the Soyuz program.

crew

Main crew

Sergei Nikolajewitsch Ryazansky (2nd space flight), Commander ( Russia / Roscosmos )
Randolph Bresnik (2nd space flight), flight engineer ( USA / NASA )
Paolo Nespoli (3rd space flight), flight engineer ( Italy / ESA )

Substitute team

Alexander Alexandrowitsch Missurkin (2nd space flight), Commander (Russia / Roscosmos)
Mark Thomas Vande Hei (1st spaceflight), flight engineer (USA / NASA)
Norishige Kanai (1st space flight), flight engineer ( Japan / JAXA )

Mission description

The mission brought three crew members from ISS Expeditions 52 and 53 to the International Space Station. The mission of ESA astronaut Nespoli is called ISS Vita .

Soyuz MS-05 paired in "express mode" as planned. H. arrives at the Russian ISS module Rassvet after four orbits around the earth .

During the time of her mission, Ryazansky spent 7 hours and 34 minutes in spacewalk . Bresnik even took part in three EVAs, with a total time of 20 hours and 10 minutes.

The undocking took place on December 14, 2017 at 05:14 UTC, so the ISS Expedition 54 began on the station with Alexander Missurkin as commander. The landing took place on the same day approx. 3 ½ hours later in the Kazakh steppe 148 km southeast of Scheskasgan .