Soyuz MS-17

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Mission emblem
Mission dates (current)
Mission: Soyuz MS-17
Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-MS ( GRAY index  11F747)
serial number 747
Launcher: Soyuz-2.1a (GRAY index 14A14)
Call sign: Фавор (" Fawor ")
Crew: 3
Begin: October 14, 2020, 05:45 UTC
Starting place: Baikonur 31/6
Space station: ISS
Coupling: October 14, 2020, 08:48 UTC
Landing: April 2021 (planned)
Landing place: Kazakhstan
Team photo
Kate Rubins, Sergei Ryschikow and Sergei Kud-Swertschkow
Kate Rubins, Sergei Ryschikow and Sergei Kud-Swertschkow
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Soyuz MS-16
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Soyuz MS-17 is a flight by a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS). As part of the ISS program, the flight is designated ISS AF-63S. It is the 169th flight in the Soyuz program and the 63rd visit by a Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS.

Mission description

The mission brought three members of ISS Expedition 64 to the space station. For the first time, a trajectory was used that brings the spacecraft to the ISS in just three hours.

The Soyuz MS-17 took off on Wednesday, October 14, 2020, at exactly 7.45 a.m. CEST or 10.45 a.m. local time ( UTC + 5 ) from the Baikonur spaceport . The capsule docked with the ISS at 10:48 a.m. CEST four minutes before the scheduled arrival time. Never before has a manned flight managed to reach the ISS faster.

crew

Main crew

NASA secured the seat for a US astronaut on board the Soyuz MS-17 in May 2020 at a price of around 90 million US dollars . This should ensure that the US section of the space station remains occupied by a US astronaut even if the planned feeder flight SpaceX Crew-1 with the new spaceship Crew Dragon cannot take place on time (see ISS mission planning ).

Substitute team

  • Oleg Novizki (3rd space flight), Commander (Russia / Roscosmos)
  • Pyotr Dubrov (1st space flight), flight engineer (Russia / Roscosmos)
  • Mark Vande Hei (2nd space flight), flight engineer (USA / NASA)

Because of the particular risks posed by the Covid-19 pandemic , Roskosmos assigned Anton Schkaplerow (4th space flight) and Andrei Babkin (1st space flight) as the second substitute team.

gallery

  • The rollout of the rocket on October 11, 2020

  • The crew with face mask

  • The start of the mission on October 14th

  • Arrival at the ISS three hours later

See also

Web links

Commons : Soyuz MS-17  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Tobias Corbett: Soyuz MS-17 launches on ultrafast, 3 hour journey to ISS. nasaspaceflight.com, October 14, 2020, accessed October 14, 2020 .
  2. ↑ DER SPIEGEL: Only three hours of flight time: astronauts launched to the ISS in record time - DER SPIEGEL - science. Retrieved October 14, 2020 .
  3. ^ NASA signs deal for additional Soyuz seat . Spacenews, May 12, 2020: "... an insurance policy in the event of any additional commercial crew delays." The only manned commercial crew flight that could reach the space station by the start of ISS Expedition 64 in October 2020 is USCV-1.