 Soyuz MS-02 during preflight checks | |
| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
|---|---|
| Operator | Roscosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2016-063A |
| SATCAT no. | 41820  |
| Mission duration | 173 days 3 hours 16 minutes 21 seconds [1] |
| Distance travelled | 118 million kilometers |
| Orbits completed | 2,768 [1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz MS |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz MS 11F732A48 |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Launch mass | 7080 kg |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Sergey Ryzhikov Andrei Borisenko Shane Kimbrough |
| Callsign | Favor |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 19 October 2016, 08:05:00 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 31 |
| Contractor | RKTs Progress |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 10 April 2017, 11:20 UTC |
| Landing site | Steppes of the Kazakhstan |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Poisk zenith |
| Docking date | 21 October 2016, 09:52 UTC |
| Undocking date | 10 April 2017, 07:57 UTC |
| Time docked | 171 days |
 Mission insignia  (l-r) Kimbrough, Ryzhikov and Borisenko | |
Soyuz MS-02 was a 2016 Soyuz spaceflight that was planned for a 23 September 2016 launch, but because of technical difficulties it launched on 19 October 2016. [2] [3] It transported three members of the Expedition 49 crew to orbit and docked with the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-02 was the 131st flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander and flight engineer, as well as an American flight engineer. [4] [5] Soyuz MS-02 docked with Poisk (MRM-2) module on 21 October 2016. [6]
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Soyuz MS-02 returned to Earth on 10 April 2017. [7] During its descent, the capsule was partially depressurized when the main parachute deployed. The landing occurred at 11:20 UTC. The total flight duration was 173 days.
