Soyuz MS-06

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Soyuz MS-06
Expedition 53 Soyuz Launch (NHQ201709130002).jpg
Soyuz MS-06 night launch to the ISS
Mission type ISS crew transport
Operator Roskosmos
COSPAR ID 2017-054A OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
SATCAT no. 42937
Mission duration168 days 5 hours 13 minutes 58 seconds
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft Soyuz MS
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-MS 11F747
Manufacturer RKK Energia
Launch mass7080 kg
Crew
Crew size3
Members Alexander Misurkin
Mark T. Vande Hei
Joseph M. Acaba
Start of mission
Launch date12 September 2017,
21:17:02 UTC [1]
Rocket Soyuz-FG
Launch site Baikonur, Site 1/5
Contractor Progress Rocket Space Centre
End of mission
Landing date28 February 2018 02:31 UTC [2]
Landing siteSteppes of Kazakhstan
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric orbit
Regime Low Earth orbit
Inclination 51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking port Poisk zenith
Docking date13 September 2017, 02:55 UTC
Undocking date27 February 2018, 23:08 UTC
Time docked167 days 20 hours 13 minutes
Soyuz MS-06 crew.jpg
(l-r) Acaba, Misurkin and Vande Hei
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)
 

Soyuz MS-06 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on 13 September 2017. [1] It transported three members of the Expedition 53 crew to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-06 was the 135th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander, and two American flight engineers. [3] It returned to Earth on 28 February 2018 after 168 days in orbit. [2]

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Crew

Position Crew member
Commander Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Misurkin, Roscosmos
Expedition 53/54
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Flag of the United States.svg Mark T. Vande Hei, NASA
Expedition 53/54
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 Flag of the United States.svg Joseph M. Acaba, NASA
Expedition 53/54
Third spaceflight

Backup crew

Position [4] Crew member
Commander Flag of Russia.svg Anton Shkaplerov, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 1 Flag of the United States.svg Scott D. Tingle, NASA
Flight Engineer 2 Flag of the United States.svg Shannon Walker, NASA
External videos
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Soyuz MS-06 and ISS over Moscow on 13 September 2017.

Due to a decision to cut down the number of participating Russian astronauts in 2017, changes were made in crew assignments to the ISS. [5] Originally set to be on Soyuz MS-04, Alexander Misurkin and Mark T. Vande Hei have been assigned to Soyuz MS-06 instead. [3]

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