Soyuz MS-15

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Soyuz MS-15
Expedition 61 Launch (NHQ201909250042).jpg
Soyuz MS-15 launches from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, marking the final crewed mission from the historic pad where Yuri Gagarin began humanity’s journey into space.
NamesISS 61S
Mission type ISS crew transport
Operator Roscosmos
COSPAR ID 2019-064A OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
SATCAT no. 44550 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Mission duration204 days, 15 hours and 18 minutes
Distance travelled139,900,000 km (86,900,000 mi) [1]
Orbits completed3,280 [1]
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz-MS No. 744
Spacecraft type Soyuz-MS
Manufacturer Energia
Crew
Crew size3
Members Oleg Skripochka
Jessica Meir
Launching Hazza Al Mansouri
Landing Andrew Morgan
CallsignSarmat (Сармат)
Start of mission
Launch date25 September 2019, 13:57:42 (2019-09-25UTC13:57:42Z)  UTC [2] [3]
Rocket Soyuz-FG No. Ya15000-071 [4]
Launch site Baikonur, Site 1/5
Contractor RKTs Progress
End of mission
Landing date17 April 2020, 05:16:10 (2020-04-17UTC05:16:11Z) UTC
Landing siteSteppe of Kazakhstan near the town of Dzhezkazgan ( 47°17′12.6″N69°32′31.2″E / 47.286833°N 69.542000°E / 47.286833; 69.542000 ) [3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric orbit
Regime Low Earth orbit
Perigee altitude 416 km (258 mi)
Apogee altitude 422 km (262 mi)
Inclination 51.64° [3]
Docking with ISS
Docking port Zvezda aft
Docking date25 September 2019, 19:42:40 UTC
Undocking date17 April 2020, 01:53:00 UTC
Time docked204 days, 6 hours and 10 minutes
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Mission patch
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Launching crew, from left: Al Mansouri, Skripochka and Meir
  Soyuz MS-14 (uncrewed)

Soyuz MS-15 was a Soyuz spaceflight launched on 25 September 2019, [2] transporting two members of the Expedition 61 crew and a short duration visiting crew member to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-15 was the 143rd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft with a crew. It was the last flight of Soyuz-FG launcher before its replacement by the Soyuz-2 in the crewed spaceflight role, and also the final launch from Site 1/5 (Gagarin's Start). The crew consisted of a Russian commander, an American flight engineer, and the first Emirati astronaut. [5] [6] To celebrate this event, pictures of the Soyuz launcher and of Hazza Al Mansouri were projected on Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. [7]

Crew

Prime crew
Position [8] Launching crew memberLanding crew member
Commander Flag of Russia.svg Oleg Skripochka, Roscosmos
Expedition 61/62
Third and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Meir, NASA
Expedition 61/62
First spaceflight
Visiting Astronaut/Flight Engineer 2 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Hazza Al Mansouri, MBRSC
19th Visiting Expedition
First spaceflight
Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Morgan, NASA
Expedition 60/61/62
First spaceflight
Backup crew
Position Crew member
Commander Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Ryzhikov, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Marshburn, NASA
Visiting Astronaut Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Sultan Al Neyadi, MBRSC

References

  1. 1 2 "NASA Astronauts Meir, Morgan, Crewmate Skripochka Return from Space Station - NASA". 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Определены сроки запусков с Байконура к МКС, сообщил источник" [Launch dates to ISS from Baikonur are defined, per source] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Launch, orbit and landing data
  4. Zak, Anatoly (19 April 2020). "Final Soyuz-FG rocket delivers ISS crew". RussianSpaceWeb.com. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  5. "UAE says its first astronaut going into space in September". The News & Observer. 25 February 2019. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  6. "NASA Astronaut Nick Hague, Crewmates Return Safely from International Space Station". NASA. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  7. Burj Khalifa lights up as UAE readies to enter space
  8. "On International Women's Day, NASA Looks Forward to First All-Female EVA in Late March; Koch Tapped for Longer ISS Stay". 8 March 2019.