Soyuz MS-03 was a Soyuz spaceflight launched on 17 November 2016.[1] It transported three members of the Expedition 50 crew to the International Space Station. MS-03 was the 132nd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander with American and French flight engineers.[2]
 Soyuz MS-03 docked to International Space Station (ISS). | |
| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
|---|---|
| Operator | Roscosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2016-070A |
| SATCAT no. | 41864 |
| Mission duration | 196 days 17 hours 49 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz MS |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz MS 11F732A48 |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Launch mass | 7080 kg |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 (launching) 2 (landing) |
| Members | Oleg Novitsky Thomas Pesquet |
| Launching | Peggy Whitson |
| Callsign | Kazbek |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 17 November 2016, 20:17:00 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1 |
| Contractor | Progress |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 2 June 2017, 14:10 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 | Rassvet nadir |
| Docking date | 19 November 2016, 21:58 UTC |
| Undocking date | 2 June 2017, 10:47 UTC |
| Time docked | 194 days |
.jpg) (l-r) Pesquet, Whitson and Novitsky | |
Crew
edit| Position[3] | Launching Crew Member | Landing Crew Member |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Oleg Novitsky, RoscosmosExpedition 50 Second spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 |  Thomas Pesquet, ESAExpedition 50 First spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 |  Peggy Whitson, NASAExpedition 50/51/52 Third (last NASA)[5] spaceflight |
N/A [4] |
Backup crew
edit| Position[6] | Crew Member | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Fyodor Yurchikhin, Roscosmos
| |
| Flight Engineer 1 | Jack D. Fischer, NASA
| |
| Flight Engineer 2 |  Paolo Nespoli, ESA
| |
Mission highlights
editSoyuz MS-03 launched with Expedition 50/51 on 17 November 2016, at 20:17 UTC. Astronaut Peggy Whitson, at age 56, became the oldest woman to fly into space.[7][8] Soyuz MS-03 docked at the International Space Station on 19 November 2016.[9] On 2 June 2017, Soyuz MS-03 undocked from the ISS, carrying Oleg Novitsky and Thomas Pesquet back to Earth after 196 days in space. Whitson remained on the ISS and returned on Soyuz MS-04 on 3 September 2017.
References
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- ^ "Soyuz MS-03 mission".
- ^ "Display: Soyuz MS-03 2016-070A". NASA. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
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- ^ Планируемые полёты. astronaut.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ Harwood, William. "Whitson's station expedition extended three months". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ^ Potter, Sean (15 June 2018). "Record-Setting NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson Retires". NASA. Retrieved 24 June 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ astronaut.ru (2015). "Планируемые полёты" (in Russian).
- ^ "NASA's Peggy Whitson Becomes Oldest Woman in Space". abcnews.go.com. ABC News. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ Chiara Palazzo (18 November 2016). "NASA veteran Peggy Whitson becomes the oldest woman in space as she blasts off for ISS". The Telegraph. Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ "Welcome Aboard! New Arrivals Make Six Expedition 50 Crew Members | Space Station". blogs.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
