Engineering:Soyuz MS-15

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Soyuz MS-15
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 typeISS crew transport
OperatorRoscosmos
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 typeSoyuz-MS
ManufacturerEnergia
Crew
Crew size3
MembersOleg Skripochka
Jessica Meir
LaunchingHazza Al Mansouri
LandingAndrew Morgan
CallsignSarmat (Сармат)
Start of mission
Launch date25 September 2019, 13:57:42 (2019-09-25UTC13:57:42Z) UTC[2][3]
RocketSoyuz-FG No. Ya15000-071[4]
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
ContractorRKTs 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″N 69°32′31.2″E / 47.286833°N 69.542°E / 47.286833; 69.542)[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Perigee altitude416 km (258 mi)
Apogee altitude422 km (262 mi)
Inclination51.64°[3]
Docking with ISS
Docking portZvezda 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

Mission patch

Launching crew, from left: Al Mansouri, Skripochka and Meir 
Soyuz programme
← 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 member Landing crew member
Commander Oleg Skripochka, Roscosmos
Expedition 61/62
Third and last spaceflight
Flight engineer Jessica Meir, NASA
Expedition 61/62
First spaceflight
Visiting astronaut/Flight engineer Hazza Al Mansouri, MBRSC
19th Visiting Expedition
First spaceflight
Andrew Morgan, NASA
Expedition 60/61/62
Only spaceflight
Backup crew
Position Crew member
Commander Sergey Ryzhikov, Roscosmos
Flight engineer Thomas Marshburn, NASA
Visiting astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi, MBRSC

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "NASA Astronauts Meir, Morgan, Crewmate Skripochka Return from Space Station". 17 April 2020. https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-astronauts-meir-morgan-crewmate-skripochka-return-from-space-station/. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Определены сроки запусков с Байконура к МКС, сообщил источник" (in ru). RIA Novosti. 22 December 2018. https://ria.ru/20181222/1548471154.html. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Launch, orbit and landing data". http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-ms-15.htm. 
  4. Zak, Anatoly (19 April 2020). "Final Soyuz-FG rocket delivers ISS crew". https://www.russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms-15.html. 
  5. "UAE says its first astronaut going into space in September". The News & Observer. 25 February 2019. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article226743649.html. 
  6. "NASA Astronaut Nick Hague, Crewmates Return Safely from International Space Station". NASA. 3 October 2019. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-astronaut-nick-hague-crewmates-return-safely-from-international-space-station.  Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  7. "VIDEO: Burj Khalifa lights up as UAE readies to enter space". 2019-09-25. https://www.constructionweekonline.com/projects-tenders/259135-video-burj-khalifa-lights-up-as-uae-readies-to-enter-space. 
  8. Evans, Ben (8 March 2019). "On International Women's Day, NASA Looks Forward to First All-Female EVA in Late March; Koch Tapped for Longer ISS Stay". https://www.americaspace.com/2019/03/08/on-international-womens-day-nasa-looks-forward-to-first-all-female-eva-in-late-march-koch-tapped-for-longer-iss-stay/.