Soyuz MS-03
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 | RKTs 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 |
(l-r) Pesquet, Whitson and Novitsky | |
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Soyuz MS-03 was a Soyuz spaceflight launched on 17 November 2016. 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.