Soyuz MS-09

Soyuz MS-09
Soyuz MS-09 docked to the Rassvet module
Mission typeISS crew transport
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2018-051A
SATCAT no.43493
Mission duration196 days, 17 hours, 50 minutes
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz MS No. 739
Spacecraft typeSoyuz MS (11F747)
ManufacturerEnergia
Crew
Crew size3
MembersSergey Prokopyev
Alexander Gerst
Serena Auñón-Chancellor
CallsignAltai
ExpeditionExpedition 56 / 57
Start of mission
Launch date6 June 2018, 11:12:41 (2018-06-06UTC11:12:41Z) UTC
RocketSoyuz-FG
Launch siteBaikonur, Pad 1/5
ContractorRKTs Progress
End of mission
Landing date20 December 2018, 05:02:00 (2018-12-20UTC05:03Z) UTC
Landing siteKazakh Steppe
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Docking with ISS
Docking portRassvet nadir
Docking date8 June 2018, 13:01 UTC
Undocking date20 December 2018, 01:42 UTC
Time docked194 days, 12 hours, 41 minutes

From left: Prokopyev, Gerst and Auñón-Chancellor

Soyuz MS-09 was a Soyuz spaceflight that launched on 6 June 2018. It transported three members of the Expedition 56/57 crew to the International Space Station (ISS). MS-09 is the 138th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander along with an American and a German flight engineer. The mission ended at 05:02 UTC on 20 December 2018.