Soyuz MS-13 approaches the ISS | |
| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
|---|---|
| Operator | Roscosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2019-041A |
| SATCATno. | 44437 |
| Mission duration | 200d 16h 44m |
| Orbits completed | 3,216[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz-MS |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-MS 11F747 No. 746 |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Aleksandr Skvortsov Luca Parmitano |
| Launching | Andrew R. Morgan |
| Landing | Christina Koch |
| Callsign | Cliff |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 20 July 2019, 16:28:21UTC[2] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| Launch site | Baikonur,Site 1/5 |
| Contractor | RKTs Progress |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 6 February 2020, 09:12:45UTC[3][1] |
| Landing site | Steppes of Kazakhstan. |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Inclination | 51.6° |
| Docking withISS | |
| Docking port | Zvezda aft |
| Docking date | 20 July 2019, 22:47:50UTC[1] |
| Undocking date | 26 August 2019, 03:35UTC[4] |
| Time docked | 36 days, 4 hours and 48 minutes |
| Docking withISS (Relocation) | |
| Docking port | Poisk zenith |
| Docking date | 26 August 2019, 03:59UTC[4] |
| Undocking date | 6 February 2020, 05:50:28UTC[1] |
| Time docked | 164d 1h 51m |
Mission insignia (l-r) Morgan, Skvortsov and Parmitano | |
Soyuz MS-13, also designated ISS flight59S, was a crewedSoyuz mission launched on 20 July 2019 –the 50th anniversary of the firstMoon landing –[2][5] carrying three members of theExpedition 60 crew to theInternational Space Station: a Russian commander, an American flight engineer, and a European flight engineer. Soyuz MS-13 was the 142nd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. It was at one point the last Soyuz flight contracted by NASA in the expectation that subsequent astronaut transport would be provided by theCommercial Crew Program,[6] but in early 2019, NASA sought to purchase two additional Soyuz seats to provide greater certainty given delays in that program.[7]
| Position[8] | Launching crew | Landing crew |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Expedition 60/61 Third and last spaceflight | |
| Flight engineer | Expedition 60/61 Second spaceflight | |
| Flight engineer | Expedition 60/61/62 First spaceflight | Expedition 59/60/61 First spaceflight |
| Position[1] | Crew | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | ||
| Flight engineer | ||
| Flight engineer | ||
The Soyuz crew relocated the MS-13 spacecraft from the aft port of theZvezda module and performed a manual docking on thePoisk module on 26 August 2019.[4] This cleared the way forSoyuz MS-14 to perform an automatic docking onZvezda, after a faulty signal amplifier onPoisk caused MS-14's first docking attempt to abort on 24 August 2019.[9] The last time a Soyuz spacecraft was relocated was in August 2015 during theSoyuz TMA-16M mission.[10]