.jpg) Soyuz MS-15 launches fromSite 1/5 at theBaikonur Cosmodrome, marking the final crewed mission from the historic pad whereYuri Gagarin began humanity’s journey into space. | |
| Names | ISS 61S |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
| Operator | Roscosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2019-064A |
| SATCATno. | 44550 |
| Mission duration | 204 days, 15 hours and 18 minutes |
| Distance travelled | 139,900,000 km (86,900,000 mi)[1] |
| Orbits completed | 3,280[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz-MS No. 744 |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-MS |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir |
| Launching | Hazza Al Mansouri |
| Landing | Andrew Morgan |
| Callsign | Sarmat (Сармат) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 25 September 2019, 13:57:42 (2019-09-25UTC13:57:42Z) UTC[2][3] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG No. Ya15000-071[4] |
| Launch site | Baikonur,Site 1/5 |
| Contractor | RKTs Progress |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 17 April 2020, 05:16:10 (2020-04-17UTC05:16:11Z) UTC |
| Landing site | Steppe of Kazakhstan near the town ofDzhezkazgan (47°17′12.6″N69°32′31.2″E / 47.286833°N 69.542000°E /47.286833; 69.542000)[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 416 km (258 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 422 km (262 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.64°[3] |
| Docking withISS | |
| Docking port | Zvezda aft |
| Docking date | 25 September 2019, 19:42:40 UTC |
| Undocking date | 17 April 2020, 01:53:00 UTC |
| Time docked | 204 days, 6 hours and 10 minutes |
 Mission patch .jpg) Launching crew, from left:Al Mansouri,Skripochka andMeir ← Soyuz MS-14 (uncrewed) | |
Soyuz MS-15 was aSoyuz spaceflight launched on 25 September 2019,[2] transporting two members of theExpedition 61 crew and a short duration visiting crew member to theInternational Space Station. Soyuz MS-15 was the 143rd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft with a crew. It was the last flight ofSoyuz-FG launcher before its replacement by theSoyuz-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 onBurj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world.[7]
| 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 First spaceflight |
| Position | Crew member | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Sergey Ryzhikov,Roscosmos | |
| Flight engineer | Thomas Marshburn,NASA | |
| Visiting astronaut | Sultan Al Neyadi,MBRSC | |
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