 Soyuz MS-03 docked toInternational Space Station (ISS). | |
| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
|---|---|
| Operator | Roscosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2016-070A |
| SATCATno. | 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, 20:17:00UTC |
| 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 theKazakhstan |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Docking withISS | |
| Docking port | Rassvetnadir |
| Docking date | 19 November 2016, 21:58 UTC |
| Undocking date | 2 June 2017, 10:47 UTC |
| Time docked | 194 days |
 Mission insignia .jpg) (l-r) Pesquet, Whitson and Novitsky | |
Soyuz MS-03 was aSoyuz spaceflight launched on 17 November 2016.[1] It transported three members of theExpedition 50 crew to theInternational 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.[2]
| Position[3] | Launching crew | Landing crew |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Oleg Novitsky,RoscosmosExpedition 50 Second spaceflight | |
| Flight engineer |  Thomas Pesquet,ESAExpedition 50 First spaceflight | |
| Flight engineer |  Peggy Whitson,NASAExpedition 50/51/52 Third spaceflight | None[4] |
| Position[5] | Crew | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Fyodor Yurchikhin,Roscosmos | |
| Flight engineer | Jack D. Fischer,NASA | |
| Flight engineer |  Paolo Nespoli,ESA | |
Soyuz MS-03 launched with Expedition 50/51 on 17 November 2016, at 20:17UTC. AstronautPeggy Whitson, at age 56, became the oldest woman to fly into space.[6][7] Soyuz MS-03 docked at the International Space Station on 19 November 2016.[8] On 2 June 2017, Soyuz MS-03 undocked from the ISS, carryingOleg Novitsky andThomas Pesquet back to Earth after 196 days in space. Whitson remained on the ISS and returned onSoyuz MS-04 on 3 September 2017.
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