Spacecraft type Soyuz-MS 11F747 Regime Low Earth Docking date 21 October 2016 Rocket Soyuz-FG Crew size 3 | Manufacturer RKK Energia Docking port Poisk zenith Launch date 19 October 2016 Launch site Baikonur Cosmodrome Reference system Geocentric orbit | |
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Undocking date 10 April 2017 (planned) Operator Roscosmos State Corporation Members Sergey Nikolayevich Ryzhikov, Andrei Borisenko, Robert S. Kimbrough | ||
Soyuz ms 02 hatch opening
Soyuz MS-02 is a Soyuz spaceflight that was planned for a 23 September 2016 launch, but because of technical difficulties it launched on 19 October 2016. It transported three members of the Expedition 49 crew to orbit and docked with the International Space Station. MS-02 was the 131st flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consists of a Russian commander and flight engineer, as well as an American flight engineer.
MS-02 docked with (Poisk (MRM-2) module on Friday, October 21, 2016.
MS-02 is currently planned to return to earth on Monday, April 10, 2017.
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