Soyuz MS-15

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Soyuz MS-15
File:ISS-60 Soyuz MS-15 crew ship ascending into space.jpg
The Soyuz MS-15 ascending into space as seen from the ISS.
Mission type Crewed mission to ISS
Operator Roscosmos
COSPAR ID 2019-064A
SATCAT № 44550
Mission duration 6 months 22 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Soyuz-MS 11F747
Manufacturer RKK 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 UTC [1][2]
Rocket Soyuz-FG
Launch site Baikonur, Site 1/5
Contractor Progress Rocket Space Centre
End of mission
Landing date 17 April 2020, 05:16:43 UTC
Landing site Steppe of Kazakhstan near the town of Dzhezkazgan
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Inclination 51.6° [2]
Docking with ISS
Docking port Zvezda aft
Docking date 25 September 2019
19:42:40 UTC
Undocking date 17 April 2020, 01:53:00 UTC
Time docked 6 months 22 days
File:Soyuz-MS-15-Mission-Patch.png

File:Expedition 61 Press Conference (NHQ201909240006).jpg
(l-r) Al Mansouri, Skripochka and Meir


Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)
← Soyuz MS-13 Soyuz MS-16

Soyuz MS-15 was a Soyuz spaceflight launched on September 25 2019,[1] transporting two members of the Expedition 61 crew and a short duration visiting crew member to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-15 was the 143th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft manned. It was the last flight of Soyuz-FG launcher before its replacement by the Soyuz-2 in the crewed spaceflight role. The crew consisted of a Russian commander, an American flight engineer, and the first Emirati astronaut.[3] To celebrate this event, pictures of the Soyuz launcher and of Hazza Al Mansouri were projected on Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world.[4]

Crew

Position Launching Crew member Landing Crew member
Commander Russia Oleg Skripochka, RSA
Expedition 61
Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 United States Jessica Meir, NASA
Expedition 61
First spaceflight
Spaceflight Participant/Flight Engineer 2 United Arab Emirates Hazza Al Mansouri,
MBRSC
First spaceflight
United States Andrew Morgan, NASA
Expedition 61
First spaceflight

[5]

Backup crew

Position Crew member
Commander Russia Sergey Ryzhikov, RSA
Flight Engineer United States Thomas Marshburn, NASA
Spaceflight Participant United Arab Emirates Sultan Al Neyadi, MBRSC

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