Soyuz MS-04

Soyuz MS-04 was a Soyuz spaceflight that launched on 20 April 2017 to the ISS. It transported two members of the Expedition 52 crew to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-04 was the 133rd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander and an American flight engineer. It was the first of the Soyuz MS series to rendezvous with the Station in approximately 6 hours, instead of the 2 day orbital rendezvous used for the previous launches. It was also the first Soyuz to launch with only 2 crew members since Soyuz TMA-2.

Soyuz MS-04
Soyuz MS-04 prior to launch
Mission typeISS crew transport
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2017-020A
SATCAT no.42682
Mission duration136 days
Distance travelled92.5 million kilometres
Orbits completed2176
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz MS
Spacecraft typeSoyuz MS 11F732A48
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Launch mass7080 kg
Crew
Crew size2 (launching)
3 (landing)
MembersFyodor Yurchikhin
Jack D. Fischer
LandingPeggy Whitson
CallsignOlimp (Olympus)
Start of mission
Launch date20 April 2017, 07:13:44 UTC
RocketSoyuz-FG
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1
ContractorProgress Rocket Space Centre
End of mission
Landing date3 September 2017, 01:22 UTC
Landing siteSteppes of the Kazakhstan
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portPoisk zenith
Docking date20 April 2017, 13:18 UTC
Undocking date2 September 2017, 21:58 UTC
Time docked135 days

Yurchikhin and Fischer in front of their spacecraft
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)
 
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