Soyuz MS-06

Soyuz MS-06 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on 13 September 2017. It transported three members of the Expedition 53 crew to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-06 was the 135th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander, and two American flight engineers. It returned to Earth on 28 February 2018 after 168 days in orbit.

Soyuz MS-06
Soyuz MS-06 night launch to the ISS
Mission typeISS crew transport
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2017-054A
SATCAT no.42937
Mission duration168 days 5 hours 13 minutes 58 seconds
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz MS
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-MS 11F747
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Launch mass7080 kg
Crew
Crew size3
MembersAlexander Misurkin
Mark T. Vande Hei
Joseph M. Acaba
Start of mission
Launch date12 September 2017,
21:17:02 UTC
RocketSoyuz-FG
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
ContractorProgress Rocket Space Centre
End of mission
Landing date28 February 2018 02:31 UTC
Landing siteSteppes of Kazakhstan
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portPoisk zenith
Docking date13 September 2017, 02:55 UTC
Undocking date27 February 2018, 23:08 UTC
Time docked167 days 20 hours 13 minutes

(l-r) Acaba, Misurkin and Vande Hei
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)
 
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