Soyuz MS-15

Soyuz MS-15
	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 no.	44550
Mission duration	204d 15h 19m
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-MS 11F747 No. 744
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
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°
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	204d 6h 10m
	; (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 25 September 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 143rd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft with a crew. It was the last flight of Soyuz-FG launcher before its replacement by the Soyuz-2 in the crewed spaceflight role, and also the last launch from Site 1/5 (Gagarin's Start) before its modernisation to support the new Soyuz-2 rocket. 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	Oleg Skripochka, RSA Expedition 61/62 Third and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1	Jessica Meir, NASA Expedition 61/62 First spaceflight
Spaceflight Participant/Flight Engineer 2	Hazza Al Mansouri, MBRSC First spaceflight	Andrew Morgan, NASA Expedition 60/61/62 First spaceflight

^[5]

Backup crew[]


Position	Crew member
Commander	Sergey Ryzhikov, RSA
Flight Engineer	Thomas Marshburn, NASA
Spaceflight Participant	Sultan Al Neyadi, MBRSC

Notes[]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Определены сроки запусков с Байконура к МКС, сообщил источник" [Launch dates to ISS from Baikonur are defined, per source] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b Launch, orbit and landing data
^ "UAE says its first astronaut going into space in September". The News & Observer. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
^ Burj Khalifa lights up as UAE readies to enter space
^ "On International Women's Day, NASA Looks Forward to First All-Female EVA in Late March; Koch Tapped for Longer ISS Stay". 8 March 2019.

[ria-20181222-1] "Определены сроки запусков с Байконура к МКС, сообщил источник" [Launch dates to ISS from Baikonur are defined, per source] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

[SF-2] Launch, orbit and landing data

[3] "UAE says its first astronaut going into space in September". The News & Observer. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

[4] Burj Khalifa lights up as UAE readies to enter space

[5] "On International Women's Day, NASA Looks Forward to First All-Female EVA in Late March; Koch Tapped for Longer ISS Stay". 8 March 2019.

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September	Ziyuan I-02D, , Taurus 1 x2 BeiDou-3 M23, M24 HTV-8 02 Soyuz MS-15 EKS-3
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