Soyuz MS-05

Soyuz MS-05
The launch of Soyuz MS-05
Mission typeISS crew transport
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2017-043A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.42898Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration139 days 4 hours 57 minutes 16 seconds
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz MS
Spacecraft typeSoyuz MS 11F732A48
ManufacturerEnergia
Launch mass7080 kg
Crew
Crew size3
MembersSergey Ryazansky
Paolo Nespoli
Randolph Bresnik
CallsignBorei (Boreas)
Start of mission
Launch date28 July 2017, 15:41 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-FG
Launch siteBaikonur, Pad 1/5
ContractorProgress
End of mission
Landing date14 December 2017, 08:38 UTC [2]
Landing siteSteppes of the Kazakhstan
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portRassvet nadir
Docking date28 July 2017, 21:54 UTC [1]
Undocking date14 December 2017, 05:14 UTC [3]
Time docked138 days 7 hours 20 minutes

From left to right: Nespoli, Ryazansky, Bresnik

Soyuz MS-05 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on 28 July 2017.[1] It transported three members of the Expedition 52 crew to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-05 was the 134th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander, and a European and an American flight engineer. It returned to Earth on 14 December 2017 after 139 days on orbit.

Spacecraft

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The Expedition 52 crew expanded to six. In the front row from left are the newest crew members Paolo Nespoli, Sergey Ryazanskiy and Randy Bresnik. In the back row are Peggy Whitson, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Jack Fischer.

Soyuz MS introduces following upgrades: more efficient solar panels, the new Kurs-NA approach and docking system, which has a mass of less than half that of its predecessor, additional micro-meteoroid debris shielding, a modified docking and attitude control engine – which will add redundancy during docking and deorbit burns, a main computer, TsVM-101, which has a mass (8.3 kg) of only one-eighth that of its Argon-16 predecessor (70 kg) and a smaller volume, a unified digital command/telemetry system that allows telemetry to be transmitted via Luch relay satellites for control of the spacecraft as well as to provide crew with positioning data when the spacecraft is out of range of ground tracking stations and upgraded GLONASS / GPS and COSPAS-SARSAT satellite systems to provide more accurate location services during search/rescue operations after landing.[4]

During the flight the spacecraft fulfills the following tasks: delivery of a visiting crew consisting of up to three persons and small accompanying cargoes, constant availability of the spacecraft, attached to the station during its crewed flight, in the standby mode to be ready for emergency descent of the main crew onto the ground in case of hazardous situation on the station, cosmonaut illness or injury, etc. (assured crew return vehicle function); planned descent of the visiting crew onto the ground, returning to the ground, together with the crew, payloads of relatively low mass and volume disposal of wastes from the station in the living compartment to be burned down in the atmosphere during descent.[4]

Crew

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Position[5] Crew Member
Commander Russia Sergey Ryazansky, Roscosmos
Expedition 52
Second and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 United States Randy Bresnik, NASA
Expedition 52
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 Italy Paolo Nespoli, ESA
Expedition 52
Third and last spaceflight

Backup crew

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Position[6] Crew Member
Commander Russia Alexander Misurkin, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 1 United States Mark T. Vande Hei, NASA
Flight Engineer 2 Japan Norishige Kanai, JAXA

References

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  1. ^ a b c Richardson, Derek (28 July 2017). "ISS crew size increases to 6 with Soyuz MS-05 docking". Spaceflight Insider. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Soyuz MS-05 returns crew back to Earth". NASASpaceflight.com. 14 December 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  3. ^ Soyuz MS-05 begins journey back to Earth | publisher=NASASpaceflight.com
  4. ^ a b "Display: Soyuz MS-05 2017-043A". NASA. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ "NASA Updates 2017 International Space Station Crew Assignments". NASA. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ^ "Manned Spaceflight Launch and Landing Schedule". SpaceFacts. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
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