Soyuz_MS-17 Knowpia

Summary

Soyuz MS-17
Spacecraft properties
Favor launches atop a Soyuz-2.1a
Names	ISS 63S

Mission type	Crewed mission to ISS
Operator	Roscosmos
COSPAR ID	2020-072A
SATCAT no.	46613
Website	https://www.roscosmos.ru/
Mission duration	184 days, 23 hours, 10 minutes


Spacecraft	Soyuz MS No.747 Favor ^[1]
Manufacturer	RSC Energia


Crew
Members	Sergey Ryzhikov Sergey Kud-Sverchkov Kathleen Rubins


Start of mission
Launch date	14 October 2020, 05:45:04 UTC^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
Rocket	Soyuz-2.1a (s/n Х15000-045)
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 31
Contractor	RSC Progress


End of mission
Landing date	17 April 2021, 04:55 UTC^[6]
Landing site	Kazakh Steppe, Kazakhstan


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Inclination	51.66°


Docking with ISS
Docking port	Rassvet nadir
Docking date	14 October 2020, 08:48:47 UTC ^[7]^[8]
Undocking date	19 March 2021, 16:38:27 UTC^[9]^[10]
Time docked	156 days, 7 hours and 49 minutes
Docking with ISS (Relocation)
Docking port	Poisk zenith
Docking date	19 March 2021, 17:12:35 UTC ^[10]
Undocking date	17 April 2021, 01:34 UTC ^[6]
Time docked	28 days, 8 hours and 21 minutes

Soyuz MS-17 mission patch Rubins, Ryzhikov, and Kud-Sverchkov Soyuz programme (crewed) ← Soyuz MS-16 Soyuz MS-18 →

Soyuz MS-17 was a Soyuz spaceflight that was launched on 14 October 2020.^[4]^[11] It transported three crew members of the Expedition 63/64 crew to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-17 was the 145th crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander and a Russian and American flight engineer.^[12]^[13]^[14]

The mission marked the first use of a new "ultrafast" two-orbit rendezvous flight plan with the Soyuz, which saw Soyuz MS-17 arrive at the ISS within approximately three hours after the launch.^[3]^[15]^[16]^[8]

On 19 March 2021, the crew of Soyuz MS-17 boarded their spacecraft to relocate it from Rassvet to Poisk to make way for the arrival and docking of the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft,^[9] which launched on 9 April 2021 carrying cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky, Pyotr Dubrov and the astronaut of NASA, Mark T. Vande Hei to the ISS ahead of a six-month stay. The two spacecraft had a nine-day handover period before Soyuz MS-17 departed. This is necessary to avoid de-crewing the Russian Orbital Segment (ROS) of the ISS since no Russian cosmonaut was present aboard SpaceX Crew-1.^[11]

Crew


Position	Crew member
Commander	Sergey Ryzhikov, Roscosmos Expedition 63/64 Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1	Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, Roscosmos Expedition 63/64 First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2	Kathleen Rubins, NASA Expedition 63/64 Second spaceflight

^[17]^[18]^[19]

Backup crew


Position	Crew member
Commander	Oleg Novitsky, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 1	Pyotr Dubrov, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 2	Mark T. Vande Hei, NASA

Reserve crew


Position	Crew member
Commander	Anton Shkaplerov, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 1	Andrei Babkin, Roscosmos

Crew notes

Early planning had listed Russian cosmonaut Nikolai Chub as the mission's Flight Engineer 2, pending a NASA decision on whether they would purchase more seats on the Soyuz. In May 2020, NASA purchased a Soyuz seat and assigned NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins to the Flight Engineer 2 position, backed up by astronaut Mark T. Vande Hei.^[17]^[20]

Originally Russian cosmonauts Anatoli Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner were set to fly as Commander and Flight Engineer 1 respectively. In February 2020, however, the two cosmonauts were moved to the Soyuz MS-16 flight due to medical issues with the commander of Soyuz MS-16, Nikolai Tikhonov. Ivanishin and Vagner were replaced by Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov. Babkin may fly on Soyuz MS-18, but Tikhonov has retired from Roscosmos' astronaut corps.

Reacting to the COVID-19 pandemic, Roscosmos implemented a two-cosmonaut reserve crew to ensure the flight could go on with no delays, in the unlikely event both the prime and backup crews fall ill. It was not confirmed whether NASA planned to add an astronaut of their own to the reserve crew.^[21]

Gallery

References

^ "Soyuz-MS 01 - 20 (11F732A48)". Gunter's Space Page. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
^ Clark, Stephen (14 October 2020). "Live coverage: Soyuz crew begins flight to International Space Station". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b Zak, Anatoly (13 October 2020). "Soyuz MS-17 to lift off with fresh ISS crew". RussianSpaceWeb.com. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b "NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins, Crewmates to Discuss Upcoming Spaceflight" (Press release). NASA. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "Источник: НАСА хочет купить еще одно место в российском "Союзе"" [Source: NASA wants to buy another Soyuz seat] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b "NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins, Crewmates Return Safely to Earth". NASA (Press release). 16 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ Becker, Joachim (14 October 2020). "Soyuz MS-17". SpaceFacts. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b Harwood, William (14 October 2020). "Soyuz crew docks with International Space Station". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b Pearlman, Robert Z. "Space station crew moves Soyuz spacecraft to new parking spot ahead of new arrivals". SPACE.com. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Relocations of Manned Spacecrafts [sic]". 21 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b Zak, Anatoly (1 January 2020). "Russian space program in 2020: Soyuz MS-17". RussianSpaceWeb.com. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
^ Becker, Joachim (11 June 2020). "Expedition 64 Report". SpaceFacts. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ Baylor, Michael (1 April 2020). "Status - Soyuz MS-17". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
^ Harwood, William (13 October 2020). "NASA uses final purchased Soyuz seat for Wednesday flight to station". Spaceflight Now.
^ Clark, Stephen (12 October 2020). "Russian rocket for next space station crew transferred to launch pad". Spaceflight Now.
^ "Грузовой корабль "Прогресс" полетит к МКС по сверхбыстрой схеме" [The Progress cargo vehicle will fly to the ISS according to a superfast scheme] (in Russian). РИА Новости. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Роскосмос подтвердил подписание контракта на доставку астронавта NASA на корабле "Союз"" [Roscosmos has confirmed the signing of a contract for the delivery of a NASA astronaut on the Soyuz spacecraft] (in Russian). ТАSS. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
^ @anik1982space (9 May 2020). "Вот и новые составы российских экипажей «Союза МС-17» стали известны из пресс-релиза аэропорта Жуковский.
Основной: Сергей Рыжиков, Сергей Кудь-Сверчков.
Дублирующий: Олег Новицкий, Пётр Дубров.
К сожалению, Николая Тихонова и Андрея Бабкина нет..." [So the new compositions of the Russian crews of the Soyuz MS-17 became known from the press release of the Zhukovsky airport. Primary: Sergey Ryzhikov, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov. Dubbing: Oleg Novitsky, Pyotr Dubrov. Unfortunately, Nikolai Tikhonov and Andrey Babkin are gone.] (Tweet) (in Russian) – via Twitter.
^ "Flight crew assignments". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
^ "NASA Assigns Astronaut Kate Rubins to Expedition 63/64 Space Station Crew". M20-060 (Press release). NASA. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "Новости. Утвержден экипаж корабля "Союз МС-17"" [The crew of the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft was approved]. roscosmos.ru (Press release) (in Russian). Roscosmos. Retrieved 11 June 2020.

External links

Launch «Souz МS-17» (Youtube)

Soyuz programme

Main topics

Past missions
(by spacecraft type)

Soyuz 7K-OK (1966–1970)	Kosmos 133† Soyuz 7K-OK No.1† (uncrewed) Kosmos 140 Soyuz 1† Kosmos 186 188 212 213 238 Soyuz 2 (uncrewed) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Soyuz 7K-L1 (1967–1970) (Zond lunar programme)	Kosmos 146 154† Zond 1967A† 1967B† Zond 4 1968A† 1968B† 5 6 1969A† Zond-M 1† M 2† Zond 7 8 9 10
Soyuz 7K-L1E (1969–1970)	Soyuz 7K-L1E No.1† Kosmos 382
Soyuz 7K-LOK (1971–1972)	Soyuz 7K-LOK No.1† No.2†
Soyuz 7K-OKS (1971)	Soyuz 10† 11†
Soyuz 7K-T (1972–1981)	Kosmos 496 573 Soyuz 12 Kosmos 613 Soyuz 13 Kosmos 656 Soyuz 14 15† 17 18a† 18 20 (uncrewed) 21 23† 24 25† 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 (uncrewed landing) 33† 34 (uncrewed launch) 35 36 37 38 39 40
Soyuz 7K-TM (1974–1976)	Kosmos 638 672 Soyuz 16 19 (Apollo-Soyuz) 22
Soyuz 7K-S (1974–1976)	Kosmos 670 772† 869†
Soyuz-T (1978–1986)	Kosmos 1001† 1074 Soyuz T-1 (uncrewed) T-2 T-3 T-4 T-5 T-6 T-7 T-8† T-9 T-10a† T-10 T-11 T-12 T-13 T-14 T-15
Soyuz-TM (1986–2002)	Soyuz TM-1 (uncrewed) TM-2 TM-3 TM-4 TM-5 TM-6 TM-7 TM-8 TM-9 TM-10 TM-11 TM-12 TM-13 TM-14 TM-15 TM-16 TM-17 TM-18 TM-19 TM-20 TM-21 TM-22 TM-23 TM-24 TM-25 TM-26 TM-27 TM-28 TM-29 TM-30 TM-31 TM-32 TM-33 TM-34
Soyuz-TMA (2002–2012)	Soyuz TMA-1 TMA-2 TMA-3 TMA-4 TMA-5 TMA-6 TMA-7 TMA-8 TMA-9 TMA-10 TMA-11 TMA-12 TMA-13 TMA-14 TMA-15 TMA-16 TMA-17 TMA-18 TMA-19 TMA-20 TMA-21 TMA-22
Soyuz-TMA-M (2010–2016)	Soyuz TMA-01M TMA-02M TMA-03M TMA-04M TMA-05M TMA-06M TMA-07M TMA-08M TMA-09M TMA-10M TMA-11M TMA-12M TMA-13M TMA-14M TMA-15M TMA-16M TMA-17M TMA-18M TMA-19M TMA-20M
Soyuz MS (2016–present)	Soyuz MS-01 MS-02 MS-03 MS-04 MS-05 MS-06 MS-07 MS-08 MS-09 MS-10† MS-11 MS-12 MS-13 MS-14 (uncrewed test flight) MS-15 MS-16 MS-17

Current missions

Soyuz MS-18

Future missions

2021
- Soyuz MS-19
- MS-20
2022
- Soyuz MS-21
- MS-22

Uncrewed missions are designated as Kosmos instead of Soyuz; exceptions are noted "(uncrewed)".
The † sign designates failed missions. Italics designates cancelled missions.

v t e Human spaceflights to the International Space Station
See also: {{ISS expeditions}}, {{Uncrewed ISS flights}}
1998–2004	1998 STS-88 1999 STS-96 2000 STS-101 106 92 Soyuz TM-31 STS-97 2001 STS-98 102 100 Soyuz TM-32 STS-104 105 Soyuz TM-33 STS-108 2002 STS-110 Soyuz TM-34 STS-111 112 Soyuz TMA-1 STS-113 2003 Soyuz TMA-2 TMA-3 2004 Soyuz TMA-4 TMA-5
2005–2009	2005 Soyuz TMA-6 STS-114 Soyuz TMA-7 2006 Soyuz TMA-8 STS-121 115 Soyuz TMA-9 STS-116 2007 Soyuz TMA-10 STS-117 118 Soyuz TMA-11 STS-120 2008 STS-122 123 Soyuz TMA-12 STS-124 Soyuz TMA-13 STS-126 2009 STS-119 Soyuz TMA-14 TMA-15 STS-127 128 Soyuz TMA-16 STS-129 Soyuz TMA-17
2010–2014	2010 STS-130 Soyuz TMA-18 STS-131 132 Soyuz TMA-19 TMA-01M TMA-20 2011 STS-133 Soyuz TMA-21 STS-134 Soyuz TMA-02M STS-135 Soyuz TMA-22 TMA-03M 2012 Soyuz TMA-04M TMA-05M TMA-06M TMA-07M 2013 Soyuz TMA-08M TMA-09M TMA-10M TMA-11M 2014 Soyuz TMA-12M TMA-13M TMA-14M TMA-15M
2015–2019	2015 Soyuz TMA-16M TMA-17M TMA-18M TMA-19M 2016 Soyuz TMA-20M MS-01 MS-02 MS-03 2017 Soyuz MS-04 MS-05 MS-06 MS-07 2018 Soyuz MS-08 MS-09 MS-10† MS-11 2019 Soyuz MS-12 MS-13 MS-15
Since 2020	2020 Soyuz MS-16 SpaceX Demo-2 Soyuz MS-17 SpaceX Crew-1 2021 Soyuz MS-18 SpaceX Crew-2
Future	2021 SpaceX Crew-3 Boeing Crewed Flight Test Soyuz MS-19 Soyuz MS-20 2022 Axiom-1 Boeing Starliner-1 SpaceX Crew-4 Soyuz MS-21 Axiom-2 Boeing Starliner-2 Soyuz MS-22
Individuals	List of ISS visitors crew
Vehicles	Past Space Shuttle Present Crew Dragon Soyuz Future Boeing Starliner Orel
Ongoing spaceflights in bold Future spaceflights in italics † - mission failed to reach ISS

v t e ← 2019 · Orbital launches in 2020 · 2021 →
January	Starlink 2 (60 satellites) TJSW-5 Jilin-1 Kuanfu-01, ÑuSat 7, 8, Tianqi-5 Yinhe-1 / GS-SparkSat-03 / Galaxy-1 Eutelsat Konnect, GSAT-30 Starlink 3 (60 satellites) NROL-151
February	OneWeb × 34 IGS-Optical 7 Zafar 1† Solar Orbiter Cygnus NG-13 Starlink 4 (60 satellites) JCSAT-17, GEO-KOMPSAT-2B XJS-C, D, E, F Meridian-M 9
March	SpaceX CRS-20 BeiDou-3 G2Q Xinjishu Yanzheng-6 GLONASS-M 760 Starlink 5 (60 satellites) OneWeb × 34 Yaogan 30-06 01, 02, 03 AEHF-6
April	Soyuz MS-16 Nusantara Dua† Noor Starlink 6 (60 satellites) Progress MS-14
May	Chinese next-generation crewed spacecraft / Flexible Inflatable Cargo Return Module Xingyun-2 01, 02 X-37B OTV-6 / FalconSAT-8 HTV-9 EKS-4 LauncherOne†, Starshine 4† XJS-G, XJS-H Crew Dragon Demo-2
June	Starlink 7 (60 satellites) Starlink 8 (58 satellites)
July	Progress MS-15
August	Starlink 9 (57 satellites) Starlink 10 (58 satellites)
September	Vega VV16 (65 satellites) Starlink 11 (60 satellites)
October	Cygnus NG-14 Soyuz MS-17 Starlink 12 (60 satellites) Starlink 13 (60 satellites) Starlink 14 (60 satellites)
November	SpaceX Crew-1 Chang'e 5 Vega VV17†, SEOSat-Ingenio†, TARANIS† Starlink 15 (60 satellites)
December	SpaceX CRS-21
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Cubesats are smaller. Crewed flights are bolded. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in brackets).