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Soyuz MS-09

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Human Exploration

Low Earth Orbit 1/5 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan #SoyuzMS09

Soyuz MS-09 begins expedition 56 by carrying Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst and NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor to the International Space Station. After launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, they will rendezvous to the station where they will remain for their 6 month stay.

Soyuz

Family:
Configuration: FG

The Soyuz FG rocket is an expendable launch vehicle most commonly known for carrying humans to the International Space Station today.

Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    49.5 m
  • Diameter
    3.0 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
    305.0 T
  • Thrust
Family
  • Name
    Soyuz
  • Family
  • Variant
    FG
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Soyuz FG
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    6450.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    4500.0 kg

Soyuz MS-09


Active Human Rated Crew On-board: 3 Crew Capacity: 3
Destination: International Space Station
Serial Number: Soyuz MS 11F732A48 #739

Soyuz MS-09 is a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on June 6, 2018. It transported three members of the Expedition 56 crew to the International Space Station. The crew consists of Sergey Prokopyev, Alexander Gerst and Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor to the International Space Station.

Soyuz MS Details

Crew


Sergey Prokopyev

Commander - configurations.Country.None - ( RFSA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: Feb. 19, 1975
Age: 49

Serena Auñón-Chancellor

Flight Engineer - configurations.Country.None - ( NASA )

Status: Retired

Date of Birth: April 9, 1976
Age: 48

Alexander Gerst

Flight Engineer - configurations.Country.None - ( ESA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: May 3, 1976
Age: 48

Progress Rocket Space Center

Progress Rocket Space Center

(PRSC)

CEO: Dmitry Baranov Founded: 1996 Successes: 44 Failures: 1 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

Progress Rocket Space Centre, formerly known as TsSKB-Progress, is a space science and aerospace research company which is known for manufacturing launch vehicles and satellites. Most notably, Progress Rocket Space Centre is the manufacturer of Soyuz launch vehicles.

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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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