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Soyuz MS-15

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Human Exploration

Low Earth Orbit 1/5 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan #SoyuzMS15

Soyuz MS-15 begins expedition 61 by carrying NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka and United Arab Emirates’ Hazzaa Ali Almansoori, a Roscosmos spaceflight participant and first Emirati in space that will spend only 8 days aboard ISS before returning to Earth aboard a Soyuz MS-12.

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-15


Active Human Rated Crew On-board: 3 Crew Capacity: 3
Destination: International Space Station
Serial Number: Soyuz MS 11F732A48 #744

Soyuz MS-15 is a Soyuz spacecraft launched in September 2019 with three crew members of the Expedition 61 to the International Space Station. MS-15 was 144th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft and the last flight of Soyuz-FG launcher. It landed back on Earth on April 17, 2020.

Soyuz MS Details

Crew


Jessica Meir

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

Status: Active

Date of Birth: July 1, 1977
Age: 48

Oleg Skripochka

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

Status: Retired

Date of Birth: Dec. 24, 1969
Age: 56

Hazza Al Mansouri

Spaceflight Participant - configurations.Country.None - ( MBRSC )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: Dec. 13, 1983
Age: 42

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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