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Soyuz MS-04
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2017-020A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.42682Edit this on Wikidata
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-MS 11F747
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Crew
Crew size3
MembersAlexander Misurkin
Nikolai Tikhonov
Mark T. Vande Hei
CallsignAltair
Start of mission
Launch date11 March 2017
RocketSoyuz-FG
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Docking with ISS

(l-r) Tikhonov, Misurkin and Vande Hei
Soyuz programme
(Manned missions)

Soyuz MS-04 is a Soyuz spaceflight planned for 11 March 2017.[1] It will transport three members of the Expedition 51 crew to the International Space Station. MS-04 will be the 133rd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew will consist of a Russian commander and a Russian and an American flight engineer, as well.

Crew

Position[2] Crew Member
Commander Russia Alexander Misurkin, RSA
Expedition 51
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Russia Nikolai Tikhonov, RSA
Expedition 51
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 United States Mark T. Vande Hei, NASA
Expedition 51
First spaceflight

Backup crew

Position[3] Crew Member
Commander Russia Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Skvortsov, RSA
Flight Engineer 1 Russia Ivan Viktorovich Vagner, RSA
Flight Engineer 2 United States Scott D. Tingle, NASA

References

  1. ^ "Russian Launch Manifest". Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. ^ Планируемые полёты (in Russian). astronaut.ru. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  3. ^ astronaut.ru (2015). "Планируемые полёты" (in Russian).