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Soyuz TMA-20M
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2016-018A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.41391Edit this on Wikidata
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-TMA-M 11F747
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Crew
Crew size3
MembersAleksey Ovchinin
Oleg Skripochka
Jeffrey Williams
Start of mission
Launch dateMarch 18, 2016
21:26 UTC
RocketSoyuz-FG
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Docking with ISS
File:Soyuz-TMA-20M-Mission-Patch.png
(l-r) Williams, Ovchinin and Skripochka
Soyuz programme
(Manned missions)

Soyuz TMA-20M is a Soyuz spaceflight planned for March 2016.[1] It will transport three members of the Expedition 48 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-20M will be the 130th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew will consist of a Russian commander and flight engineer, as well as an American flight engineer.

It is the final planned Soyuz TMA-M which will be replaced by the upgraded Soyuz-MS.

Crew

Position[2] Crew Member
Commander Russia Aleksey Ovchinin, RSA
Expedition 47
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Russia Oleg Skripochka, RSA
Expedition 47
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 United States Jeffrey Williams, NASA
Expedition 47
Fourth spaceflight

Backup crew

Position[3] Crew Member
Commander Russia Sergey Ryzhikov, RSA
Flight Engineer 1 Russia Andrei Borisenko, RSA
Flight Engineer 2 United States Shane Kimbrough, NASA

References

  1. ^ "Russian Launch Manifest". Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. ^ Планируемые полёты (in Russian). astronaut.ru. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  3. ^ astronaut.ru (2013). "Орбитальные полёты".