Soyuz TMA-20M
Appearance
Operator | Roskosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 2016-018A |
SATCAT no. | 41391 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA-M 11F747 |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Aleksey Ovchinin Oleg Skripochka Jeffrey Williams |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | March 18, 2016 21:26 UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low 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 | |
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Commander | Aleksey Ovchinin, RSA Expedition 47 First spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 1 | Oleg Skripochka, RSA Expedition 47 Second spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 2 | Jeffrey Williams, NASA Expedition 47 Fourth spaceflight |
Backup crew
Position[3] | Crew Member | |
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Commander | Sergey Ryzhikov, RSA | |
Flight Engineer 1 | Andrei Borisenko, RSA | |
Flight Engineer 2 | Shane Kimbrough, NASA |
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Soyuz TMA-20M.
- ^ "Russian Launch Manifest". Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ Планируемые полёты (in Russian). astronaut.ru. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ astronaut.ru (2013). "Орбитальные полёты".