Soyuz MS-04 was a Soyuz spaceflight that launched on 20 April 2017 to the ISS.[1] It transported two members of the Expedition 52 crew to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-04 was the 133rd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander and an American flight engineer. It was the first of the Soyuz MS series to rendezvous with the Station in approximately 6 hours, instead of the 2 day orbital rendezvous used for the previous launches. It was also the first Soyuz to launch with only 2 crew members since Soyuz TMA-2.
 Soyuz MS-04 prior to launch | |
| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
|---|---|
| Operator | Roscosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2017-020A |
| SATCAT no. | 42682 |
| Mission duration | 136 days |
| Distance travelled | 92.5 million kilometres |
| Orbits completed | 2176 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz MS |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz MS 11F732A48 |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Launch mass | 7080 kg |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 2 (launching) 3 (landing) |
| Members | Fyodor Yurchikhin Jack D. Fischer |
| Landing | Peggy Whitson |
| Callsign | Olimp (Olympus) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 20 April 2017, 07:13:44 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1 |
| Contractor | Progress |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 3 September 2017, 01:22 UTC |
| Landing site | Steppes of the Kazakhstan |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Poisk zenith |
| Docking date | 20 April 2017, 13:18 UTC |
| Undocking date | 2 September 2017, 21:58 UTC |
| Time docked | 135 days |
 Yurchikhin and Fischer in front of their spacecraft | |
Crew
edit| Position[2] | Launching Crew Member | Landing Crew Member |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Expedition 51 Fifth and last spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 | Expedition 51 Only spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 | N/A | Expedition 50/51/52 Third (last NASA) [4] spaceflight |
Backup crew
edit| Position[2] | Crew Member | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | ||
| Flight Engineer 1 | ||
Due to a decision to cut down the number of participating Russian astronauts in 2017, only two astronauts were launched on Soyuz MS-04.[5] Originally set to include 3 people, the crew assignments were changed in November 2016 by NASA and Roscosmos.
Original crew
edit| Position | Crew member | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Expedition 51 Second spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 | Expedition 51 First spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 | Expedition 51 First spaceflight | |
Alexander Misurkin and Mark T. Vande Hei were reassigned to Soyuz MS-06 and served as part of Expedition 53/54,[6] Nikolai Tikhonov was reassigned to Soyuz MS-10 to serve as part of Expedition 57/58 although was also pulled of that mission due to the same budget cuts.[7]
References
edit- ^ Pietrobon, Steven (5 February 2017). "Russian Launch Manifest". Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Manned Spaceflight Launch and Landing Schedule". spacefacts. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Harwood, William. "Whitson's station expedition extended three months". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ^ Potter, Sean (15 June 2018). "Record-Setting NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson Retires". NASA. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Irene Klotz (16 November 2016). "NASA, Russia Set Flights for Trimmed-Down Space Station Crew". space.com. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ^ "Soyuz MS-06 arrives at ISS".
- ^ "No U.S. Crew Will Command the International Space Station in 2019". 30 May 2018.