Soyuz MS-15 | |||||||
Mission Type: | Crewed mission to ISS | ||||||
Operator: | Roscosmos | ||||||
Cospar Id: | 2019-064A | ||||||
Satcat: | 44550 | ||||||
Spacecraft Type: | Soyuz-MS 11F747 No. 744 | ||||||
Manufacturer: | RKK Energia | ||||||
Launch Date: | 25 September 2019 13:57:42 UTC[1] | ||||||
Launch Rocket: | Soyuz-FG | ||||||
Launch Contractor: | Progress Rocket Space Centre | ||||||
Launch Site: | Baikonur, Site 1/5 | ||||||
Landing Date: | 17 April 2020, 05:16:43 UTC | ||||||
Landing Site: | Steppe of Kazakhstan near the town of Dzhezkazgan | ||||||
Crew Size: | 3 | ||||||
Crew Members: | Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir | ||||||
Crew Launching: | Hazza Al Mansouri | ||||||
Crew Landing: | Andrew Morgan | ||||||
Crew Callsign: | Sarmat / Сармат | ||||||
Crew Photo: | Expedition 61 Press Conference (NHQ201909240006).jpg | ||||||
Crew Photo Caption: | (l-r) Al Mansouri, Skripochka and Meir | ||||||
Orbit Reference: | Geocentric | ||||||
Orbit Regime: | Low Earth | ||||||
Orbit Inclination: | 51.6° | ||||||
Apsis: | gee | ||||||
Docking: |
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Previous Mission: | Soyuz MS-13 | ||||||
Next Mission: | Soyuz MS-16 | ||||||
Programme: | Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
Soyuz MS-15 was a Soyuz spaceflight launched on 25 September 2019,[2] transporting two members of the Expedition 61 crew and a short duration visiting crew member to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-15 was the 143rd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft with a crew. It was the last flight of Soyuz-FG launcher before its replacement by the Soyuz-2 in the crewed spaceflight role, and also the last launch from Site 1/5 (Gagarin's Start) before its modernisation to support the new Soyuz-2 rocket. The crew consisted of a Russian commander, an American flight engineer, and the first Emirati astronaut.[3] To celebrate this event, pictures of the Soyuz launcher and of Hazza Al Mansouri were projected on Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world.[4]