Soyuz MS-03 was a Soyuz spaceflight launched on 17 November 2016.[1] It transported three members of the Expedition 50 crew to the International Space Station. MS-03 was the 132nd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander with American and French flight engineers.[2]

Crew

Position[3] Launching Crew Member Landing Crew Member
Commander Russia Oleg Novitsky, Roscosmos
Expedition 50
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 France Thomas Pesquet, ESA
Expedition 50
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 United States Peggy Whitson, NASA
Expedition 50/51/52
Third (last NASA)[5] spaceflight 		N/A [4]

Backup crew

Position[6] Crew Member
Commander Russia Fyodor Yurchikhin, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 1 United States Jack D. Fischer, NASA
Flight Engineer 2 Italy Paolo Nespoli, ESA

Mission highlights

Soyuz MS-03 launched with Expedition 50/51 on 17 November 2016, at 20:17 UTC. Astronaut Peggy Whitson, at age 56, became the oldest woman to fly into space.[7][8] Soyuz MS-03 docked at the International Space Station on 19 November 2016.[9] On 2 June 2017, Soyuz MS-03 undocked from the ISS, carrying Oleg Novitsky and Thomas Pesquet back to Earth after 196 days in space. Whitson remained on the ISS and returned on Soyuz MS-04 on 3 September 2017.

References

  1. ^ "Soyuz MS-03 mission".
  2. ^ "Display: Soyuz MS-03 2016-070A". NASA. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Планируемые полёты. astronaut.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  4. ^ Harwood, William. "Whitson's station expedition extended three months". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  5. ^ Potter, Sean (15 June 2018). "Record-Setting NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson Retires". NASA. Retrieved 24 June 2018. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ^ astronaut.ru (2015). "Планируемые полёты" (in Russian).
  7. ^ "NASA's Peggy Whitson Becomes Oldest Woman in Space". abcnews.go.com. ABC News. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  8. ^ Chiara Palazzo (18 November 2016). "NASA veteran Peggy Whitson becomes the oldest woman in space as she blasts off for ISS". The Telegraph. Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  9. ^ "Welcome Aboard! New Arrivals Make Six Expedition 50 Crew Members | Space Station". blogs.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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