Soyuz MS-06

Soyuz MS-06
	Soyuz MS-06 night launch to the ISS
Mission type	ISS crew transport
Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2017-054A
SATCAT no.	42937
Mission duration	168 days 5 hours 13 minutes 58 seconds
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Soyuz MS
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-MS 11F747
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Launch mass	7080 kg
Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Alexander Misurkin; Mark T. Vande Hei; Joseph M. Acaba
Start of mission
Launch date	12 September 2017,; 21:17:02 UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-FG
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
Contractor	Progress Rocket Space Centre
End of mission
Landing date	28 February 2018 02:31 UTC
Landing site	Steppes of Kazakhstan
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Inclination	51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Poisk zenith
Docking date	13 September 2017, 02:55 UTC
Undocking date	27 February 2018, 23:08 UTC
Time docked	167 days 20 hours 13 minutes
	; (l-r) Acaba, Misurkin and Vande Hei Soyuz programme; (Crewed missions) ← Soyuz MS-05 Soyuz MS-07 →

Soyuz MS-06 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on 13 September 2017.^[1] It transported three members of the Expedition 53 crew to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-06 was the 135th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander, and two American flight engineers.^[3] It returned to Earth on 28 February 2018 after 168 days in orbit.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Pietrobon, Steven (5 February 2017). "Russian Launch Manifest". Sworld.com. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b Bergin, Chris (27 February 2018). "Soyuz MS-06 returns three ISS crew members to Earth". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
^ "NASA Updates 2017 International Space Station Crew Assignments". NASA. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[pietrobon-1] Pietrobon, Steven (5 February 2017). "Russian Launch Manifest". Sworld.com. Retrieved 12 February 2017.

[enddate-2] Bergin, Chris (27 February 2018). "Soyuz MS-06 returns three ISS crew members to Earth". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

[crew-3] "NASA Updates 2017 International Space Station Crew Assignments". NASA. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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