Soyuz MS-09

Soyuz MS-09
Operator Roskosmos
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Soyuz-MS 11F747
Manufacturer RKK Energia
Crew
Crew size 3
Members Aleksandr Samokutyayev
Jeanette J. Epps
Alexander Gerst
Start of mission
Launch date May 2018
Rocket Soyuz-FG
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Docking with ISS

Soyuz programme
(Manned missions)
 Soyuz MS-08 Soyuz MS-10

Soyuz MS-09 is a Soyuz spaceflight planned for May 2018. It will transport three members of the Expedition 56 crew to the International Space Station. MS-09 will be the 138th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew will consist of a Russian commander, and an American and a German flight engineer.

Crew

Position Crew Member
Commander Russia Anton Shkaplerov, RSA
Expedition 56
Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 United States Jeanette J. Epps, NASA
Expedition 56
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 Germany Alexander Gerst, ESA
Expedition 56
Second spaceflight

Backup crew

Position[1] Crew Member
Commander Russia Oleg Kononenko, RSA
Flight Engineer 1 United States ?, NASA
Flight Engineer 2 Canada David Saint-Jacques, CSA

References


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