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Soyuz MS-11
Expedition 58 Launch (NHQ201812030005).jpg
The launch of Soyuz MS-11
Operator Roscosmos
Mission duration 203d 15h 15m 58s
Distance travelled 86,430,555 statute miles
Orbits completed 3264
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Soyuz-MS 11F747 No. 741
Manufacturer RKK Energia
Crew
Crew size 3
Members Oleg Kononenko
Anne McClain
David Saint-Jacques
Callsign Antares
Start of mission
Launch date 3 December 2018, 11:31 UTC
Rocket Soyuz-FG
Launch site Baikonur Pad 1/5
End of mission
Landing date 25 June 2019, 02:47:50 UTC
Landing site 148 km SE of Dzheskasgan
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Inclination 51.6º
Docking with ISS
Docking port Poisk zenith
Docking date 3 December 2018, 17:33 UTC
Undocking date 24 June 2019, 23:25:30 UTC
Time docked 203d 5h 52m
Soyuz MS-09 backup crew in front of the Soyuz spacecraft mockup.jpg
(l-r) McClain, Kononenko and Saint-Jacques
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

Soyuz MS-11 was a Soyuz spaceflight that launched on 3 December 2018, marking the 100th orbital launch of the year. Originally scheduled for 20 December, the launch date was advanced to 3 December following the failure of Soyuz MS-10. MS-11 was the 140th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft and carried the three members of the Expedition 58 crew to the International Space Station. The crew consisted of a Russian commander, and an American and a Canadian flight engineer.

Crew

Position Crew member
Commander Russia Oleg Kononenko, RSA
Expedition 58
Fourth spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Canada David Saint-Jacques, CSA
Expedition 58
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 United States Anne McClain, NASA
Expedition 58
First spaceflight

Backup crew

Position Crew member
Commander Russia Aleksandr Skvortsov, RSA
Flight Engineer 1 Italy Luca Parmitano, ESA
Flight Engineer 2 United States Andrew R. Morgan, NASA

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