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Soyuz MS-12
Expedition 59 Launch (NHQ201903150001).jpg
The launch of Soyuz MS-12
Operator Roscosmos
Mission duration 202d 15h 46m
Distance travelled 86.1 million miles.
Orbits completed 3,248
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft Soyuz Spacecraft
Spacecraft type Soyuz-MS 11F747
Manufacturer RKK Energia
Crew
Crew size 3
Members Aleksey Ovchinin
Nick Hague
Launching Christina Koch
Landing Hazza Al Mansouri
Callsign Бурлак/Burlak
Start of mission
Launch date 14 March 2019, 19:14:08 UTC
Rocket Soyuz-FG
Launch site Baikonur Pad 1/5
End of mission
Landing date 3 October 2019, 10:59 UTC
Landing site 47°24'04.44"N, 69°34'14.1"E
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Inclination 51.6°
Docking with ISS
Docking port Rassvet nadir
Docking date 15 March 2019, 01:01 UTC
Undocking date 03 October 2019, 07:37 UTC
Time docked 202d 6h 36m
Soyuz MS-12 crew members in front of their spacecraft.jpg
(l-r) Koch, Ovchinin and Hague
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

Soyuz MS-12 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on 14 March 2019, carrying three members of the Expedition 59 crew to the International Space Station. The mission ended on 3 October 2019, when Soyuz-MS-12 (carrying Ovchinin, Hague, and spaceflight participant Hazza Al Mansouri) successfully landed.

Crew

Position Launching Crew member Landing Crew member
Commander Russia Aleksey Ovchinin, RSA
Expedition 59
Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 United States Nick Hague, NASA
Expedition 59
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2/Spaceflight Participant United States Christina Koch, NASA
Expedition 59
First spaceflight
United Arab Emirates Hazza Al Mansouri, MBRSC
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

Original crew

Position Launching Crew member Landing Crew member
Commander Russia Oleg Skripochka, RSA
Expedition 59
Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 United States Christina Koch, NASA
Expedition 59
First spaceflight
Spaceflight Participant United Arab Emirates Hazza Al Mansouri, MBRSC
First spaceflight
N/A

Original backup crew

Position Crew member
Commander Russia Andrei Borisenko, RSA
Flight Engineer 1 United States Jessica Meir, NASA
Flight Engineer 2 United Arab Emirates Sultan Al Neyadi

Soyuz MS-12 was scheduled to be the debut flight for Hazza Al Mansouri or Sultan Al Neyadi, the first two astronauts from the United Arab Emirates, but this was delayed to flight Soyuz MS-15 following the Soyuz MS-10 mission failure.

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