Soyuz MS-05

Launch, orbit & landing data: Designation  42898 / 17043A Launch date - time  28 July 2017 - 15:41:12 UT Launch site  Baikonur, LC1/5 Launch vehicle Soyuz-FG Soyuz designation 11F732A48 nº736 Mass (kg)   kg Docking date - time  28 July 2017 - 21:54:45 UT Target spacecraft/port  ISS/Rassvet module Earth orbit on :    - Perigee / Apogee  400 x 409 km    - Eccentricity      - Inclination  51.6°    - Period   min Undocking date - time  14 Dec 2017 - 05:14 UT Deorbit burn date - time  14 Dec 2017 Landing date - time  14 Dec 2017 - 08:37 UT Landing location  47°23′34.74 N, 69°37′38.82 E Kazakhstan Flight Duration (d:hr:min)  138d 16h 56m 37s Nbr orbits  2158 Landing crew  Launch crew

Soyuz M5-05 path

Launch crew signed

Vita path (Italy)

Launched Crew

Backup Crew

Nr. Name Job 1  Misurkin, Aleksandr (Russia)  Commander 2  Vande Hei, Mark (US)  Flight engineer 3  Kanai, Norishige (Japan)  Flight Engineer

This illustration of the ISS shows the locations of current visiting vehicles, including the newly-arrived Dragon-12 (image credit: NASA)

Mission details:

• ISS Expedition 52/53.
• On Jul 28, 2017 Soyuz MS-05 was launched at 15:41 UTC and docked with the Rassvet module at 21:54 UTC. Crew are Ryazanskiy, Bresnik and Nespoli, joining the existing Expedition 52 crew of Yurchikin, Fischer and Whitson.
  
  

  Randy Bresnik of NASA, top, Paolo Nespoli of ESA, "center", and Sergei Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos, bottom, wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz MS-05 rocket for launch. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

  Crew onboard ISS

  
  
• The ferry ship Soyuz MS-05 undocked from the Rassvet module at 05:14 UTC Dec 14, 2017 returning Ryazinskiy, Bresnik and Nespoli to Earth, leaving Misurkin, Vande Hei, and Acaba aboard ISS.
  Soyuz MS-05 landed in Kazakhstan at 0837 UTC Dec 14.
  
  

  Soyuz MS-05 landing on parachutes

  Crew after landing

  
  

Astrophilately covers:

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Docking cover ISS, cancel Baikonur + special cancel, signed by the crew. Credit: #401

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Launch cancel Baikonur, signed by crew. Credit: #411