Soyuz TMA-20M

Launch, orbit & landing data: Designation  41391 / 16018A Launch date - time  18 Mar 2016 - 21:26:38 UTC  (3:26 am. local time 19 Mar) Launch site  Baikonur, LC1/5 Launch vehicle Soyuz-FG (#xx) Soyuz designation 11F747 nº Mass (kg)   kg Docking date - time  19 Mar 2016 - 03:09:54 UTC Target spacecraft/port  ISS/Poisk module Earth orbit on :    - Perigee / Apogee  193 x 230 km    - Inclination  51.6°    - Period   min Undocking date - time  06 Sept 2016 - 21:51:31 UT Deorbit burn date - time   Landing date - time  07 Sep 2016 - 01:13:35 UT Landing location  Kazakhstan, 47°18'09.96"N, 69°38'41.52"E Flight Duration (d:hr:min)  172d 03h 46m 57s Nbr orbits  2679 Landing crew  launch crew

TMA-20M crew ready for launch

Launched Crew

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Backup Crew

Mission Report:

• ISS Expedition 47/48.
• On Mar 18, 2016 Soyuz TMA-20M was launched carrying Alexey Ovchinin, Oleg Skripochka and Jeff Williams. This is the last of the 11F732A47 Soyuz TMA-M series, which will be replaced by the improved Soyuz-MS variant.
• Following an only six hours solo flight Soyuz TMA-20M docked to ISS on March 19, 2016. Aleksei Ovchinin, Oleg Skripochka and Jeffrey Williams became the ISS Expedition 47 (together with ISS Expedition 46 crew members Timothy Kopra, Yuri Malenchenko and Timothy Peake).
• On Sep 6, 2016 at 21:51 UTC Soyuz TMA-20M undocked from the Poisk module with Ovchinin, Skripochka and Williams. The spacecraft laded in Kazakhstan at 01:13 UTC on Sep 7. Astronauts Ivanishin (CDR), Onishi (FE-5) and Rubins (FE-6) continue aboard ISS as Expedition 49.
  

  Soyuz TMA-20M arriving at ISS. - Photo´s credit: NASA/Tim Kopra

  Soyuz TMA-20M crew after docking

  
  
  

  Soyuz TMA-20M on parachute.

  Soyuz TMA-20M landing on ground

  
  
  

  Soyuz TMA-20M cabine after landing.

  Soyuz TMA-20M crew after landing

  
  

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel Baikonur 19.03.16 (local time).

Launch cancel Baikonur 19.03.16, different Baikonur cancel, signed by the crew

Launch cancel Baikonur 19.03.16.

Space cover ISS-47, with docking date and ISS board cancel, signed by the crew

Space cover ISS-47, with launch and landing date and ISS board cancel, signed by the crew.