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Soyuz MS-03
Spacecraft properties
Soyuz MS-03 docked to International Space Station (ISS).

SATCAT no.	41864
Mission duration	196 days 17 hours 49 minutes


Spacecraft	Soyuz MS
Spacecraft type	Soyuz MS 11F732A48
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Launch mass	7080 kg


Crew
Crew size	3 (launching) 2 (landing)
Members	Oleg Novitsky Thomas Pesquet
Launching	Peggy Whitson
Callsign	Kazbek


Start of mission
Launch date	17 November 2016, 20:17:00 UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-FG
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1
Contractor	Progress Rocket Space Centre


End of mission
Landing date	2 June 2017, 14:10 UTC
Landing site	Steppes of the Kazakhstan


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Inclination	51.66°


Docking with ISS
Docking port	Rassvet nadir
Docking date	19 November 2016, 21:58 UTC
Undocking date	2 June 2017, 10:47 UTC
Time docked	194 days

(l-r) Pesquet, Whitson and Novitsky Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) ← Soyuz MS-02 Soyuz MS-04 →

Soyuz MS-03 was a Soyuz spaceflight launched on 17 November 2016.^[1] It transported three members of the Expedition 50 crew to the International Space Station. MS-03 was the 132nd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander with American and French flight engineers.^[2]

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Crew


Position^[3]	Launching Crew Member	Landing Crew Member
Commander	Oleg Novitsky, Roscosmos Expedition 50 Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1	Thomas Pesquet, ESA Expedition 50 First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2	Peggy Whitson, NASA Expedition 50/51/52 Third (last NASA)^[5] spaceflight	N/A ^[4]

Backup crew


Position^[6]	Crew Member
Commander	Fyodor Yurchikhin, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 1	Jack D. Fischer, NASA
Flight Engineer 2	Paolo Nespoli, ESA

Mission highlights

Soyuz MS-03 launched with Expedition 50/51 on 17 November 2016, at 20:17 UTC. Astronaut Peggy Whitson, at age 56, became the oldest woman to fly into space.^[7]^[8] Soyuz MS-03 docked at the International Space Station on 19 November 2016.^[9] On 2 June 2017, Soyuz MS-03 undocked from the ISS, carrying Oleg Novitsky and Thomas Pesquet back to Earth after 196 days in space. Whitson remained on the ISS and returned on Soyuz MS-04 on 3 September 2017.

References

^ "Soyuz MS-03 mission".
^ This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Планируемые полёты. astronaut.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 13 March 2014.
^ Harwood, William. "Whitson's station expedition extended three months". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
^ This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ astronaut.ru (2015). "Планируемые полёты" (in Russian).
^ "NASA's Peggy Whitson Becomes Oldest Woman in Space". abcnews.go.com. ABC News. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
^ Chiara Palazzo (18 November 2016). "NASA veteran Peggy Whitson becomes the oldest woman in space as she blasts off for ISS". The Telegraph. Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
^ This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Soyuz programme

Main topics

Past missions
(by spacecraft type)

Soyuz 7K-OK (1966–1970)	Kosmos 133† Soyuz 7K-OK No.1† (uncrewed) Kosmos 140 Soyuz 1† Kosmos 186 188 212 213 238 Soyuz 2 (uncrewed) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Soyuz 7K-L1 (1967–1970) (Zond lunar programme)	Kosmos 146 154† Zond 1967A† 1967B† Zond 4 1968A† 1968B† 5 6 1969A† Zond-M 1† M 2† Zond 7 8 9 10
Soyuz 7K-L1E (1969–1970)	Soyuz 7K-L1E No.1† Kosmos 382
Soyuz 7K-LOK (1971–1972)	Soyuz 7K-LOK No.1† No.2†
Soyuz 7K-OKS (1971)	Soyuz 10† 11†
Soyuz 7K-T (1972–1981)	Kosmos 496 573 Soyuz 12 Kosmos 613 Soyuz 13 Kosmos 656 Soyuz 14 15† 17 18a† 18 20 (uncrewed) 21 23† 24 25† 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 (uncrewed landing) 33† 34 (uncrewed launch) 35 36 37 38 39 40
Soyuz 7K-TM (1974–1976)	Kosmos 638 672 Soyuz 16 19 (Apollo–Soyuz) 22
Soyuz 7K-S (1974–1976)	Kosmos 670 772† 869†
Soyuz-T (1978–1986)	Kosmos 1001† 1074 Soyuz T-1 (uncrewed) T-2 T-3 T-4 T-5 T-6 T-7 T-8† T-9 T-10a† T-10 T-11 T-12 T-13 T-14 T-15
Soyuz-TM (1986–2002)	Soyuz TM-1 (uncrewed) TM-2 TM-3 TM-4 TM-5 TM-6 TM-7 TM-8 TM-9 TM-10 TM-11 TM-12 TM-13 TM-14 TM-15 TM-16 TM-17 TM-18 TM-19 TM-20 TM-21 TM-22 TM-23 TM-24 TM-25 TM-26 TM-27 TM-28 TM-29 TM-30 TM-31 TM-32 TM-33 TM-34
Soyuz-TMA (2002–2012)	Soyuz TMA-1 TMA-2 TMA-3 TMA-4 TMA-5 TMA-6 TMA-7 TMA-8 TMA-9 TMA-10 TMA-11 TMA-12 TMA-13 TMA-14 TMA-15 TMA-16 TMA-17 TMA-18 TMA-19 TMA-20 TMA-21 TMA-22
Soyuz-TMA-M (2010–2016)	Soyuz TMA-01M TMA-02M TMA-03M TMA-04M TMA-05M TMA-06M TMA-07M TMA-08M TMA-09M TMA-10M TMA-11M TMA-12M TMA-13M TMA-14M TMA-15M TMA-16M TMA-17M TMA-18M TMA-19M TMA-20M
Soyuz MS (2016–present)	Soyuz MS-01 MS-02 MS-03 MS-04 MS-05 MS-06 MS-07 MS-08 MS-09 MS-10† MS-11 MS-12 MS-13 MS-14 (uncrewed test flight) MS-15 MS-16 MS-17 MS-18 MS-19 MS-20 MS-21 MS-22 (uncrewed landing) MS-23 (uncrewed launch)

Current missions

MS-24

Future missions

2024
- MS-25

Uncrewed missions are designated as Kosmos instead of Soyuz; exceptions are noted "(uncrewed)".
The † sign designates failed missions. Italics designates cancelled missions.

v t e Human spaceflights to the International Space Station
See also: {{ISS expeditions}}, {{Uncrewed ISS flights}}
1998–2004	1998 STS-88 1999 STS-96 2000 STS-101 106 92 Soyuz TM-31 STS-97 2001 STS-98 102 100 Soyuz TM-32 STS-104 105 Soyuz TM-33 STS-108 2002 STS-110 Soyuz TM-34 STS-111 112 Soyuz TMA-1 STS-113 2003 Soyuz TMA-2 TMA-3 2004 Soyuz TMA-4 TMA-5	International Space Station Insignia International Space Station Emblem
2005–2009	2005 Soyuz TMA-6 STS-114 Soyuz TMA-7 2006 Soyuz TMA-8 STS-121 115 Soyuz TMA-9 STS-116 2007 Soyuz TMA-10 STS-117 118 Soyuz TMA-11 STS-120 2008 STS-122 123 Soyuz TMA-12 STS-124 Soyuz TMA-13 STS-126 2009 STS-119 Soyuz TMA-14 TMA-15 STS-127 128 Soyuz TMA-16 STS-129 Soyuz TMA-17
2010–2014	2010 STS-130 Soyuz TMA-18 STS-131 132 Soyuz TMA-19 TMA-01M TMA-20 2011 STS-133 Soyuz TMA-21 STS-134 Soyuz TMA-02M STS-135 Soyuz TMA-22 TMA-03M 2012 Soyuz TMA-04M TMA-05M TMA-06M TMA-07M 2013 Soyuz TMA-08M TMA-09M TMA-10M TMA-11M 2014 Soyuz TMA-12M TMA-13M TMA-14M TMA-15M
2015–2019	2015 Soyuz TMA-16M TMA-17M TMA-18M TMA-19M 2016 Soyuz TMA-20M MS-01 MS-02 MS-03 2017 Soyuz MS-04 MS-05 MS-06 MS-07 2018 Soyuz MS-08 MS-09 MS-10† MS-11 2019 Soyuz MS-12 MS-13 MS-15
Since 2020	2020 Soyuz MS-16 SpaceX Demo-2 Soyuz MS-17 SpaceX Crew-1 2021 Soyuz MS-18 SpaceX Crew-2 Soyuz MS-19 SpaceX Crew-3 Soyuz MS-20 2022 Soyuz MS-21 Axiom-1 SpaceX Crew-4 Soyuz MS-22 SpaceX Crew-5 2023 Soyuz MS-23 SpaceX Crew-6 Axiom-2 SpaceX Crew-7 Soyuz MS-24 2024 Axiom-3
Future	2024 SpaceX Crew-8 Soyuz MS-25 Boeing Crewed Flight Test SpaceX Crew-9 Soyuz MS-26 Axiom-4 2025 Boeing Starliner-1 SpaceX Crew-10
Individuals	List of ISS visitors crew
Vehicles	Past Space Shuttle Present Crew Dragon Soyuz Future Boeing Starliner Orel
Ongoing spaceflights are in underline † - mission failed to reach ISS

v t e ← 2015 · Orbital launches in 2016 · 2017 →
January	Belintersat-1 Jason-3 IRNSS-1E Intelsat 29e Eutelsat 9B
February	BeiDou M3-S USA-266 / GPS IIF -12 Kosmos 2514 / GLONASS-M 751 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 USA-267 / Topaz-4 Sentinel-3A ASTRO-H / Hitomi
March	SES-9 Eutelsat 65 West A IRNSS-1F Resurs-P №3 ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, Schiaparelli EDM Soyuz TMA-20M Cygnus CRS OA-6 (Diwata-1, Flock-2e' × 20 , Lemur-2 × 9) Kosmos 2515 / Bars-M 2L BeiDou IGSO-6 Progress MS-02
April	Shijian-10 Dragon CRS-8, BEAM Sentinel-1B, MICROSCOPE, e-st@r-II Mikhailo Lomonosov IRNSS-1G
May	JCSAT-14 Yaogan 30 Galileo FOC-10, FOC-11 Thaicom 8 Kosmos 2516 / GLONASS-M 753 Ziyuan III-02, ÑuSat 1, 2
June	Kosmos 2517 / Geo-IK-2 №12 Intelsat 31 / DLA-2 USA-268 / Orion 9 BeiDou G7 Eutelsat 117 West B, ABS-2A Cartosat-2C, M3MSat, Flock-2p × 12, SathyabamaSat, Swayam MUOS-5 Chinese next-generation crew capsule scale model Shijian 16-02
July	Soyuz MS-01 Progress MS-03 Dragon CRS-9 USA-269 / NROL-61
August	Tiantong-1 01 Gaofen-3 JCSAT-16 QUESS / Mozi / Micius USA-270 / GSSAP-3, USA-271 / GSSAP-4 Intelsat 33e, Intelsat 36 Gaofen-10†
September	AMOS-6† INSAT-3DR OSIRIS-REx Ofek-11 Tiangong-2 SkySat × 4 ScatSat-1, Alsat-1B, Alsat-2B, BlackSky Pathfinder-1, Pratham, CanX-7, PISat
October	Sky Muster II, GSAT-18 Shenzhou 11 Cygnus CRS OA-5 (Lemur-2 × 4) Soyuz MS-02
November	Himawari 9 Shijian-17 XPNAV 1 WorldView-4, CELTEE 1, Prometheus-2 × 2, AeroCube 8 × 2, U2U, RAVAN Yunhai-1 Galileo FOC 7, 12, 13, 14 Soyuz MS-03 GOES-R Tianlian I-04
December	Progress MS-04 Göktürk-1 Resourcesat-2A WGS-8 HTV-6 / Kounotori 6, (EGG, TuPOD, UBAKUSAT, AOBA-VELOX, STARS, FREEDOM, ITF, Waseda-SAT, OSNSAT, Tancredo-1, TechEDSat, Lemur-2 × 4) Fengyun 4A CYGNSS × 8 EchoStar 19 Arase / ERG TanSat, Spark × 2 Star One D1, JCSAT-15 SuperView / Gaojing-1 01, 02, Bayi Kepu 1
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Cubesats are smaller. Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).

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