Soyuz MS-06
Spacecraft properties
Soyuz MS-06 night launch to the ISS

Mission type	ISS crew transport
Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2017-054A
SATCAT no.	42937
Mission duration	168 days 5 hours 13 minutes 58 seconds


Spacecraft	Soyuz MS
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-MS 11F747
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Launch mass	7080 kg


Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Alexander Misurkin Mark T. Vande Hei Joseph M. Acaba


Start of mission
Launch date	12 September 2017, 21:17:02 UTC^[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-FG
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
Contractor	Progress Rocket Space Centre


End of mission
Landing date	28 February 2018 02:31 UTC ^[2]
Landing site	Steppes of Kazakhstan


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


Docking with ISS
Docking port	Poisk zenith
Docking date	13 September 2017, 02:55 UTC
Undocking date	27 February 2018, 23:08 UTC
Time docked	167 days 20 hours 13 minutes

(l-r) Acaba, Misurkin and Vande Hei Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) ← Soyuz MS-05 Soyuz MS-07 →

Soyuz MS-06 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on 13 September 2017.^[1] It transported three members of the Expedition 53 crew to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-06 was the 135th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander, and two American flight engineers.^[3] It returned to Earth on 28 February 2018 after 168 days in orbit.^[2]

Crew


Position	Crew member
Commander	Alexander Misurkin, Roscosmos Expedition 53/54 Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1	Mark T. Vande Hei, NASA Expedition 53/54 First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2	Joseph M. Acaba, NASA Expedition 53/54 Third spaceflight

Backup crew


Position^[4]	Crew member
Commander	Anton Shkaplerov, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 1	Scott D. Tingle, NASA
Flight Engineer 2	Shannon Walker, NASA

External videos
Soyuz MS-06 and ISS over Moscow on 13 September 2017.

Due to a decision to cut down the number of participating Russian astronauts in 2017, changes were made in crew assignments to the ISS.^[5] Originally set to be on Soyuz MS-04, Alexander Misurkin and Mark T. Vande Hei have been assigned to Soyuz MS-06 instead.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Pietrobon, Steven (5 February 2017). "Russian Launch Manifest". Sworld.com. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b Bergin, Chris (27 February 2018). "Soyuz MS-06 returns three ISS crew members to Earth". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "NASA Updates 2017 International Space Station Crew Assignments". NASA. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "Manned Spaceflight Launch and Landing Schedule". SpaceFacts. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
^ Irene Klotz (16 November 2016). "NASA, Russia Set Flights for Trimmed-Down Space Station Crew". Space.com. Retrieved 21 November 2016.

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) MS-24

Current missions

MS-25

Future missions

2024
- MS-26

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 SpaceX Crew-8 Soyuz MS-25
Future	2024 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 ← 2016 Orbital launches in 2017 2018 →
January	TJS-2 Jilin-1 Video-03 Iridium NEXT × 10 TRICOM-1 USA-273 / SBIRS GEO-3 DSN-2 Hispasat AG1
February	Intelsat 32e / SkyBrasil1 , Telkom-3S Cartosat-2D, Al Farabi-1, BGUSAT, DIDO-2, Flock-3p × 88, Lemur-2 × 8 Dragon CRS-10 Progress MS-05
March	USA-274 / Intruder 8 Tiankun-1 Sentinel-2B EchoStar 23 IGS-Radar 5 USA-275 / WGS-9 SES-10
April	Shijian 13 Cygnus CRS OA-7 , (ALTAIR , CXBN-2 , IceCube , SG-Sat , SHARC) Soyuz MS-04 Tianzhou 1, SilkRoad-1
May	USA-276 / NROL-76 Koreasat 7, SGDC-1 GSAT 9 / South Asia Satellite Inmarsat-5 F4 SES-15 "It's a Test" EKS-2
June	QZS-2 ViaSat-2, Eutelsat 172B Dragon CRS-11 (NICER, BRAC Onnesha, GhanaSat-1, Mazaalai, Nigeria EduSat-1) GSAT-19 EchoStar 21 Progress MS-06 HXMT / Insight, ÑuSat 3 ChinaSat 9A Cartosat-2E, Max Valier Sat, Aalto-1, Blue Diamond, Green Diamond, Red Diamond, CICERO-6, COMPASS-2, InflateSail, Lemur-2 × 8, LituanicaSAT-2, ROBUSTA-1B Kosmos 2519 / Nivelir, Kosmos 2521 / Sputnik Inspektor BulgariaSat-1 Iridium NEXT × 10 EuropaSat / Hellas Sat 3, GSAT-17
July	Shijian-18† Intelsat 35e Kanopus-V-IK, Flying Laptop, Flock-2k × 48, Landmapper BC 1, Landmapper BC 2, Lemur-2 × 8 Soyuz MS-05
August	OPTSAT-3000, VENµS Dragon CRS-12, ASTERIA Blagovest 11L TDRS-M Michibiki 3 Formosat-5 ORS-5 IRNSS-1H
September	USA-277 / OTV-5 Amazonas 5 Soyuz MS-06 Kosmos 2522 / GLONASS-M 752 USA-278 / NROL-42 AsiaSat 9 Yaogan-30-01 × 3 Intelsat 37e, BSAT-4a
October	VRSS-2 Iridium NEXT × 10 QZS-4 SES-11 / EchoStar 105 Sentinel-5 Precursor Progress MS-07 USA-279 / Quasar 21 Koreasat 5A SkySat × 6 , Flock-3m × 4
November	BeiDou-3 M1, BeiDou-3 M2 Mohammed VI-A Cygnus CRS OA-8E (Asgardia-1, EcAMSat, Lemur-2 × 8, TechEdSat-6) Fengyun-3D NOAA-20 Jilin-1 Video × 3 Yaogan-30-02 (3 satellites) Meteor-M No.2-1, Landmapper BC 3, Lemur-2 × 10
December	Kosmos 2524 LKW-1 Alcomsat-1 Galileo FOC 15-18 Dragon CRS-13 Soyuz MS-07 GCOM-C, SLATS Iridium NEXT 31–40 Yaogan-30-03 × 3 AngoSat 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).