Soyuz MS-01

Soyuz MS-01 was a 2016 Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station.^[4] Originally scheduled for launch in June 2016, the mission successfully lifted off from Kazakhstan on 7 July 2016.^[5] It transported three members of the Expedition 48 crew to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-01 is the 130th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, and the first with the new version Soyuz MS. The crew consisted of a Russian commander, a Japanese flight engineer, and an American flight engineer.

Soyuz MS-01

Soyuz MS-01 docked to the ISS.
Mission type	ISS crew transport
Operator	Roscosmos
COSPAR ID	2016-044A
SATCAT no.	41639
Mission duration	115 days 2 hours 22 minutes
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Soyuz MS
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-MS 11F732A48
Manufacturer	Energia
Launch mass	7080 kg
Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Anatoli Ivanishin Takuya Onishi Kathleen Rubins
Callsign	Irkut
Start of mission
Launch date	7 July 2016, 01:36 UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-FG
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
Contractor	RKTs Progress
End of mission
Landing date	30 October 2016, 03:58 UTC [2]
Landing site	Steppe of Kazakhstan
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Inclination	51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Rassvet nadir
Docking date	9 July 2016, 04:12 UTC [3]
Undocking date	30 October 2016 00:35 UTC
Time docked	113 days
(l-r) Ivanishin, Rubins and Onishi Soyuz programme (crewed) ← Soyuz TMA-20M Soyuz MS-02 →

On 6 June 2016, the launch was rescheduled to July 2016 due to flaws in the control system that could affect the docking to the ISS.^[6] The spacecraft was successfully docked on 9 July 2016^[3] and returned to Earth on 30 October 2016.^[2]

Crew

Position[7]	Crew Member
Commander	Anatoli Ivanishin, Roscosmos Expedition 48 Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1	Takuya Onishi, JAXA Expedition 48 First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2	Kathleen Rubins, NASA Expedition 48 First spaceflight

Backup crew

Position[8]	Crew Member
Commander	Oleg Novitskiy, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 1	Thomas Pesquet, ESA
Flight Engineer 2	Peggy Whitson, NASA