Soyuz TMA-20M was a 2016 Russian Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS).[3] It transported three members of the Expedition 47 crew to the ISS. TMA-20M was the 129th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander and flight engineer, as well as an American flight engineer.
.jpg) Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft approaches the ISS | |
| Operator | Roscosmos |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 2016-018A |
| SATCAT no. | 41391 |
| Mission duration | 172 days 3 hours 47 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA-M 11F747 No.720[1] |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Aleksey Ovchinin Oleg Skripochka Jeffrey N. Williams |
| Callsign | Burlak |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | March 18, 2016 21:26:38 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | September 7, 2016 01:13 UTC |
| Landing site | Kazakhstan |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Poisk zenith |
| Docking date | March 19, 2016 03:09 UTC[2] |
| Undocking date | September 6, 2016 21:51:30 UTC |
| Time docked | 5 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 18 hours, 42 minutes |
 (l-r) Williams, Ovchinin and Skripochka Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
It was the final flight of the Soyuz TMA-M design, being replaced by the Soyuz MS in 2016.
Crew
edit| Position[4] | Crew Member | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Aleksey Ovchinin, RoscosmosExpedition 47 First spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 | Oleg Skripochka, Roscosmos Expedition 47 Second spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 |  Jeffrey Williams, NASAExpedition 47 Fourth and last spaceflight | |
Backup crew
edit| Position[5] | Crew Member | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Sergey Ryzhikov, Roscosmos
| |
| Flight Engineer 1 | Andrei Borisenko, Roscosmos
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| Flight Engineer 2 | Shane Kimbrough, NASA
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References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Soyuz TMA-20M.
- ^ "Soyuz-TMA 01M - 20M (7K-STMA, 11F747)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Launch, Docking Returns International Space Station Crew to Full Strength". NASA. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Russian Launch Manifest". Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ Планируемые полёты (in Russian). astronaut.ru. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ astronaut.ru (2013). "Орбитальные полёты".
