Soyuz MS-12 - Wikipedia

Soyuz MS-12
Spacecraft properties
The launch of Soyuz MS-12

Operator	Roscosmos
COSPAR ID	2019-013A
SATCAT no.	44069
Mission duration	202d 15h 46m
Distance travelled	86.1 million miles.^[1]
Orbits completed	3,248 ^[2]


Spacecraft	Soyuz Spacecraft
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-MS 11F747
Manufacturer	Energia


Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Aleksey Ovchinin Nick Hague
Launching	Christina Koch
Landing	Hazza Al Mansouri
Callsign	Burlak^[3]


Start of mission
Launch date	14 March 2019, 19:14:08 UTC^[4]^[5]
Rocket	Soyuz-FG
Launch site	Baikonur, Pad 1/5
Contractor	RKTs Progress


End of mission
Landing date	3 October 2019, 10:59 UTC ^[2]
Landing site	47°24'04.44"N, 69°34'14.1"E^[2]


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Inclination	51.6°^[5]


Docking with ISS
Docking port	Rassvet nadir
Docking date	15 March 2019, 01:01 UTC^[2]
Undocking date	3 October 2019, 07:37 UTC^[2]
Time docked	202d 6h 36m

(l-r) Koch, Ovchinin and Hague Soyuz programme (crewed) ← Soyuz MS-11 Soyuz MS-13 →

Soyuz MS-12 was a Soyuz spaceflight that launched on 14 March 2019, carrying three members of the Expedition 59 crew to the International Space Station.^[6] The mission ended on 3 October 2019 when Soyuz-MS-12 successfully landed.

Crew

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Position	Launching Crew member	Landing Crew member
Commander	Aleksey Ovchinin, Roscosmos Expedition 59/60 Second^[a] spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1	Nick Hague, NASA Expedition 59/60 First^[a] spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2/Spaceflight Participant	Christina Koch, NASA Expedition 59/60/61 First spaceflight	Hazza Al Mansouri, MBRSC First spaceflight

^[7]^[8]^[9]

Backup crew

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Position	Crew member
Commander	Aleksandr Skvortsov, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 1	Luca Parmitano, ESA
Flight Engineer 2	Andrew R. Morgan, NASA

Original crew

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Position	Launching Crew member	Landing Crew member
Commander	Oleg Skripochka, Roscosmos Expedition 59 Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1	Christina Koch, NASA Expedition 59 First spaceflight
Spaceflight Participant	Hazza Al Mansouri, MBRSC First spaceflight	N/A

Original backup crew

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Position	Crew member
Commander	Andrei Borisenko, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 1	Jessica Meir, NASA
Flight Engineer 2	Sultan Al Neyadi

Soyuz MS-12 was scheduled to be the debut flight for Hazza Al Mansouri or Sultan Al Neyadi, the first two astronauts from the United Arab Emirates, but this was delayed to flight Soyuz MS-15 following the Soyuz MS-10 mission failure.^[10]

Notes

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^ ^a ^b Not counting the aborted flight of Soyuz MS-10.

References

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^ NASA Astronaut Nick Hague, Crewmates Return Safely from International Space Station
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Soyuz MS-12
^ "Центр подготовки космонавтов им. Ю.А.Гагарина. Официальный Web-сайт". www.gctc.ru (in Russian).
^ Pietrobon, Steven (9 January 2019). "Russian Launch Manifest". Retrieved 9 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Spaceflight mission report: Soyuz MS-12". www.spacefacts.de.
^ Gebhardt, Chris (14 March 2019). "Soyuz MS-12 docks with the Space Station". NASASpaceflight.com.
^ "Не сумевший добраться до МКС экипаж "Союза" повторит попытку 1 марта" [Unable to get to the ISS, the crew of the Soyuz will try again on March 1]. Interfax.ru (in Russian). 26 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
^ "Астронавт НАСА Хейг может отправиться в космос на год, сообщил источник" [NASA Astronaut Hague Could Go to Space for a Year, Source Says]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). 13 January 2019.
^ Evans, Ben (8 March 2019). "On International Women's Day, NASA Looks Forward to First All-Female EVA in Late March; Koch Tapped for Longer ISS Stay". AmericaSpace.
^ Ryan, Patrick (27 January 2019). "UAE's astronauts in training try out zero gravity". The National. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

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) MS-15 MS-16 MS-17 MS-18 MS-19 MS-20 MS-21 MS-22 (uncrewed landing) MS-23 (uncrewed launch) MS-24 MS-25

Current missions

MS-26

Future missions

2025
- MS-27
- MS-28
2026
- MS-29

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 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 Boeing CFT Soyuz MS-26 SpaceX Crew-9 2025 SpaceX Crew-10
Future	2025 Soyuz MS-27 Axiom-4 Boeing Starliner-1
Individuals	List of ISS visitors crew
Vehicles	Past Space Shuttle Present Boeing Starliner Crew Dragon Soyuz Future Orel
Ongoing spaceflights are in underline † - mission failed to reach ISS

v t e ← 2018 Orbital launches in 2019 2020 →
January	ChinaSat 2D Iridium NEXT × 10 RAPIS-1, ALE-1, Hodoyoshi-2, MicroDragon, AOBA-VELOX-IV, NEXUS, OrigamiSat-1 USA-290 / KH-11 17 Jilin-1 Hyperspectral-01, Jilin-1 Hyperspectral-02 Microsat-R
February	Dousti† GSAT-31, SaudiGeoSat-1 / HellasSat-4 EgyptSat A, Helios Wire 4 Nusantara Satu / PSN 6, Beresheet, S5 OneWeb x6
March	Crew Dragon Demo-1 ChinaSat-6C Soyuz MS-12 WGS-10 PRISMA Lingque 1B† "Two Thumbs Up" (R3D2) Tianlian II-01
April	EMISAT, Astrocast 0.2, Bluewalker 1, Flock-4a × 20, Lemur-2 × 4, M6P Progress MS-11 O3b × 4 Arabsat-6A Cygnus NG-11 (NepaliSat-1, Raavana 1, Seeker) BeiDou-3 I1Q
May	SpaceX CRS-17 Harbinger / ICEYE X3 BeiDou-2 G8 RISAT-2B Yaogan 33† Starlink v0.9 (60 satellites) Kosmos 2543 / GLONASS-M 758 Yamal-601
June	Jilin-1 Gaofen-03A RADARSAT Constellation × 3 Eutelsat 7C BeiDou-3 I2Q STP-2, DSX, COSMIC-2 × 6, GPIM, StangSat , FalconSAT-7, BRICSat-2, LightSail-2 BlackSky Global 3, SpaceBEE 8, SpaceBEE 9
July	Meteor-M 2-2, CarboNIX, ICEYE X4, ICEYE X5, Lemur-2 × 8 Kosmos 2535, Kosmos 2536, Kosmos 2537, Kosmos 2538 Falcon Eye 1† Spektr-RG Soyuz MS-13 Chandrayaan-2 Vikram Pragyan SpaceX CRS-18 Yaogan 30-05 x3 Meridian 8 Progress MS-12
August	Blagovest-14L EDRS-C / HYLAS-3 Amos-17 AEHF-5 Tianqi-2, Qian Sheng-1 01 / Xingshidai-5 Chinasat 18 "Look Ma, No Hands" BlackSky Global 4 BRO 1 Pearl White × 2 Soyuz MS-14 GPS IIIA-02 Geo-IK-2 No.3 Taiji-1, Xiaoxiang 1-07
September	Ziyuan I-02D, Ice Pathfinder, Taurus 1 Zhuhai-1 x2 BeiDou-3 M23, M24 HTV-8 Yunhai-1 02 Soyuz MS-15 EKS-3
October	Gaofen 10R Eutelsat 5 West B, MEV-1 ICON "As The Crow Flies" Palisade TJS-4
November	Cygnus NG-12 (STPSat 4, HARP, HuskySat-1) Gaofen 7 BeiDou-3 I3Q Starlink V1.0-L1 (60 satellites) Jilin-1 Gaofen-02A BeiDou-3 M21, BeiDou-3 M22 Kosmos 2542, Kosmos 2543 Inmarsat-5 F5 Cartosat-3, Flock-4p × 12 Gaofen 12
December	SpaceX CRS-19 Unicorn-2B / NOOR-1A, Unicorn-2C / NOOR-1B Progress MS-13 Jilin-1 Gaofen-02B Kosmos 2544 / GLONASS-M 759 RISAT-2BR1, Lemur-2 × 4 BeiDou-3 M19, BeiDou-3 M20 JCSAT-18 / Kacific 1 CHEOPS, CSG-1, OPS-SAT CBERS-4A / Ziyuan I-04A, ETRSS-1, Tianqin-1 Starliner Boe-OFT Elektro-L No.3 Gonets-M × 3, BLITS-M Shijian 20
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).