Soyuz MS-15 was a Soyuz spaceflight launched on 25 September 2019,[1] transporting two members of the Expedition 61 crew and a short duration visiting crew member to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-15 was the 143rd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft with a crew. It was the last flight of Soyuz-FG launcher before its replacement by the Soyuz-2 in the crewed spaceflight role, and also the last launch from Site 1/5 (Gagarin's Start) before its modernisation to support the new Soyuz-2 rocket. The crew consisted of a Russian commander, an American flight engineer, and the first Emirati astronaut.[3] To celebrate this event, pictures of the Soyuz launcher and of Hazza Al Mansouri were projected on Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world.[4]
The Soyuz MS-15 ascending into space as seen from the ISS.
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| Mission type | Crewed mission to ISS |
|---|---|
| Operator | Roscosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2019-064A  |
| SATCAT no. | 44550 |
| Mission duration | 204d 15h 19m |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-MS 11F747 No. 744 |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir |
| Launching | Hazza Al Mansouri |
| Landing | Andrew Morgan |
| Callsign | Sarmat / Сармат |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 25 September 2019 13:57:42 UTC[1][2] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| Contractor | Progress Rocket Space Centre |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 17 April 2020, 05:16:43 UTC |
| Landing site | Steppe of Kazakhstan near the town of Dzhezkazgan |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Inclination | 51.6° [2] |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Zvezda aft |
| Docking date | 25 September 2019 19:42:40 UTC |
| Undocking date | 17 April 2020, 01:53:00 UTC |
| Time docked | 204d 6h 10m |
 (l-r) Al Mansouri, Skripochka and Meir
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions) | |
| Position | Launching Crew member | Landing Crew member |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Oleg Skripochka, RSAExpedition 61/62 Third and last spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 |  Jessica Meir, NASAExpedition 61/62 First spaceflight | |
| Spaceflight Participant/Flight Engineer 2 |  Hazza Al Mansouri, MBRSC First spaceflight |
Andrew Morgan, NASA Expedition 60/61/62 First spaceflight |
| Position | Crew member | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Sergey Ryzhikov, RSA
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| Flight Engineer | Thomas Marshburn, NASA
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| Spaceflight Participant | Sultan Al Neyadi, MBRSC
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