Soyuz MS-12 facts for kids
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The launch of Soyuz MS-12
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| Operator | Roscosmos |
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| Mission duration | 202d 15h 46m |
| Distance travelled | 86.1 million miles. |
| Orbits completed | 3,248 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz Spacecraft |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-MS 11F747 |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Aleksey Ovchinin Nick Hague |
| Launching | Christina Koch |
| Landing | Hazza Al Mansouri |
| Callsign | Бурлак/Burlak |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 14 March 2019, 19:14:08 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| Launch site | Baikonur Pad 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 3 October 2019, 10:59 UTC |
| Landing site | 47°24'04.44"N, 69°34'14.1"E |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Inclination | 51.6° |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Rassvet nadir |
| Docking date | 15 March 2019, 01:01 UTC |
| Undocking date | 03 October 2019, 07:37 UTC |
| Time docked | 202d 6h 36m |
 (l-r) Koch, Ovchinin and Hague Soyuz programme
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Soyuz MS-12 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on 14 March 2019, carrying three members of the Expedition 59 crew to the International Space Station. The mission ended on 3 October 2019, when Soyuz-MS-12 (carrying Ovchinin, Hague, and spaceflight participant Hazza Al Mansouri) successfully landed.
Crew
| Position | Launching Crew member | Landing Crew member |
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| Commander |  Aleksey Ovchinin, RSAExpedition 59 Third spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer 1 |  Nick Hague, NASAExpedition 59 Second spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer 2/Spaceflight Participant | Christina Koch, NASA Expedition 59 First spaceflight |
 Hazza Al Mansouri, MBRSCFirst spaceflight |
Backup crew
| Position | Crew member | |
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| Commander | Aleksandr Skvortsov, RSA |
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| Flight Engineer 1 |  Luca Parmitano, ESA |
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| Flight Engineer 2 | Andrew R. Morgan, NASA |
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Original crew
| Position | Launching Crew member | Landing Crew member |
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| Commander | Oleg Skripochka, RSA Expedition 59 Third spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer 1 | Christina Koch, NASA Expedition 59 First spaceflight |
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| Spaceflight Participant | Hazza Al Mansouri, MBRSC First spaceflight |
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Original backup crew
| Position | Crew member | |
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| Commander | Andrei Borisenko, RSA |
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| Flight Engineer 1 | Jessica Meir, NASA |
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| Flight Engineer 2 | Sultan Al Neyadi |
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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.
See also
In Spanish: Soyuz MS-12 para niños
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