Soyuz MS-13 facts for kids
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The Soyuz MS-13 approaches the ISS
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| Mission type | Crewed mission to ISS |
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| Operator | Roskosmos |
| Mission duration | 200d 16h 44m |
| Orbits completed | 3,216 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz-MS |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-MS 11F747 No. 746 |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Aleksandr Skvortsov Luca Parmitano |
| Launching | Andrew R. Morgan |
| Landing | Christina Koch |
| Callsign | Cliff |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 20 July 2019, 16:28:21 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 6 February 2020, 09:12:45 UTC |
| Landing site | Steppes of Kazakhstan. |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Inclination | 51.6° |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Zvezda aft |
| Docking date | 20 July 2019, 22:47:50 UTC |
| Undocking date | 26 August 2019, 03:35 UTC |
| Time docked | 36 days, 4 hours and 48 minutes |
| Docking with ISS (Relocation) |
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| Docking port | Poisk zenith |
| Docking date | 26 August 2019, 03:59 UTC |
| Undocking date | 6 February 2020, 05:50:28 UTC |
| Time docked | 164d 1h 51m |
 (l-r) Morgan, Skvortsov and Parmitano Soyuz programme
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The Soyuz MS-13 was a special space mission that took three astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). It launched on July 20, 2019. This date was very important because it was exactly 50 years after the first people landed on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission!
The Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft was the 142nd flight of a Soyuz vehicle. It carried a Russian commander, an American flight engineer, and a European flight engineer. These three people became part of the Expedition 60 crew living and working on the ISS.
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Meet the Crew Members
This mission had a team of three skilled astronauts. They were from different countries, working together in space.
Primary Crew for Launch
| Position | Launching Crew member | Landing Crew member |
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| Commander |  Aleksandr Skvortsov, RSAExpedition 60/61 Third and last spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer 1 |  Luca Parmitano, ESAExpedition 60/61 Second spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer 2 |  Andrew R. Morgan, NASAExpedition 60/61/62 First spaceflight |
Christina Koch, NASA Expedition 59/60/61 First spaceflight |
Backup Crew Members
A backup crew is always ready in case the main crew cannot fly. These astronauts train just as hard!
| Position | Crew member | |
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| Commander | Sergey Ryzhikov, RSA |
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| Flight Engineer 1 | Thomas Marshburn, NASA |
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| Flight Engineer 2 |  Soichi Noguchi, JAXA |
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Moving the Spacecraft
Sometimes, spacecraft need to move to a different parking spot on the ISS. This is called a relocation.
Why Relocate?
On August 26, 2019, the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft moved from one part of the ISS to another. It moved from the back of the Zvezda module to the Poisk module.
This move was important because another Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz MS-14, needed to dock with the Zvezda module. The Soyuz MS-14 had trouble docking the first time because of a problem with a signal on the Poisk module. Moving MS-13 cleared the way for MS-14 to try again.
The last time a Soyuz spacecraft was moved like this was in August 2015, during the Soyuz TMA-16M mission.
Images for kids
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The backup crew for Soyuz MS-11, similar to MS-13's crew.
See also
In Spanish: Soyuz MS-13 para niños
