Soyuz MS-20 facts for kids
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Docking of Soyuz MS-20
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| Names | ISS 66S |
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| Mission type | Crewed mission to ISS, Space tourism |
| Operator | Roscosmos |
| Website | http://en.roscosmos.ru/z |
| Mission duration | 11 days, 19 hours and 34 minutes (achieved) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz MS No.752 Altair |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz MS |
| Manufacturer | RSC Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
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| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 8 December 2021, 07:38:15 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-2.1a |
| Launch site | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Site 31 |
| Contractor | Progress Rocket Space Centre |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 20 December 2021, 03:13 UTC |
| Landing site | Kazakh Steppe, Kazakhstan |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Poisk zenith |
| Docking date | 8 December 2021, 13:40:44 UTC |
| Undocking date | 19 December 2021, 23:50:30 UTC |
| Time docked | 11 days, 10 hours and 9 minutes |
.jpg) Maezawa, Misurkin and Hirano Soyuz programme (crewed)
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Soyuz MS-20 was a Russian Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) launched on 8 December 2021. Unlike previous Soyuz flights to the ISS, Soyuz MS-20 did not deliver any crew members for an ISS Expedition or serve as a lifeboat for any crew members on board the station. Instead, it was commanded by a single professional cosmonaut on board, and carried two space tourists represented by space tourism company Space Adventures, which had already successfully planned and executed eight space tourism missions to the ISS. The flight to reach the ISS took six hours.
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Crew
Cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, a veteran of two long duration missions to the ISS, commanded the Soyuz, which has been modified to allow it to be flown by a sole cosmonaut.
| Position | Crew member | |
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| Commander |  Alexander Misurkin, RoscosmosVisiting Third and last spaceflight |
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| Spaceflight participant 1 |  Yusaku Maezawa, Space AdventuresVisiting First spaceflight |
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| Spaceflight participant 2 | Yozo Hirano, Space Adventures Visiting First spaceflight |
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Backup crew
| Position | Crew member | |
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| Commander | Alexander Skvortsov, Roscosmos |
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| Spaceflight participant 1 | No back-up | |
| Spaceflight participant 2 | Shun Ogiso, Space Adventures |
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Space tourists
For some time, it was speculated that Austrian airline pilot Johanna Maislinger would take one of the two spaceflight participant seats, but on 13 May 2021, Space Adventures confirmed that Japanese art collector Yusaku Maezawa had acquired both seats, one for himself, with the other being taken by his production assistant, Yozo Hirano. This is the first time that two Japanese space fliers are launched together.
In July 2021, Space Adventures Moscow Office changed their previous story and said that Maislinger had never had access to the funds she had claimed, and they had never treated her as a serious candidate.
It was also reported for a time that Japanese entertainer Yumi Matsutoya was to fly on this space flight.
See also
In Spanish: Soyuz MS-20 para niños
