SOYUZ MS-09

SOYUZ MS-09 is no longer on orbit
SOYUZ MS-09 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 43493

Int'l Code: 2018-050A

Launch date: June 6, 2018
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)
Decay date: 2018-12-20

SOYUZ MS-09 Is a Soyuz spaceflight transporting three members of the Expedition 56 crew to the International Space Station. MS-09 is the 138th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. Launching aboard the SOYUZ MS-09 vehicle for an anticipated six-month stay aboard the International Space Station are two rookie astronauts and one veteran astronaut. Sergei Valeriyevich Prokopyev is a rookie Roscosmos cosmonaut who will command the Soyuz MS-09 during its journey to and from the International Space Station. Joining Prokopyev is fellow rookie astronaut Dr. Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, and veteran astronaut Dr. Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency.