launched from Russia

Soyuz MS-01

Success
JUL 07201601:36:40 UTC

Crewed flight with three cosmonauts.

Maiden flight of the Soyuz MS spacecraft, a modernized design featuring the lighter Kurs-NA rendezvous system, improved navigation and communications electronics, enhanced micrometeoroid shielding on the orbital module, and more capable solar panels. Many of the upgrades had been flight-proven on Progress cargo missions.

launched from Pad 1/5 Baikonur

aboard Soyuz FG into LEO

Payload

Soyuz MS-01

Expedition 48/49

Crew

Ascending
  • 01 Anatoli Ivanishin from Russia
  • 02 Takuya Onishi from Japan
  • 03 Kathleen Rubins from USA
Descending
  • 01 Anatoli Ivanishin from Russia
  • 02 Takuya Onishi from Japan
  • 03 Kathleen Rubins from USA

At the station

docked at ISS

returned to Earth Oct 30, 2016

last updated Mar 30, 2026