Soyuz MS-16
Soyuz MS-16 launched from Baikonur Site 31/6 on April 9, 2020 UTC with Roscosmos commander Anatoli Ivanishin, Roscosmos flight engineer Ivan Vagner, and NASA flight engineer Christopher Cassidy. It was the first crewed launch using the Soyuz-2.1a rocket. The spacecraft docked with the International Space Station's Poisk module later that day, joining the Expedition 62 handover before its crew continued into Expedition 63. MS-16 undocked on October 21 UTC and landed in Kazakhstan on October 22 with the same three crewmembers.
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- IrkutISS Soyuz 62SSoyuz MS-16 / Expeditions 62-63
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- Soyuz MS-16
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- completed
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- Soyuz MS-16 launched from Baikonur Site 31/6 on April 9, 2020 UTC with Roscosmos commander Anatoli Ivanishin, Roscosmos flight engineer Ivan Vagner, and NASA flight engineer Christopher Cassidy. It was the first crewed launch using the Soyuz-2.1a rocket. The spacecraft docked with the International Space Station's Poisk module later that day, joining the Expedition 62 handover before its crew continued into Expedition 63. MS-16 undocked on October 21 UTC and landed in Kazakhstan on October 22 with the same three crewmembers.
- End Date
- 2020-10-22
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- Outcome
- Successful first crewed Soyuz-2.1a mission. MS-16 carried Ivanishin, Vagner, and Cassidy to the ISS for the Expedition 62 handover and Expedition 63, then returned the same crew safely after about 196 days.
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- Start Date
- 2020-04-09
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- July 14, 2026 at 18:23:13 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:53:56 UTC
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