Soyuz MS-17
Soyuz MS-17 launched from Baikonur Site 31/6 on October 14, 2020 UTC with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins. It reached the International Space Station in a record-setting fast rendezvous, joined the Expedition 63 handover, and carried the same crew through Expedition 64. The spacecraft undocked and returned them safely to Kazakhstan on April 17, 2021.
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- FavorISS Soyuz 63SSoyuz MS-17 / Expeditions 63-64
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- Soyuz MS-17
- Status
- completed
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- Soyuz MS-17 launched from Baikonur Site 31/6 on October 14, 2020 UTC with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins. It reached the International Space Station in a record-setting fast rendezvous, joined the Expedition 63 handover, and carried the same crew through Expedition 64. The spacecraft undocked and returned them safely to Kazakhstan on April 17, 2021.
- End Date
- 2021-04-17
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- Outcome
- Successful ISS crew transport and return. MS-17 carried Ryzhikov, Kud-Sverchkov, and Rubins to the Expedition 63 handover in the first sub-three-hour crewed rendezvous, supported Expedition 64, and returned the same crew safely after about 185 days.
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- 2020-10-14
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- July 9, 2026 at 05:58:19 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:53:52 UTC
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