Soyuz MS-20
Soyuz MS-20 was the dedicated Visiting Expedition 20 private mission to the International Space Station. Soyuz-2.1a no. S15000-053 launched spacecraft MS no. 752 from Baikonur Site 31/6 with commander Aleksandr Misurkin and Space Adventures participants Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano. The spacecraft docked with Poisk after a six-hour rendezvous; the crew spent approximately 12 days aboard the ISS, supporting a public-facing program and nine assigned experiments and studies, then returned together to Kazakhstan.
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- ISS 66SVisiting Expedition 20EP-20AltairSoyuz MS No. 752
- Name
- Soyuz MS-20
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Soyuz MS-20 was the dedicated Visiting Expedition 20 private mission to the International Space Station. Soyuz-2.1a no. S15000-053 launched spacecraft MS no. 752 from Baikonur Site 31/6 with commander Aleksandr Misurkin and Space Adventures participants Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano. The spacecraft docked with Poisk after a six-hour rendezvous; the crew spent approximately 12 days aboard the ISS, supporting a public-facing program and nine assigned experiments and studies, then returned together to Kazakhstan.
- End Date
- 2021-12-20
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successful. Soyuz MS-20 launched and docked on December 8, 2021, completed the first dedicated private Soyuz visit to the ISS in more than 12 years, undocked on December 19, and landed all three crewmembers safely southeast of Zhezkazgan on December 20 after 11 days, 19 hours, 34 minutes, and 37 seconds.
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- Start Date
- 2021-12-08
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- Creation Time
- July 9, 2026 at 00:33:07 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:53:52 UTC
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