Major General James G. Blunt

Soyuz TMA-20M was a 2016 Russian Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS).[3] It transported three members of the Expedition 47 crew to the ISS. TMA-20M was the 129th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander and flight engineer, as well as an American flight engineer.

It was the final flight of the Soyuz TMA-M design, being replaced by the Soyuz MS in 2016.

Crew

Position[4] Crew Member
Commander Russia Aleksey Ovchinin, RSA
Expedition 47
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Russia Oleg Skripochka, RSA
Expedition 47
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 United States Jeffrey Williams, NASA
Expedition 47
Fourth and last spaceflight

Backup crew

Position[5] Crew Member
Commander Russia Sergey Ryzhikov, RSA
Flight Engineer 1 Russia Andrei Borisenko, RSA
Flight Engineer 2 United States Shane Kimbrough, NASA

References

  1. ^ "Soyuz-TMA 01M - 20M (7K-STMA, 11F747)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Launch, Docking Returns International Space Station Crew to Full Strength". NASA. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Russian Launch Manifest". Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  4. ^ Планируемые полёты (in Russian). astronaut.ru. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  5. ^ astronaut.ru (2013). "Орбитальные полёты".