Soyuz MS-12
Soyuz-FG
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Crew
Aleksey Ovchinin
Status: Active
9/28/1971 -
Nationality: Russian
Type: Government
First Flight: 3/18/2016
Last Flight: 3/14/2019
Aleksey Nikolayevich Ovchinin born 28 September 1971 in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russian SFSR is a Russian Air Force Major and cosmonaut, who was selected in 2006. Ovchinin made his first spaceflight in 2016, and was assigned as Commander of Soyuz MS-10 in 2018.
Christina Koch
Status: Active
1/29/1979 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 3/14/2019
Last Flight: 3/14/2019
Christina Hammock Koch (born January 29, 1979) is a NASA astronaut of the class of 2013.
Nick Hague
Status: Active
9/24/1975 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 10/11/2018
Last Flight: 3/14/2019
Tyler Nicklaus Hague is an American Flight Test Engineer and a NASA astronaut of the class of 2013.
Selected to be a flight engineer of Expedition 57 / 58 to the International Space Station, he launched on board Soyuz MS-10, which aborted shortly after launch on October 11, 2018.
Mission
Soyuz MS-12
Type: Human Exploration
Soyuz MS-12 begins expedition 59 by carrying Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin, NASA astronauts Christina Hammock Koch and Nick Hague to the International Space Station. After launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, they will rendezvous to the station where they will remain for their 6 month stay.
Trajectory
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Location
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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
1543 rockets have launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan.
Agency
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) – RFSA
- Type: Government
- Abbreviation: RFSA
- Administration: Administrator: Yuri Borisov
- Founded: 1992
- Launchers: Soyuz
- Spacecraft: Soyuz
- Country: RUS
The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.
