Soyuz MS-15Soyuz-FG Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Launch Status Success Wed · Sep 25th, 2019 9:57 AM EDT Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEozAB47zyQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhAaXMNwGA8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV3NNq2K7RA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS_rMx014lA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ennrwmVTguo Crew Hazza Al Mansouri Spaceflight Participant Status: Active 12/13/1983 - Nationality: Emirati Type: Government Agency: Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre Hazza Al Mansouri is one of the first two astronauts from the United Arab Emirates. Oleg Skripochka Flight Engineer Status: Active 12/24/1969 - Nationality: Russian Type: Government Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Oleg Ivanovich Skripochka (Russian: Оле́г Ива́нович Скри́почка; born 24 December 1969 in Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian cosmonaut. He served as an Expedition 25/26 and 61/62 crewmember. Jessica Meir Flight Engineer Status: Active 7/1/1977 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jessica Ulrika Meir is Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, following postdoctoral research in comparative physiology at the University of British Columbia. She has studied the diving physiology and behavior of emperor penguins in Antarctica, and the physiology of bar-headed geese, which are able to migrate over the Himalayas. In 2000, Meir graduated with a Master of Space Studies from the International Space University in Strasbourg, France. In September 2002, Meir served as an aquanaut on the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations 4 (NEEMO 4) crew. In June 2013 she was named an astronaut candidate by NASA, becoming one of the eight members of NASA Astronaut Group 21. She is from Caribou, Maine. Mission Soyuz MS-15 Type: Human Exploration Soyuz MS-15 begins expedition 61 by carrying NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka and United Arab Emirates’ Hazzaa Ali Almansoori, a Roscosmos spaceflight participant and first Emirati in space that will spend only 8 days aboard ISS before returning to Earth aboard a Soyuz MS-12. Location 1/5 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan 465 launches have been at this location. Rocket Soyuz Length: 49.5 meters Diameter: 3 meters First Launched: May 20, 2001 The Soyuz FG rocket is an expendable launch vehicle most commonly known for carrying humans to the International Space Station today. The Soyuz rocket has been launched a total of 60 times with 59 successful and 1 failed launches. Agency Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Type: Government Abbreviation: RFSA Administration: Administrator: Dmitry Rogozin 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. View Rocket Launch Schedule