Soyuz MS-01

{{short description|2016 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS}}

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{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Soyuz MS-01

| image = Soyuz MS-01 docked to the ISS.jpg

| image_caption = Soyuz MS-01 docked to the ISS.

| mission_type = ISS crew transport

| operator = Roscosmos

| mission_duration = 115 days 2 hours 22 minutes

| spacecraft = Soyuz MS

| spacecraft_type = Soyuz-MS 11F732A48

| manufacturer = Energia

| launch_mass = 7080 kg

| landing_mass =

| launch_date = 7 July 2016, 01:36 UTC{{cite web|title=Crew Launches for Two-Day Ride to Station|date=6 July 2016 |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2016/07/06/crew-launches-for-two-day-ride-to-station/|publisher=NASA|access-date=8 July 2016}} {{PD-notice}}

| launch_rocket = Soyuz-FG

| launch_site = Baikonur, Site 1/5

| launch_contractor = RKTs Progress

| landing_date = 30 October 2016,
03:58 UTC {{cite web|title=Soyuz MS crew return|publisher=Roscosmos|url=http://en.roscosmos.ru/20656/|access-date=30 October 2016|archive-date=6 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506000906/http://en.roscosmos.ru/20656/|url-status=dead}}

| landing_site = Steppe of Kazakhstan

| crew_size = 3

| crew_members = Anatoli Ivanishin
Takuya Onishi
Kathleen Rubins

| crew_callsign = Irkut

| crew_photo = Expedition 46 backup crew members in front of the Soyuz TMA spacecraft mock-up in Star City, Russia.jpg

| crew_photo_caption = (l-r) Ivanishin, Rubins and Onishi

| crew_photo_size = 290px

| orbit_reference = Geocentric orbit

| orbit_regime = Low Earth orbit

| orbit_inclination = 51.66°

| apsis = gee

| docking =

{{Infobox spaceflight/Dock

| docking_target = ISS

| docking_type = dock

| docking_port = Rassvet nadir

| docking_date = 9 July 2016, 04:12 UTC {{cite web|url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2016/07/09/expedition-48-49-crew-docks-to-new-home-in-space/|title=Expedition 48-49 Crew Docks to New Home in Space|last=Garcia|first=Mark|website=blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation|date=9 July 2016}} {{PD-notice}}

| undocking_date = 30 October 2016 00:35 UTC

| time_docked = 113 days

}}

| insignia =

| insignia_caption = Soyuz MS-01 mission patch

| insignia_size = 180px

| programme = Soyuz programme (crewed)

| previous_mission = Soyuz TMA-20M

| next_mission = Soyuz MS-02

}}

Soyuz MS-01 was a 2016 Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station.{{cite web|title=Russian Launch Manifest|url=http://www.sworld.com.au/steven/space/russia-man.txt|access-date=13 March 2014}} Originally scheduled for launch in June 2016, the mission successfully lifted off from Kazakhstan on 7 July 2016.{{cite news |url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-070616a-soyuz-ms01-launch-station.html|title=First flight of upgraded Russian Soyuz MS spacecraft lifts off for space station|publisher=collectSPACE}} It transported three members of the Expedition 48 crew to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-01 is the 130th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, and the first with the new version Soyuz MS. The crew consisted of a Russian commander, a Japanese flight engineer, and an American flight engineer.

On 6 June 2016, the launch was rescheduled to July 2016 due to flaws in the control system that could affect the docking to the ISS.{{cite web|title=Launch of new series manned spacecraft rescheduled due to risk of docking disruption|agency=TASS|url=http://tass.ru/en/science/879543|date=6 June 2016|access-date=2 June 2016|archive-date=9 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009193539/http://tass.ru/en/science/879543|url-status=dead}} The spacecraft was successfully docked on 9 July 2016 and returned to Earth on 30 October 2016.