Soyuz MS-03
{{short description|2016 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox spaceflight
| name = Soyuz MS-03
| image = ISS-50 Soyuz MS-03 docked to Rassvet over Florida.jpg
| image_caption = Soyuz MS-03 docked to International Space Station (ISS).
| mission_type = ISS crew transport
| operator = Roscosmos
| mission_duration = 196 days 17 hours 49 minutes
| spacecraft = Soyuz MS
| spacecraft_type = Soyuz MS 11F732A48
| manufacturer = Energia
| launch_mass = 7080 kg
| landing_mass =
| launch_date = 17 November 2016,
20:17:00 UTC
| launch_rocket = Soyuz-FG
| launch_site = Baikonur, Site 1
| launch_contractor = RKTs Progress
| landing_date = 2 June 2017, 14:10 UTC
| landing_site = Steppes of the Kazakhstan
| crew_size = 3 (launching)
2 (landing)
| crew_members = Oleg Novitsky
Thomas Pesquet
| crew_launching = Peggy Whitson
| crew_callsign = Kazbek
| crew_photo = Soyuz MS-03 crew (2).jpg
| crew_photo_caption = (l-r) Pesquet, Whitson and Novitsky
| 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 = 19 November 2016, 21:58 UTC
| undocking_date = 2 June 2017, 10:47 UTC
| time_docked = 194 days
}}
| insignia =
| insignia_caption = Soyuz MS-03 mission patch
| insignia_size = 180px
| programme = Soyuz programme (crewed)
| previous_mission = Soyuz MS-02
| next_mission = Soyuz MS-04
}}
Soyuz MS-03 was a Soyuz spaceflight launched on 17 November 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms-03.html|title = Soyuz MS-03 mission}} It transported three members of the Expedition 50 crew to the International Space Station. MS-03 was the 132nd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander with American and French flight engineers.{{cite web |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2016-070A|title=Display: Soyuz MS-03 2016-070A|publisher=NASA|date=14 May 2020|access-date=27 November 2020}} {{PD-notice}}
Crew
{{Spaceflight crew
|terminology = Crew Member
|position1 = Commander
|crew1_up = {{Flagicon|RUS}} Oleg Novitsky
|agency1_up = Roscosmos
|expedition1_up = Expedition 50
|flights1_up = Second
|position2 = Flight Engineer 1
|crew2_up = {{Flagicon|FRA}} Thomas Pesquet
|agency2_up = ESA
|expedition2_up = Expedition 50
|flights2_up = First
|position3 = Flight Engineer 2
|crew3_up = {{Flagicon|USA}} Peggy Whitson
|agency3_up = NASA
|expedition3_up = Expedition 50/51/52
|flights3_up = Third (last NASA){{cite news|last1=Potter|first1=Sean|title=Record-Setting NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson Retires|url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/record-setting-nasa-astronaut-peggy-whitson-retires|access-date=24 June 2018|publisher=NASA|date=15 June 2018}} {{PD-notice}}
}}
= Backup crew =
{{Spaceflight crew
|terminology = Crew Member
|position1 = Commander
|crew1_up = {{Flagicon|RUS}} Fyodor Yurchikhin
|agency1_up = Roscosmos
|position2 = Flight Engineer 1
|crew2_up = {{Flagicon|USA}} Jack D. Fischer
|agency2_up = NASA
|position3 = Flight Engineer 2
|crew3_up = {{Flagicon|ITA}} Paolo Nespoli
|agency3_up = ESA
}}
Mission highlights
Soyuz MS-03 launched with Expedition 50/51 on 17 November 2016, at 20:17 UTC. Astronaut Peggy Whitson, at age 56, became the oldest woman to fly into space.{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/nasas-peggy-whitson-oldest-woman-space/story?id=43641385|title=NASA's Peggy Whitson Becomes Oldest Woman in Space|publisher=ABC News|website=abcnews.go.com|access-date=2016-11-19}}{{cite news|author=Chiara Palazzo|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/18/nasa-veteran-peggy-whitson-becomes-the-oldest-woman-in-space-as/|title=NASA veteran Peggy Whitson becomes the oldest woman in space as she blasts off for ISS|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=18 November 2016|publisher=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=2016-11-19}} Soyuz MS-03 docked at the International Space Station on 19 November 2016.{{cite web|url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2016/11/19/welcome-aboard-new-arrivals-make-six-expedition-50-crew-members/|title=Welcome Aboard! New Arrivals Make Six Expedition 50 Crew Members {{!}} Space Station|website=blogs.nasa.gov|access-date=2016-11-24|archive-date=25 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125044035/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2016/11/19/welcome-aboard-new-arrivals-make-six-expedition-50-crew-members/|url-status=dead}} {{PD-notice}} On 2 June 2017, Soyuz MS-03 undocked from the ISS, carrying Oleg Novitsky and Thomas Pesquet back to Earth after 196 days in space. Whitson remained on the ISS and returned on Soyuz MS-04 on 3 September 2017.
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