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Soyuz MS-04

Soyuz MS-04

2017 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS

Soyuz MS-04 was a Soyuz spaceflight that launched on 20 April 2017 to the ISS.[1] It transported two members of the Expedition 52 crew to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-04 was the 133rd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander and an American flight engineer. It was the first of the Soyuz MS series to rendezvous with the Station in approximately 6 hours, instead of the 2 day orbital rendezvous used for the previous launches. It was also the first Soyuz to launch with only 2 crew members since Soyuz TMA-2.

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Crew

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Backup crew

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Due to a decision to cut down the number of participating Russian astronauts in 2017, only two astronauts were launched on Soyuz MS-04.[5] Originally set to include 3 people, the crew assignments were changed in November 2016 by NASA and Roscosmos.

Original crew

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Alexander Misurkin and Mark T. Vande Hei were reassigned to Soyuz MS-06 and served as part of Expedition 53/54,[6] Nikolai Tikhonov was reassigned to Soyuz MS-10 to serve as part of Expedition 57/58 although was also pulled of that mission due to the same budget cuts.[7]

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    Harwood, William. "Whitson's station expedition extended three months". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
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    Irene Klotz (16 November 2016). "NASA, Russia Set Flights for Trimmed-Down Space Station Crew". space.com. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
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    "Soyuz MS-06 arrives at ISS".
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    "No U.S. Crew Will Command the International Space Station in 2019". 30 May 2018.
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