Soyuz MS-05
Soyuz MS-05 transported Expedition 52 crew to the ISS.
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Soyuz MS-05 launched on 28 July 2017, carrying three members of the Expedition 52 crew to the International Space Station. It was the 134th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew included a Russian commander, a European flight engineer, and an American flight engineer.
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These included more efficient solar panels, the new Kurs-NA approach and docking system with a mass less than half that of its predecessor, and additional micro-meteoroid debris shielding. A modified docking and attitude control engine added redundancy during docking and deorbit burns. The main computer, TsVM-101, had a mass of 8.3 kg, only one-eighth that of the Argon-16 predecessor (70 kg), and occupied a smaller volume. A unified digital command/telemetry system allowed telemetry transmission via Luch relay satellites for spacecraft control and crew positioning when out of range of ground tracking stations.
Upgraded GLONASS/GPS and COSPAS-SARSAT satellite systems provided more accurate location services during search and rescue after landing. During flight, the spacecraft delivered a visiting crew of up to three persons and small cargoes, remained attached to the station in standby for emergency descent, and returned the crew along with low-mass payloads and waste disposal via atmospheric burn.
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