Soyuz MS-12 was a

Soyuz Soyuz is a transliteration of the Cyrillic text Союз (Russian language, Russian and Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, 'Union'). It can refer to any union, such as a trade union (''profsoyuz'') or the Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republi ...

spaceflight that launched on 14 March 2019, carrying three members of the Expedition 59 crew to the

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. The mission ended on 3 October 2019 when Soyuz-MS-12 successfully landed.

Crew

Backup crew

Original crew

Original backup crew

Soyuz MS-12 was scheduled to be the debut flight for Hazza Al Mansouri or Sultan Al Neyadi, the first two astronauts from the

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, but this was delayed to flight Soyuz MS-15 following the

Soyuz MS-10 Soyuz MS-10 was a crewed Soyuz MS spaceflight that aborted shortly after launch on 11 October 2018 due to a failure of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle boosters. MS-10 was the 139th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. It was intended to transport two mem ...

mission failure.

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References

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