Soyuz TMA-20M was a 2016 Russian Soyuz spaceflight to the

International Space Station The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest Modular design, modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos ( ...

(ISS). It transported three members of the

Expedition 47 Expedition 47 was the 47th expedition to the International Space Station. Yuri Malenchenko, Timothy Peake and Timothy Kopra transferred from Expedition 46. Expedition 47 began upon the departure of Soyuz TMA-18M on 2 March 2016 and concluded ...

crew to the ISS. TMA-20M was the 129th flight of a

Soyuz spacecraft Soyuz () is a series of spacecraft which has been in service since the 1960s, having made more than 140 flights. It was designed for the Soviet space program by the Korolev Design Bureau (now Energia). The Soyuz succeeded the Voskhod spacecr ...

. The crew consisted of a Russian commander and flight engineer, as well as an American flight engineer. It was the final flight of the

Soyuz TMA-M Soyuz is a transliteration of the Cyrillic text Союз (Russian and Ukrainian, 'Union'). It can refer to any union, such as a trade union (''profsoyuz'') or the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Сою́з Сове́тских Социалис ...

design, being replaced by the Soyuz MS in 2016.

Crew

Backup crew

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Soyuz TMA-M20 Crewed Soyuz missions Spacecraft launched in 2016 2016 in Russia Spacecraft which reentered in 2016 Spacecraft launched by Soyuz-FG rockets Fully civilian crewed orbital spaceflights