Anatoli Ivanishin Ros Exp. 62/63
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The Soyuz Space Missions

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Backup Crew:
Commander: Sergey Ryzhikov, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 1 - Andrei Babkin, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 2 - Stephen Bowen, NASA

Soyuz MS-16 was launched on 9 April 2020 at 08:05:06 UTC. The Soyuz 2.1a booster's first and core stage engines ignited on time and lifted the rocket away from its firing stand at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, with cosmonaut Anatoli Ivanishin, joined by the rookie Ivan Vagner on the left and astronaut Chris Cassidy on the right. Like Ivanishin, Cassidy is making his third space flight. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted congratulations: "Chris Cassidy, Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner are safely in orbit, no virus is stronger than the human desire to explore. I'm grateful to the entire @NASA and @roscosmos teams for their dedication to making this launch a success".

The International Space Station passed directly over the launch site about three minutes before the launch and the booster climbed directly into the plane of its orbit. Six orbits after that, at 14:13:18 UTC, the Soyuz docked at the Poisk docking compartment.

Irkut approaches the ISS

(Third Spaceflight) Flight Engineer 2

(First Spaceflight) Flight Engineer 1