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The Soyuz MS-03 Spacecraft Sits in Horizontal Position

The Soyuz MS-03 Spacecraft Sits in Horizontal Position
The Soyuz MS-03 Spacecraft Sits in Horizontal Position

jsc2016e181704 (Nov. 9, 2016) — In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft sits in its horizontal position, poised for its encapsulation into the upper stage of its Soyuz booster Nov. 9. Expedition 50-51 crew members Peggy Whitson of NASA, Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency will launch on the Soyuz Nov. 18, Baikonur time, for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Alexander Vysotsky