Soyuz MS-09
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Soyuz MS-09 was a Soyuz spaceflight that launched on 6 June 2018. It transported three members of the Expedition 56/57 crew to the International Space Station. MS-09 is the 138th flight of a Soyuz spa
Soyuz MS-09 docked to the Rassvet module
From left: Prokopyev, Gerst and Auñón-ChancellorSoyuz programme (crewed)← Soyuz MS-08Soyuz MS-10 →
Hole in the Soyuz MS-09 module
Oleg Kononenko on EVA to examine the external hull, standing on a Strela crane
Sergey Prokopyev (cosmonaut)
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Sergey Valeryevich Prokopyev is a Russian cosmonaut. On June 6, 2018, he launched on his first flight into space aboard Soyuz MS-09 and spent 197 days in space as a flight engineer on Expedition 56/57
Soyuz MS-09
…manufacturing process. Russian officials even speculated that one of the NASA crew members had drilled the hole. On 11 December 2018, Oleg Kononenko and Sergey Prokopyev conducted an EVA, cutting into the thermal blankets and pulling away insulation in order to examine the external hull, take images of the area, and…
Sergey Prokopyev NASA portrait