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Topic: Three Soyuz docked at ISS at the same time
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LM-12
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posted 09-01-2025 03:01 PM
  
I think for about a week in 2009 during Expedition 20 there were three crewed Soyuz spacecraft (TMA-14, TMA-15 and TMA-16) docked at the International Space Station at the same time. Is that correct? |
Robert Pearlman
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posted 09-01-2025 04:19 PM
Yes (Expedition 20 extended from May to October 2009). - March 28, 2009: Soyuz TMA-14 docked (aft Zvezda)
- May 29, 2009; Soyuz TMA-15 docked (nadir Zarya)
- Oct. 2, 2009: Soyuz TMA-16 docked (aft Zvezda)
(On edit: Corrected based on the replies below.) - Oct. 11, 2009: Soyuz TMA-14 undocked (nadir Pirs)
- December 1, 2009: Soyuz TMA-15 undocked (nadir Zarya)
- March 18, 2010: Soyuz TMA-16 undocked (zenith Poisk)
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LM-12
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posted 09-01-2025 05:21 PM
I too have the Soyuz TMA-14 relocation from Zvezda to Pirs. But wasn't there also a Soyuz TMA-16 relocation? I have Soyuz TMA-16 docking at Zvezda after the Soyuz TMA-14 relocation. |
waa49
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posted 09-02-2025 02:32 AM
Soyuz ТМА-16 docking to Zvezda service module on October 2, 2009. On January 21, 2010 Soyuz ТМА-16 relocation to Module "Poisk" (MRM2).See: ISS Chronology Data Book, 1998-2020 |
LM-12
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posted 09-02-2025 06:39 AM
After checking a lot of dates, I came up with this list of other occasions when there were three Soyuz spacecraft docked at the ISS at the same time: - Soyuz TMA-09M, TMA-10M, TMA-11M in 2013
- Soyuz TMA-16M, TMA-17M, TMA-18M in 2015
- Soyuz MS-12, MS-13, MS-14* in 2019
- Soyuz MS-12, MS-13, MS-15 in 2019
*Soyuz MS-14 was uncrewed. |
LM-12
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posted 09-03-2025 04:56 PM
Here is an illustration showing that Soyuz TMA-18M was the third Soyuz spacecraft at the ISS when it docked there on September 4, 2015. The Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft is docked to the Poisk mini-research module. The Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft is docked to the Zvezda service module. The ISS Progress 60 spacecraft is docked to the Pirs docking compartment. The Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft is docked to the Rassvet mini-research module. Japan’s “Kounotori” HTV-5 is berthed to the Harmony module.  |
LM-12
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posted 09-04-2025 01:00 PM
This is a group photo of the three Soyuz crews after Soyuz TMA-11M docked at the ISS on November 7, 2013. Nine crew members gather for a group portrait in the International Space Station’s Kibo laboratory following a joint crew news conference. This is the first time since October 2009 that nine people have resided on the station without the presence of a space shuttle. Pictured on the front row are Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin (center), Expedition 37 commander; NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, both Expedition 37 flight engineers. Pictured on the center row are Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (center), Expedition 38 commander; Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy (left) and NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, both Expedition 38 flight engineers. Pictured from the left (back row) are NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, all Expedition 38 flight engineers. The Expedition 37 crew members will undock from the station in their Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft on Nov. 10, ending a five-and-a-half month stay.  |
LM-12
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posted 09-04-2025 09:00 PM
There were three Soyuz spacecraft docked when Kotov and Ryazansky did an Expedition 37 EVA on November 9. |
LM-12
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posted 09-15-2025 03:32 PM
From a NASA article on the Expedition 37 EVA:
During the spacewalk, Yurchikhin, Parmitano and Nyberg were isolated to their Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft and Zvezda, while Flight Engineer Mike Hopkins was restricted to the Poisk module and his Soyuz TMA-10M craft. The remaining three crew members — Mastracchio, Wakata and Tyurin – had access to much of the remaining area of the station, including the Zarya module, their Soyuz TMA-11M vehicle and the Rassvet module to which it is docked, as well as the entirety of the U.S. segment of the station.  |
LM-12
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posted 09-30-2025 05:20 PM
There were these other reloactions at the ISS prior to the third Soyuz spacecraft docking there: - TMA-09M relocated from Rassvet to Zvezda so that TMA-11M could dock at Rassvet
- TMA-16M relocated from Poisk to Zvezda so that TMA-18M could dock at Poisk
- MS-14 (unmanned) had problems docking at Poisk, so MS-13 relocated from Zvezda to Poisk so that MS-14 could dock at Zvezda
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cosmos-walter
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posted 09-30-2025 06:01 PM
On arrival at the International Space Station, the Soyuz TMA-11 commander Mikhail Tyurin passed the Sochi 2014 Torch to Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazansky, who took the torch on a spacewalk on 9 November, 2013. |
LM-12
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posted 10-01-2025 05:11 AM
The Soyuz TMA-16M, TMA-17M and TMA-18M crewmembers: Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center in red shirt) handed command of the International Space Station to NASA astronaut Scott Kelly (front left with microphone) on Sept. 5, 2015. In the background the rest of the space station crew was on hand (from left to right): ESA(European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen (back), Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko, Sergey Volkov and Oleg Kononenko, Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui and NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren.  The Soyuz MS-12, MS-13 and MS-15 crewmembers:
The nine International Space Station residents pose for a portrait inside the Zvezda service module. At the bottom row from left are, station cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, astronauts Luca Parmitano and Nick Hague, visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, astronaut Jessica Meir and cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka. At the top are, astronauts Christina Koch and Andrew Morgan with cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov.  |
LM-12
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posted 10-01-2025 04:03 PM
Looking at the green shirts, does "595" refer to a specific descent module? |
Robert Pearlman
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posted 10-01-2025 04:45 PM
I believe it is 59S, rather than 595, the international partners' designation for Soyuz MS-13, denoting the 59th Soyuz to launch for the ISS. |
LM-12
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posted 10-01-2025 09:17 PM
Okay, thanks. I found a list of the Soyuz flight "S" designations here.
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LM-12
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posted 10-04-2025 07:10 AM
More about the green T-shirts: Celebrating three birthdays in one week (Luca Parmitano, Nick Hague and Alexey Ovchinin), wearing the t-shirts of our 'space band': 'Kryk Chayky' – 'The cry of the seagull'. |
LM-12
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posted 10-05-2025 10:18 AM
This graphic shows the three Soyuz vehicles docked to the ISS in 2019: Sept. 28, 2019: International Space Station Configuration. Five spaceships are attached to the space station including Japan’s HTV-8 cargo craft with Russia’s Progress 73 resupply ship and Soyuz MS-12, MS-13 and MS-15 crew ships.  |
LM-12
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posted 10-09-2025 04:17 PM
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Originally posted by LM-12:
I too have the Soyuz TMA-14 relocation from Zvezda to Pirs.
This Expedition 20 photo shows Soyuz TMA-14 (at right, after the relocation), and Soyuz TMA-15 (at left). STS-127 was also docked at the ISS when the photo was taken. The Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft arrived at the station a few months later.Easy to tell in the photo which Soyuz spacecraft had been in space longer. Also note the discoloration on the Zarya module.  |
LM-12
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posted 10-15-2025 03:48 PM
I have that TMA-14 was the last Soyuz to dock at Pirs, after relocating from Zvezda. And TMA-16 was the first Soyuz to dock at Poisk, after relocating from Zvezda. |
LM-12
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posted 10-24-2025 04:59 AM
Here is a list of the relevant Soyuz dockings and undockings in the order that they occurred: - TMA-14 docking ... Zvezda
- TMA-13 undocking ... Zarya
- TMA-15 docking ... Zarya
- TMA-14 relocation ... Zvezda to Pirs
- TMA-16 docking ... Zvezda
- TMA-14 undocking ... Pirs
- TMA-15 undocking ... Zarya
- TMA-17 docking ... Zarya
- TMA-16 relocation ... Zvezda to Poisk
- TMA-16 undocking ... Poisk
- TMA-09M docking ... Rassvet
- TMA-08M undocking ... Poisk
- TMA-10M docking ... Poisk
- TMA-09M relocation ... Rassvet to Zvezda
- TMA-11M docking ... Rassvet
- TMA-09M undocking ... Zvezda
- TMA-10M undocking ... Poisk
- TMA-12M docking ... Poisk
- TMA-11M undocking ... Rassvet
- TMA-16M docking ... Poisk
- TMA-15M undocking ... Rassvet
- TMA-17M docking ... Rassvet
- TMA-16M relocation ... Poisk to Zvezda
- TMA-18M docking ... Poisk
- TMA-16M undocking ... Zvezda
- TMA-17M undocking ... Rassvet
- TMA-19M docking ... Rassvet
- TMA-18M undocking ... Poisk
- MS-12 docking ... Rassvet
- MS-11 undocking ... Poisk
- MS-13 docking ... Zvezda
- MS-13 relocation ... Zvezda to Poisk
- MS-14 docking ... Zvezda
- MS-14 undocking ... Zvezda
- MS-15 docking ... Zvezda
- MS-12 undocking ... Rassvet
- MS-13 undocking ... Poisk
- MS-16 docking ... Poisk
- MS-15 undocking ... Zvezda
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LM-12
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posted 10-26-2025 04:40 AM
Soyuz TMA-16 relocated from Zvezda to Poisk so that Progress 36 could dock at Zvezda. |
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