[1] It transported three members of the Expedition 50 crew to the International Space Station.

The crew consisted of a Russian commander with American and French flight engineers.

Astronaut Peggy Whitson, at age 56, became the oldest woman to fly into space.

[9] On 2 June 2017, Soyuz MS-03 undocked from the ISS, carrying Oleg Novitsky and Thomas Pesquet back to Earth after 196 days in space.

Whitson remained on the ISS and returned on Soyuz MS-04 on 3 September 2017.