On July 29, 2017 at 00:55 Moscow time (on July 28 at 21:55 UTC) the Russian "Soyuz MS-05” spacecraft docked with the Russian “Rassvet” (MIM-1) module of the International Space Station.

The spacecraft delivered 3 new members of Expedition 52 to the ISS, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazansky, American astronaut Randolph Bresnik and Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli. The new comers joined current ISS expedition members – Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, American astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fisher.