Soyuz TMA-15M
Mission · Russia
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ISS Expedition EO-42. Six-month, long-term, resident crew of the International Space Station.
Docked at the Rassvet module of the ISS at 02:49 GMT on 24 November 2014 with the crew of Shkaplerov, Virts, and Cristoforetti. Return was delayed over a month before the booster for the Soyuz TMA-16M crew could be cleared for flight following the third-stage explosion of the booster for Progress TMA-11M. Undocked on 11 June 2015 with the same crew at 10:20 GMT and then landed at 13:43 in Kazakhstan.
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- Family
- Manned spaceflight
- People
- Cristoforetti, Shkaplerov, Virts
- Country
- Russia
- Spacecraft
- Soyuz TMA
Chronology
1 event
2014 November 23
21:01 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC31. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-FG.- Soyuz TMA-15M - .
Call Sign: Astraeus. Crew: Cristoforetti,
Shkaplerov,
Virts.
Backup Crew: Yui,
Kononenko,
Lindgren.
Payload: Soyuz TMA s/n 715. Mass: 7,200 kg (15,800 lb). Nation: Russia.
Program: ISS.
Class: Manned.
Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-15M.
Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz.
Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA.
Duration: 199.70 days. Decay Date: 2015-06-11 . USAF Sat Cat: 40312 . COSPAR: 2014-074A. Apogee: 404 km (251 mi). Perigee: 399 km (247 mi). Inclination: 51.64 deg. Period: 92.59 min.
Docked at the Rassvet module of the ISS at 02:49 GMT on 24 November 2014 with the crew of Shkaplerov, Virts, and Cristoforetti. Return was delayed over a month before the booster for the Soyuz TMA-16M crew could be cleared for flight following the third-stage explosion of the booster for Progress TMA-11M. Undocked on 11 June 2015 with the same crew at 10:20 GMT and then landed at 13:43 in Kazakhstan.