Cristoforetti, Samantha
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Cristoforetti, Samantha
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Italian pilot mission specialist astronaut, 2009-on.
More at: Cristoforetti.
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- Soyuz TMA-15M
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Chronology
3 events
1977 April 26
- Birth of Samantha Cristoforetti - . Nation: Italy. Related Persons: Cristoforetti. Italian pilot mission specialist astronaut, 2009-on. 1 spaceflight, 199.7 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz TMA-15M (2015)..
2014 May 28
19:57 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-FG.- Soyuz TMA-13M - . Call Sign: Cepheus. Crew: Gerst, Surayev, Wiseman. Backup Crew: Cristoforetti, Shkaplerov, Virts. Payload: Soyuz TMA s/n 713. Mass: 7,200 kg (15,800 lb). Nation: Russia. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-13M. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA. Duration: 165.33 days. Decay Date: 2014-11-10 . USAF Sat Cat: 39775 . COSPAR: 2014-031A. Apogee: 417 km (259 mi). Perigee: 412 km (256 mi). Inclination: 51.65 deg. Period: 92.85 min. Docked with the Rassvet module of the ISS at 01:44 GMT May 29. Undocked from Rassvet at 00:31 GMT on November 10. The deorbit burn at 03:05 GMT reduced velocity by 128 m/s, dipping perigee into the atmosphere. Landed in Kazakhstan at 03:58 GMT..
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.