Soyuz TMA-15M

Soyuz TMA-15M
Soyuz TMA-15M undocks from the ISS, 11 June 2015.
Mission typeISS crew transport
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2014-074A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.40312
Mission duration199d 16h 42m 46s
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz 11F732A47 No.715
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-TMA 11F747
ManufacturerEnergia
Crew
Crew size3
MembersAnton Shkaplerov
Samantha Cristoforetti
Terry W. Virts, Jr.
CallsignАстрей ("Astraeus")
Start of mission
Launch date23 November 2014
21:00:14 UTC
RocketSoyuz-FG
Launch siteBaikonur 31/6
End of mission
Landing date11 June 2015
13:44 UTC[1]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Docking with ISS
Docking portRassvet nadir
Docking date24 November 2014
02:49 UTC
Undocking date11 June 2015
10:20 UTC
Time docked199 days, 7 hours, 31 minutes

(l-r) Shkaplerov, Cristoforetti and Virts
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

Soyuz TMA-15M was a 2014 flight to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 42 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-15M was the 124th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, the first flight launching in 1967. The Soyuz remained docked to the space station for the Expedition 43 increment, serving as an emergency escape vehicle until departing and returning to Earth as scheduled in June 2015.

  1. ^ NASA (2015). "International Space Station Partners Adjust Spacecraft Schedule".