 Soyuz TMA-15M undocks from the ISS, 11 June 2015. | |
| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
|---|---|
| Operator | Roscosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2014-074A |
| SATCAT no. | 40312 |
| Mission duration | 199d 16h 42m 46s |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz 11F732A47 No.715 |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA 11F747 |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Anton Shkaplerov Samantha Cristoforetti Terry W. Virts, Jr. |
| Callsign | Астрей ("Astraeus") |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 23 November 2014 21:00:14 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| Launch site | Baikonur 31/6 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 11 June 2015 13:44 UTC[1] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Rassvet nadir |
| Docking date | 24 November 2014 02:49 UTC |
| Undocking date | 11 June 2015 10:20 UTC |
| Time docked | 199 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.