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Soyuz TMA-15M

2014 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS

Field	Value
name	Soyuz TMA-15M
image	ISS-44 Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft undocks.jpg
image_caption	Soyuz TMA-15M undocks from the ISS, 11 June 2015.
mission_type	ISS crew transport
operator	Roscosmos
COSPAR_ID	2014-074A
SATCAT	40312
mission_duration	199d 16h 42m 46s
spacecraft	Soyuz 11F732A47 No.715
spacecraft_type	Soyuz TMA-M 11F747
manufacturer	Energia
launch_date	23 November 2014
21:00:14 UTC
launch_rocket	Soyuz-FG
launch_site	Baikonur 31/6
landing_date	11 June 2015
13:44 UTC
crew_size	3
crew_members	Anton Shkaplerov
Samantha Cristoforetti
Terry W. Virts, Jr.
crew_callsign	Астрей ("Astraeus")
crew_photo	Soyuz TMA-15M crew during a routine operations training session at JSC.jpg
crew_photo_caption	(l-r) Shkaplerov, Cristoforetti and Virts
orbit_reference	Geocentric
orbit_regime	Low Earth
apsis	gee
docking_target	ISS
docking_type	dock
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
previous_mission	Soyuz TMA-14M
next_mission	Soyuz TMA-16M
programme	Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

21:00:14 UTC

13:44 UTC

Samantha Cristoforetti Terry W. Virts, Jr.

02:49 UTC 10:20 UTC

(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.

Crew

Backup crew

Mission highlights

Launch, rendezvous and docking

Soyuz TMA-15M launched successfully aboard a Soyuz-FG rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 21:01 UTC on Sunday, 23 November 2014. The spacecraft reached low Earth orbit approximately nine minutes after lift-off. After executing rendezvous maneuvers, the Soyuz docked with the International Space Station at 02:49 UTC on 24 November, with hatch opening occurring at 05:00 UTC.

Soyuz TMA-15M was scheduled to remain docked to the ISS—serving as an emergency escape vehicle, planned to be on-board until May 2015. The landing was delayed until June 2015, when it was set to depart and return Shkaplerov, Cristoforetti and Virts to Earth.

Cristoforetti commemorated the spaceflight by gifting three Lego minifigures of herself, Virts and Shkaplerov to the other members of the Expedition 42 crew. They had been commissioned by ESA and built by a British custom Lego kitmaker.

Undocking and return to Earth

Soyuz TMA-15M accidentally fired its engines one day before undocking. The one minute burn slightly shifted ISS position.

Soyuz TMA-15M undocked from the ISS at 10:20 UTC on 11 June 2015, containing Shkaplerov, Cristoforetti, and Virts. Following a deorbit burn, the Soyuz spacecraft's descent module reentered the Earth's atmosphere. The crew landed safely in Kazakhstan at 13:44 UTC on 11 June, just over three hours after departing the ISS.

Gallery

File:Expedition 42 Soyuz Rollout (201411210014HQ).jpg|Rollout of Soyuz TMA-15M rocket. File:Expedition 42 Soyuz Preparation (201411240005HQ).jpg|Soyuz TMA-15M on the launch pad after rollout. File:Expedition 42 Crew Wave (201411240004HQ).jpg|Crew of Soyuz TMA-15M wave to spectators before launch. File:Expedition 42 Launch (201411240001HQ).jpg|Soyuz TMA-15M launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. File:Expedition 43 Soyuz TMA-15M Landing (201506110001HQ).jpg|TMA-15M lands in Kazakhstan.

References

NASA. (2015). "International Space Station Partners Adjust Spacecraft Schedule".
link. astronaut.ru
astronaut.ru. (2013). "Орбитальные полёты".
"Live coverage: US-Russian-Italian crew set for Soyuz launch". Spaceflight Now.
(8 January 2015). "Astronauts get their own LEGO minifigures on space station".

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