Soyuz TMA-15M

Mission emblem

Mission dates

Mission:

Soyuz TMA-15M

COSPAR-ID :

2014-074A

Spacecraft:

Soyuz 7K-STMA-Z ( GRAY index 11F747)
serial number 715

Launcher:

Soyuz FG (GRAY index 11A511FG)

Call sign:

Астрей (" Astraios ")

Crew:

3

Begin:

November 23, 2014, 21:01 UTC

Starting place:

Baikonur 31/6

Space station:

ISS

Docking place:

Rasswet

Coupling:

November 24, 2014, 02:49 UTC

Decoupling:

June 11, 2015, 10:20 UTC

Duration on the ISS :

199d 7h 31min

Landing:

June 11, 2015, 13:44 UTC

Landing place:

162 km SE of Scheskasgan , Kazakhstan
47 ° 20 ' N , 69 ° 45' E

Flight duration:

199d 16h 43min

Earth orbits:

3107

Apogee :

417

Perigee :

408

Team photo

Terry Virts, Anton Schkaplerow, Samantha Cristoforetti

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Soyuz TMA-15M is a mission name for the flight of the Russian spacecraft Soyuz to the International Space Station . As part of the ISS program, the flight is designated ISS AF-41S. It was the 41st visit by a Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS and the 147th flight in the Soyuz program.

crew

Main crew

Anton Nikolajewitsch Schkaplerow (2nd space flight), Commander ( Russia / Roscosmos )
Samantha Cristoforetti (1st spaceflight), flight engineer ( Italy / ESA )
Terry Wayne Virts (2nd spaceflight), flight engineer ( USA / NASA )

Substitute team

Oleg Dmitrijewitsch Kononenko (3rd space flight), Commander (Russia / Roscosmos)
Kimiya Yui (1st spaceflight), flight engineer ( Japan / JAXA )
Kjell Lindgren (1st space flight), flight engineer (USA / NASA)

Mission description

The mission brought three crew members from ISS expeditions 42 and 43 to the International Space Station.

Soyuz TMA-15M paired as planned in "Express mode", i. H. arrives at the Russian ISS module Rassvet after four orbits around the earth .

After the false start of the space transporter Progress M-27M , the landing was postponed to the beginning of June, and later specified to June 11th.

Soyuz TMA-15M disconnected punctually on June 11, 2015 at 10:20 UTC with Schkaplerow, Cristoforetti and Virts on board. This marked the beginning of Expedition 44 on the ISS with Gennadi Padalka as commander. 4 minutes and 40 seconds lasting deorbit burn began at 12:51 UTC 12 kilometers away to the ISS, bringing the landing capsule at 13:21 UTC in the denser areas of the Earth's atmosphere . The braking parachute was activated at a height of 10.8 kilometers, and the huge white and orange-striped main parachute unfolded at a height of about 7.5 kilometers. The landing finally took place at 13:44 UTC 162 km southeast of Scheskasgan in good weather in the middle of the steppe of Kazakhstan .