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2015 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Soyuz TMA-17M was a 2015 flight to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 44 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-17M was the 126th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft; the first having occurred in 1967. The crew consisted of a Russian commander accompanied by Japanese and American astronauts. The capsule remained docked to the space station for about five months until the scheduled departure of Expedition 45 in December 2015. Soyuz TMA-17M landed safely on the steppes of Kazakhstan on 11 December, 2015, in a rare night landing.
Soyuz TMA-17M flying above Typhoon Soudelor while docked to the ISS | |
| Operator | Roscosmos |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 2015-035A |
| SATCAT no. | 40744 |
| Mission duration | 141 days, 16 hours and 9 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA 11F732A47 No.717 |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Oleg Kononenko Kimiya Yui Kjell N. Lindgren |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 22 July 2015 21:02:45 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 11 December 2015 13:12 UTC |
| Landing site | Kazakhstan |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Rassvet nadir |
| Docking date | 23 July 2015 02:45 UTC |
| Undocking date | 11 December 2015 09:47 UTC |
| Time docked | 141 days, 7 hours, 2 minutes |
 (l-r) Kononenko, Lindgren and Yui Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
| Position[1] | Crew Member | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Oleg Kononenko, RoscosmosExpedition 44 Third spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 |  Kimiya Yui, JAXAExpedition 44 First spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 |  Kjell N. Lindgren, NASAExpedition 44 First spaceflight | |
| Position[2] | Crew Member | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Yuri Malenchenko, Roscosmos | |
| Flight Engineer 1 | Timothy Kopra, NASA | |
| Flight Engineer 2 |  Timothy Peake, ESA | |
The mission patch for the mission is completely based on Apollo 17 insignia.
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