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Soyuz TMA-15M

Soyuz FG

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Launch Status
Success

Crew

Anton Shkaplerov

Anton Shkaplerov

Status: Active
2/20/1972 -
Nationality: Russian
Type: Government
First Flight: 11/14/2011
Last Flight: 10/5/2021

Anton Nikolaevich Shkaplerov (Russian: Антон Николаевич Шкаплеров) (born February 20, 1972 in Sevastopol, Ukrainian SSR) is a Russian cosmonaut. He is a veteran of three spaceflights and is a former Commander of the International Space Station.

Samantha Cristoforetti

Samantha Cristoforetti

Status: Active
4/26/1977 -
Nationality: Italian
Type: Government
First Flight: 11/23/2014
Last Flight: 4/27/2022

Samantha Cristoforetti (born 26 April 1977 in Milan) is an Italian European Space Agency astronaut, Italian Air Force pilot and engineer. She holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight of a European astronaut (199 days, 16 hours), and until June 2017 held the record for the longest single space flight by a woman until this was broken by Peggy Whitson. She is also the first Italian woman in space. Samantha Cristoforetti is also known as the first person who brewed an espresso in space.

Terry W. Virts

Terry W. Virts

Status: Retired
12/1/1967 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 2/8/2010
Last Flight: 11/23/2014

Terry W. Virts Jr. is a former NASA astronaut, and Colonel in the United States Air Force.

Mission

Soyuz TMA-15M

Type: Human Exploration

Soyuz TMA-15M begins expedition 42 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station.
Russian Commander, cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov alongside Flight Engineers, Samantha Cristoforetti (ESA) & Terry W. Virts (NASA) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station.
It landed on 11 June 2015 13:44 UTC

Trajectory

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Mission patch for Soyuz TMA-15M

Location

1/5

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

1543 rockets have launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan.

1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Agency

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) – RFSA

  • Type: Government
  • Abbreviation: RFSA
  • Administration: Administrator: Yuri Borisov
  • Founded: 1992
  • Launchers: Soyuz
  • Spacecraft: Soyuz
  • Country: RUS

The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.

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