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.jpg) Soyuz TMA-16M approaches the ISS, 28 March 2015. | |
| Operator | Roscosmos |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 2015-016A |
| SATCAT no. | 40542 |
| Mission duration | 168d 5h 9m |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA 11F732A47 No.716 |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Gennady Padalka |
| Launching | Mikhail Korniyenko Scott Kelly |
| Landing | Andreas Mogensen Aydyn Aimbetov |
| Callsign | Altair[1] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 27 March 2015 19:42:57 UTC[2] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 12 September 2015 00:51 UTC |
| Landing site | Kazakhstan |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Poisk zenith |
| Docking date | 28 March 2015 01:33 UTC |
| Undocking date | 28 August 2015 03:12 UTC |
| Time docked | 153d 1h 39m |
| Docking with ISS (Relocation) | |
| Docking port | Zvezda aft |
| Docking date | 28 August 2015 03:30 UTC[3] |
| Undocking date | 11 September 2015 21:29 UTC |
| Time docked | 14d 17h 59m |
.jpg) (l-r) Kelly, Padalka, and Kornienko Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
Soyuz TMA-16M was a 2015 flight to the International Space Station.[4] It transported three members of the Expedition 43 crew to the station. TMA-16M was the 125th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, the first having launched in 1967.
Scott Kelly and Mikhail Korniyenko performed the first one-year stay at the space station,[4] returning on Soyuz TMA-18M.
- ^ Soyuz TMA-16M mission updates Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine Spaceflight101, 28 March 2015
- ^ Clark, Stephen. "Live coverage: Crew ready to begin record-setting space mission". SpaceflightNow. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
SOYUZRELOCwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b NASA, Roscosmos Assign Veteran Crew to Yearlong Space Station Mission NASA, 26 November 2012.