Soyuz TMA-16M

Soyuz TMA-16M
Soyuz TMA-16M approaches the ISS, 28 March 2015.
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2015-016A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.40542
Mission duration168d 5h 9m
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-TMA 11F732A47 No.716
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Crew
Crew size3
MembersGennady Padalka
LaunchingMikhail Korniyenko
Scott Kelly
LandingAndreas Mogensen
Aydyn Aimbetov
CallsignAltair[1]
Start of mission
Launch date27 March 2015
19:42:57 UTC[2]
RocketSoyuz-FG
Launch siteBaikonur 1/5
End of mission
Landing date12 September 2015
00:51 UTC
Landing siteKazakhstan
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Docking with ISS
Docking portPoisk zenith
Docking date28 March 2015
01:33 UTC
Undocking date28 August 2015
03:12 UTC
Time docked153d 1h 39m
Docking with ISS
(Relocation)
Docking portZvezda aft
Docking date28 August 2015
03:30 UTC[3]
Undocking date11 September 2015
21:29 UTC
Time docked14d 17h 59m

(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 in Soyuz TMA-18M.

  1. ^ Soyuz TMA-16M mission updates Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine Spaceflight101, 28 March 2015
  2. ^ Clark, Stephen. "Live coverage: Crew ready to begin record-setting space mission". SpaceflightNow. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference SOYUZRELOC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b NASA, Roscosmos Assign Veteran Crew to Yearlong Space Station Mission NASA, 26 November 2012.

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