Soyuz TMA-18M
Soyuz TMA-18M undocks from the ISS, 2 March 2016. | |
| Operator | Roskosmos |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 2015-043A |
| SATCAT no. | 40885 |
| Mission duration | 181d 23h 48m |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA 11F747 No.718 |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Sergey Volkov |
| Launching | Andreas Mogensen Aydyn Aimbetov |
| Landing | Mikhail Korniyenko Scott Kelly |
| Callsign | Eridan |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 2 September 2015 04:37:42 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 2 March 2016 04:25:27 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Poisk |
| Docking date | 4 September 2015 07:42:00 UTC |
| Undocking date | 2 March 2016 01:02:30 UTC |
| Time docked | 179 days, 17 hours, 20 minutes |
(l-r) Mogensen, Volkov and Aimbetov Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
Soyuz TMA-18M was a 2015 Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station. It provided the two twelve-months occupants (Scott Kelly and Mikhail Korniyenko) at the International Space Station with a fresh Soyuz capsule. TMA-18M was the 127th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft; the first having occurred in 1967. The ascent flight consisted of a Russian commander and two flight engineers from Denmark (ESA) and Kazakhstan respectively. The flight launched in September 2015 and returned to Earth in March 2016.
The Kazakh Aidyn Aimbetov is of the first Kazakh cosmonaut class, and the first to fly. The ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen became the first Dane in space.
The descent crew was the same Russian commander and the two twelve-months occupants in March 2016. Two of the ascent crew members returned to Earth with Soyuz TMA-16M in September 2015.