Soyuz TMA-15
| Soyuz TMA-15 Союз ТМА-15 |
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| Mission name | Soyuz TMA-15 Союз ТМА-15 |
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| Crew size | 3 | ||||
| Call sign | Таймыр (Taymyr)[1] or Парус (Parus, meaning Sail)[1] |
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| Launch vehicle | Soyuz-FG | ||||
| Launch pad | LC-1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome | ||||
| Launch date | May 27, 2009[2][3] 10:34 UTC |
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| Landing | December 1, 2009[4] 07:17 UTC |
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| From left to right; Thirsk, Romanenko and De Winne | |||||
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Soyuz TMA-15 was a manned spaceflight to the International Space Station. Part of the Soyuz programme, it transported three members of the Expedition 20 crew to the space station. TMA-15 was the 102nd manned flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, since Soyuz 1 in 1967. The Soyuz spacecraft remain docked to the space station during Expedition 20 and Expedition 21 as an emergency escape vehicle. The mission marked the start of six-person crew operations on the ISS.
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[edit] Crew
| Position[5][6] | Crew Member | |
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| Commander | Roman Romanenko Expedition 20 First spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer 1 | Frank De Winne, ESA Expedition 20 Second spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer 2 | Robert Thirsk, CSA Expedition 20 Second spaceflight |
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[edit] Backup crew
| Position | Cosmonaut | |
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| Commander | Dmitrij Kondratiyev | |
| Flight Engineer 1 | André Kuipers, ESA | |
| Flight Engineer 2 | Chris Hadfield, CSA | |
[edit] Mission highlights
Soyuz TMA-15 was launched successfully by a Soyuz-FG carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, at 10:34 UTC on 27 May 2009. It docked with the ISS at 12:34 UTC on 29 May 2009.
Roman Romanenko was the third second-generation space traveller. He was reported to have chosen Taymyr (Russian: Таймыр) as the mission callsign because it was the callsign on his father's first flight, Soyuz 26;[1] however, the callsign Parus (Russian: Парус meaning Sail) was used for communications with the spacecraft.[1] Robert Thirsk became the first Canadian to fly on a Soyuz; all previous Canadians in space had flown aboard Space Shuttles. Frank De Winne became the first West-European to be in command of the ISS.
The craft and crew returned to earth 1 December 2009.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d NASA TV coverage of the launch of Soyuz TMA-15, 2009-05-27
- ^ CSA (2008). "Canadian astronauts Julie Payette and Robert Thirsk to go on space missions in 2009". CSA. http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/media/news_releases/2008/0211.asp. Retrieved February 27, 2008.
- ^ NASA. "Consolidated Launch Manifest". NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html. Retrieved March 28, 2009.
- ^ NASA (Nov. 24, 2009). "NASA TV to Broadcast Space Station Crew Soyuz Landing Events". NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/nov/HQ_M09-224_Soyuz_coverage.html. Retrieved December 1, 2009.
- ^ NASA (Feb. 11, 2008). "NASA Assigns Crews for STS-127 and Expedition 19 Missions". NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/feb/HQ_08052_Crew_Announcements.html. Retrieved February 11, 2008.
- ^ ESA (2008). "Frank De Winne prepares for new mission". ESA. http://www.esa.int/esaMI/ESApod/SEMTHPRTKMF_0.html. Retrieved November 3, 2008.
[edit] External links
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