launched fromRussia
Soyuz TMA-16M
Success
MAR 27201519:42:57 UTCCarried Scott Kelly and Mikhail Korniyenko to the ISS for the first planned year-long station mission, intended to study the long-term effects of extended spaceflight on the human body. The pair spent 340 days in orbit; commander Gennady Padalka completed a standard six-month rotation.
LIFTOFF
MAR 27 201519:42:57 UTC
Success
launched fromPad 1/5Baikonur
aboardSoyuz FGintoLEO
Payload
Soyuz TMA-16M
Expedition 43/44/45/46
Crew
Ascending
- 01Gennady PadalkafromRussia
- 02Mikhail KorniyenkofromRussia
- 03Scott KellyfromUSA
Descending
- 01Gennady PadalkafromRussia
- 02Andreas MogensenfromDenmark
- 03Aidyn AimbetovfromKazakhstan
Docking
docked atISS