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 from Pad 1/5 Baikonur
aboard Soyuz FG into LEO
Payload
Soyuz TMA-16M
Expedition 43/44/45/46
Crew
Ascending
- 01 Gennady Padalka from Russia
- 02 Mikhail Korniyenko from Russia
- 03 Scott Kelly from USA
Descending
- 01 Gennady Padalka from Russia
- 02 Andreas Mogensen from Denmark
- 03 Aidyn Aimbetov from Kazakhstan
At the station
docked at ISS
returned to Earth Sep 12, 2015