![]() The Soyuz TMA-19M approaches the ISS on 15 December 2015, seen behind the solar panels ofCygnus CRS OA-4 | |
Operator | Roskosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 2015-076A![]() |
SATCATno. | 41124 |
Mission duration | 185 days 22 hours 11 minutes |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA-M 11F747 No.719[1] |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Yuri Malenchenko Timothy Kopra Timothy Peake |
Callsign | Agate |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 15 December 2015, 11:03:09 (2015-12-15UTC11:03:09Z) UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
Launch site | Baikonur1/5 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 18 June 2016, 09:15 (2016-06-18UTC09:16Z) UTC[2] |
Landing site | Kazakhstan |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Docking withISS | |
Docking port | Rassvet nadir |
Docking date | December 15, 2015 17:33:29 UTC[3] |
Undocking date | 18 June 2016 5:52 UTC[2] |
Time docked | 185 days, 12 hours and 18 minutes |
![]() (l-r) Kopra, Malenchenko and Peake Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
Soyuz TMA-19M was a 2015 RussianSoyuz spaceflight to theInternational Space Station. It was launched on December 15, 2015 fromBaikonur Cosmodrome, transporting three members of theExpedition 46 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-19M was the 128th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft since thefirst in 1967. The crew consisted of a Russian commander accompanied by American and British astronauts. The flight returned to Earth on June 18, 2016. The Soyuz TMA-19M descent module is now in the collection of the UK'sScience Museum Group.
Position[4] | Crew Member | |
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Flight engineer 3 | ![]() Expedition 46 Sixth and last spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 1 | ![]() Expedition 46 Second and last spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 2 | ![]() Expedition 46 Only spaceflight |
Position[5] | Crew Member | |
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Commander | ![]() | |
Flight Engineer 1 | ![]() | |
Flight Engineer 2 | ![]() |
Soyuz TMA-19M was launched atop of aSoyuz-FG rocket at 11:03:09UTC on 15 December 2015 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome,Kazakhstan. Following the launch, the Soyuz spacecraft successfully achieved orbital insertion 9 minutes later and began its 4-orbit journey to the Space Station. Unusually, while docking, theKurs docking navigation system failed, and a manual docking had to be performed byYuri Malenchenko. This delayed docking with the ISS by 10 minutes. The Soyuz docked with the ISS at 17:33:29 UTC the same day.[6] The crew then boarded the ISS at 19:58 UTC.[6]
Soyuz TMA-19M undocked on June 18, 2016 at 5:52 UTC, after being docked for 186 days. The crew landed safely inKazakhstan, southeast of the town ofDzhezkazgan on 09:15 UTC.[2]