| Mission type | ISS crew rotation |
|---|---|
| Operator | Roscosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2009-030A |
| SATCATno. | 35010 |
| Mission duration | 6 months and 4 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA 11F732 |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Roman Romanenko Frank De Winne Robert Brent Thirsk |
| Callsign | Таймыр (Taymyr)[1] or Парус (Parus, meaningSail)[1] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 27 May 2009, 10:34:53 (2009-05-27UTC10:34:53Z) UTC[2][3] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| Launch site | Baikonur1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 1 December 2009, 07:17 (2009-12-01UTC07:18Z) UTC[4] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 151 kilometres (94 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 414 kilometres (257 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 90.16 minutes |
| Epoch | 28 May 2009[5] |
| Docking withISS | |
| Docking port | Zarya nadir |
| Docking date | 29 May 2009 12:34 UTC |
| Undocking date | 1 December 2009 03:56 UTC[6] |
| Time docked | 185d 15h 22m |
 From left to right; Thirsk, Romanenko and De Winne Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
Soyuz TMA-15 was acrewed spaceflight to theInternational Space Station. Part of theSoyuz programme, it transported three members of theExpedition 20 crew to the space station. TMA-15 was the 102nd crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, sinceSoyuz 1 in 1967. The Soyuz spacecraft remained docked to the space station during Expedition 20 andExpedition 21 as an emergency escape vehicle. The mission marked the start of six-person crew operations on the ISS.
| Position[7][8] | Crew Member | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Roman RomanenkoExpedition 20 First spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 |  Frank De Winne,ESAExpedition 20 Second and last spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 |  Robert Thirsk,CSAExpedition 20 Second and last spaceflight | |
| Position | Cosmonaut | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Dmitrij Kondratiyev | |
| Flight Engineer 1 |  André Kuipers,ESA | |
| Flight Engineer 2 | Chris Hadfield,CSA | |
Soyuz TMA-15 was launched successfully by aSoyuz-FGcarrier rocket fromSite 1/5 at theBaikonur Cosmodrome inKazakhstan, 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 chosenTaymyr (Russian:Таймыр) as the mission callsign because it was the callsign on hisfather's first flight,Soyuz 26;[1] however, the callsign Parus (Russian:Парус meaningSail) 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 aboardSpace Shuttles.Frank De Winne became the first European to be in command of the ISS.
The craft and crew returned to earth 1 December 2009.
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