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ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti spent almost 200 days on the International Space Station from 24 November 2014 as part of Expeditions 42 and 43 in a mission provided by Italy’s ASI space agency.

Samantha flew in Soyuz TMA-15M together with Roscosmos astronaut Anton Shkaplerov, and NASA astronaut Terry Virts.

Launch: 23 November 21:01 GMT (22:01 CET; 24 November 03:59 local time)

Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-15M

Expeditions: 42 and 43

Docking: Six hours after launch at 02:49 GMT (03:49 CET)

Crewmates: Roscosmos astronaut Anton Shkaplerov and NASA astronaut Terry Virts

Touchdown: 11 June 2015 at 13:44 GMT (14:44 CEST)

Landing site: Kazakhstan

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