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Mission

Expeditions 42/43 to the International Space Station

Launch site

Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Spacecraft

Soyuz TMA-15M

Launch

41s

Launch date

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

Launcher

Soyuz-FG

Docking

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

Hatch opening

90 minutes after docking at 05:00 GMT (06:00 CET)

Return to Earth

Leaving the International Space Station at 11 June 2015 10:20 GMT (12:20 CEST)

Touchdown

Three hours after leaving the International Space Station at 13:44 GMT (14:44 CEST)

Mission duration

199 full days

Terry, Anton and Samantha

Crew

Samantha Cristoforetti, ESA

Anton Shkaplerov, Roscosmos

Terry Virts, NASA

Articles liés

[ Futura ]

CONTENU ARCHIVÉ : 11 JUIN. 2015

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti back on Earth

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, NASA astronaut Terry Virts and Russian commander Anton Shkaplerov landed safely today in the Kazakh steppe after a three-hour ride in their Soyuz spacecraft. They left the International Space Station at 10:20 GMT at the end of their six-month stay on the research complex.

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[ Futura ]

CONTENU ARCHIVÉ : 08 JUIN. 2015

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti returning home

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will return to Earth on 11 June, along with NASA astronaut Terry Virts and Soyuz commander Anton Shkaplerov, having spent 200 days in space on the International Space Station.

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[ International Space Station ]

CONTENU ARCHIVÉ : 28 MAI. 2015

Space Station remodelling

The International Space Station’s Permanent Multipurpose Module was detached and moved by the main robotic arm to another place on the orbiting laboratory yesterday.

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[ Futura ]

CONTENU ARCHIVÉ : 12 MAI. 2015

Samantha’s longer stay on Space Station

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti’s mission on the International Space Station has been extended until the beginning of June. It was planned to end this week with a return to Earth together with NASA astronaut Terry Virts and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov.

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