Soyuz TMA-15M launched from Baikonur Site 31/6 on November 23, 2014 UTC and docked with the International Space Station's Rassvet module on November 24 after a fast rendezvous. The spacecraft carried Roscosmos commander Anton Shkaplerov, ESA flight engineer Samantha Cristoforetti, and NASA flight engineer Terry Virts to the station for Expeditions 42 and 43. The crew supported station research, maintenance, visiting-vehicle operations, EVA preparation and execution, and expedition handover work. Soyuz TMA-15M returned the same crew to Earth on June 11, 2015, landing in the Kazakh steppe near Zhezkazgan.