Soyuz TMA-17M
Soyuz TMA-17M launched from Baikonur Site 1/5 on July 22, 2015 with Oleg Kononenko, JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui, and NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren. The spacecraft reached the International Space Station on July 23, supporting Expeditions 44 and 45. The mission carried Yui and Lindgren on their first spaceflights and returned the same three-person crew to Kazakhstan on December 11, 2015.
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- AntaresISS Soyuz 43S
- Name
- Soyuz TMA-17M
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- completed
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- Description
- Soyuz TMA-17M launched from Baikonur Site 1/5 on July 22, 2015 with Oleg Kononenko, JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui, and NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren. The spacecraft reached the International Space Station on July 23, supporting Expeditions 44 and 45. The mission carried Yui and Lindgren on their first spaceflights and returned the same three-person crew to Kazakhstan on December 11, 2015.
- End Date
- 2015-12-11
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successful ISS crew transport and return. TMA-17M delivered Kononenko, Yui, and Lindgren, restored the station to six-person operations, supported Expeditions 44-45, and returned the crew safely after about 141 days in the first post-sunset Soyuz landing since 2012.
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- Start Date
- 2015-07-22
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-17M
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- July 8, 2026 at 13:11:10 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:53:47 UTC
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