Soyuz TMA-18M
Soyuz TMA-18M launched from Baikonur Site 1/5 on September 2, 2015 UTC with Roscosmos commander Sergey Volkov, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, and Kazakh cosmonaut Aydyn Aimbetov. Mogensen and Aimbetov completed short-duration visiting missions and returned on Soyuz TMA-16M on September 12, 2015. Soyuz TMA-18M remained docked to the International Space Station and later landed on March 2, 2016 with Volkov, Mikhail Kornienko, and Scott Kelly at the end of Expedition 46 and the one-year mission for Kelly and Kornienko.
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- EridanusISS Soyuz 44SirissOne-Year Mission return
- Name
- Soyuz TMA-18M
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Soyuz TMA-18M launched from Baikonur Site 1/5 on September 2, 2015 UTC with Roscosmos commander Sergey Volkov, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, and Kazakh cosmonaut Aydyn Aimbetov. Mogensen and Aimbetov completed short-duration visiting missions and returned on Soyuz TMA-16M on September 12, 2015. Soyuz TMA-18M remained docked to the International Space Station and later landed on March 2, 2016 with Volkov, Mikhail Kornienko, and Scott Kelly at the end of Expedition 46 and the one-year mission for Kelly and Kornienko.
- End Date
- 2016-03-02
- Landing Site
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successful ISS transport, crew exchange, and return. TMA-18M launched Volkov with visitors Mogensen and Aimbetov, provided the return spacecraft for the One-Year Mission, and safely landed Volkov, Kornienko, and Kelly after a 340-day stay for Kornienko and Kelly.
- Program
- Soyuz / International Space Station / Expeditions 45-46 / One-Year Mission / iriss
- Start Date
- 2015-09-02
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-18M
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- April 26, 2026 at 16:15:33 UTC
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- Updated Time
- July 19, 2026 at 18:23:06 UTC
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