Soyuz TMA-18M
Roskosmos | |
COSPAR ID | 2015-043A |
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SATCAT no. | 40885 |
Mission duration | 181d 23h 48m |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | RKK Energia |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Mikhail Korniyenko Scott Kelly |
Callsign | Eridan |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 2 September 2015 04:37:42 UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 2 March 2016 04:25:27 UTC |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Poisk |
Docking date | 4 September 2015 07:42:00 UTC |
Undocking date | 2 March 2016 01:02:30 UTC |
Time docked | 179 days, 17 hours, 20 minutes |
![]() (l-r) Mogensen, Volkov and Aimbetov Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
Soyuz TMA-18M was a 2015
The Kazakh Aidyn Aimbetov is of the first Kazakh cosmonaut class, and the first to fly.[2] The ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen became the first Dane in space.[3]
The descent crew was the same Russian commander and the two twelve-months occupants in March 2016. Two of the ascent crew members returned to Earth with Soyuz TMA-16M in September 2015.
Crew
Position[4] | Launching Crew Member | Landing Crew Member |
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Commander | Third and last spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 1 | ![]() Iriss[6] First spaceflight |
Second and last spaceflight |
Flight Engineer 2 | ![]() N/A First spaceflight |
![]() Expedition 46 Fourth and last spaceflight |
Backup crew
Position[7] | Crew Member | |
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Commander | RSA
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Flight Engineer 1 | ![]() | |
Flight Engineer 2 | ![]() |
Space tourist in the third seat
Originally the third member should have been the British singer
Japanese entrepreneur Satoshi Takamatsu trained as Sarah Brightman's backup, but he withdrew from the flight as the art projects he had planned to carry out would not be ready by the September launch date. He stated he would try for a later flight when his projects were ready to fly.[2]
Russian businessman Filaret Galchev was offered the seat, but he realized that he didn't have the time to prepare himself for the flight.[1]
Roscosmos chose the Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov as an alternative instead.[2]
Landing
The spacecraft successfully landed on 2 March 2016 04:26 UTC,
Later use
Today the spent Soyuz TMA-18M capsule is on display at the Danish Museum of Science & Technology Archived 2019-06-08 at the
See also
References
- ^ a b c TASS (22 June 2015). "Kazakhstani cosmonaut to fly to ISS in September in place of British singer Brightman". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ a b c Jeff Foust (22 June 2015). "Kazakh Cosmonaut To Take Brightman's Place On Soyuz Flight". Space News.
- ^ "Soyuz TMA-18M launches on two day trip to ISS". 1 September 2015.
- ^ Планируемые полёты (in Russian). astronaut.ru. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
- ^ Andreas Mogensen set for Soyuz mission to Space Station in 2015
- ^ ESA. "Andreas Mogensen's mission name links cosmos and Earth". Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ astronaut.ru (2013). "Орбитальные полёты".
- ^ Singer Sarah Brightman calls off flight to space station 13 May 2015
- ^ Gebhardt, Chris (2016-03-01). "Year In Space mission ends with Soyuz TMA-18M return". nasaspaceflight.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ^ "Historic space capsule 'touches down' in Denmark". 12 April 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
External links
Media related to Soyuz TMA-18M at Wikimedia Commons