Soyuz TMA-16M
Soyuz TMA-16M
Launch Date
March 27, 2015
Craft
Soyuz
Status
Past
Crew
3
Soyuz TMA-16M
Soyuz TMA-16M
Launch Date
March 27, 2015
Craft
Soyuz
Status
Past
Crew
3
Overview
Soyuz TMA-16M ferried three members of the Expedition 43 crew to the International Space Station. This mission launch the "Year In Space" flight of Kelly and Kornienko on the Station. Padalka landed after a six-month mission on the ISS. The flight also landed ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen and Kazakh cosmonaut Aimbetov.
Crafts
Soyuz
Soyuz
Soyuz is a human-carrying capsule built and operated by Russia, capable of transporting up to three people to the Space Station at a time. It has been upgraded numerous times since its first use in the 1960s for the Soviet lunar program and was the only crewed vehicle for the Station from 2011 to 2020.