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Soyuz TMA-17M was a 2015 flight to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 44 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-17M was the 126th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft; the first having occurred in 1967. The crew consisted of a Russian commander accompanied by Japanese and American astronauts. The capsule remained docked to the space station for about five months until the scheduled departure of Expedition 45 in December 2015. Soyuz TMA-17M landed safely on the steppes of Kazakhstan on 11 December, 2015, in a rare night landing.

Crew

Position[1]	Crew Member
Commander	Oleg Kononenko, RSA Expedition 44 Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1	Kimiya Yui, JAXA Expedition 44 First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2	Kjell N. Lindgren, NASA Expedition 44 First spaceflight

Backup crew

Position[2]	Crew Member
Commander	Yuri Malenchenko, RSA
Flight Engineer 1	Timothy Kopra, NASA
Flight Engineer 2	Timothy Peake, ESA

Mission Insigna

The mission patch for the mission is completely based on Apollo 17 insignia.

Gallery

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  Soyuz TMA-17M crew photo on the second day of qualification exams. Left to right: Lindgren, Kononenko, Yui.
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  The Soyuz booster is raised into position on the launch pad at Baikonur.
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  Launch of Soyuz TMA-17M.
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  Inside the capsule during launch.
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  Soyuz TMA-17M approaches the ISS. Note the absence of one solar panel, which successfully deployed later on.
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  Soyuz TMA-17M departs from the space station.
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  The Soyuz return capsule on the ground after a rare night landing.

See also

• 2015 in spaceflight

References