Soyuz TMA-15

Parus

Russia

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	27.05.2009
Launch time:	10:34 UTC
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	350 km
Inclination:	51,6°
Docking ISS:	29.05.2009, 12:34:16 UTC
Undocking ISS:	01.12.2009, 03:56 UTC
Landing date:	01.12.2009
Landing time:	07:16 UTC
Landing site:	51° 06' 18.18" N, 67° 17' 17.7" E

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Romanenko	Roman Yuriyevich	Commander	1	187d 20h 42m	2961
2	De Winne	Frank	Flight Engineer	2	187d 20h 42m	2961
3	Thirsk	Robert Brent	Flight Engineer	2	187d 20h 42m	2961

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Romanenko
2	De Winne
3	Thirsk

Landing
1	Romanenko
2	De Winne
3	Thirsk

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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position
1	Kondratiyev	Dmitri Yuriyevich	Commander
2	Kuipers	André	Flight Engineer
3	Hadfield	Chris Austin	Flight Engineer

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Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Landing 99 km NNE of Arkalyk. ISS expedition 20 / 21.

Following a two day solo flight Soyuz TMA-15 docked to ISS on May 29, 2009. Roman Romanenko, Frank De Winne and Robert Thirsk became the ISS expedition 20 (together with ISS expedition 19 crew members Gennadi Padalka, Michael Barratt and Koichi Wakata). The ISS resident crew raised up to six persons.