SOYUZ-TMA 17M

SOYUZ-TMA 17M is no longer on orbit
SOYUZ-TMA 17M is classified as:

NORAD ID: 40744

Int'l Code: 2015-035A

Launch date: July 22, 2015
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)
Decay date: 2015-12-11

SOYUZ TMA-17M is a 2015 flight to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 44 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-17M is the 126th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft; the first having occurred in 1967. The crew consists of a Russian commander accompanied by Japanese and American astronauts. The capsule is to remain docked to the space station for about five months until the scheduled departure of Expedition 45 in December 2015.