Soyuz TMA-17M was a 2015 flight to the

International Space Station The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest Modular design, modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos ( ...

. It transported three members of the

Expedition 44 Expedition 44 was the 44th expedition to the International Space Station. It commenced with the departure of Soyuz TMA-15M from the ISS with the Expedition 42/ 43 crew on 11 June 2015, and ended with the departure of Soyuz TMA-16M on 11 September ...

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. 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.

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The mission patch for the mission is completely based on

Apollo 17 Apollo 17 (December 7–19, 1972) was the final mission of NASA's Apollo program, the most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon or traveled beyond low Earth orbit. Commander Gene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt walke ...

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File:Expedition 44 Qualification Exams.jpg, Soyuz TMA-17M crew photo on the second day of qualification exams. Left to right: Lindgren, Kononenko, Yui. File:Expedition 44 Rollout (201507200019HQ).jpg, The Soyuz booster is raised into position on the launch pad at Baikonur. File:Expedition 44 Launch (201507230015HQ).jpg, Launch of Soyuz TMA-17M. File:Soyuz TMA-17M inside the capsule during ascent.jpg, Inside the capsule during launch. File:Soyuz TMA-17M approaches the ISS.jpg, Soyuz TMA-17M approaches the ISS. Note the absence of one solar panel, which successfully deployed later on. File:ISS-46 Soyuz TMA-17M undocking.jpg, Soyuz TMA-17M departs from the space station. File:Expedition 45 Soyuz TMA-17M Landing (NHQ201512110018).jpg, The Soyuz return capsule on the ground after a rare night landing.

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Crew

Backup crew

Mission Insigna

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