On November 24, 2014 at 02:48 UTC the "Soyuz TMA-15M” spacecraft docked with the Russian "Rassvet” (MIM-1) module of the International Space Station in automatic regime.

The Soyuz TMA-15M delivered three new members of Expedition 42 to the ISS, Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, Italian astronaut Samantha Christoforetti and American astronaut Terry Virts.

The hatches between "Soyuz TMA-15M” and the station were opened at 04:30 UTC.

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On November 23, 2014 at 21:01 UTC (on November 24 at 00:01 Moscow time) the Russian “Soyuz TMA-15M” spacecraft was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The space vehicle was orbited by the Russian “Soyuz-FG” rocket-carrier. The spacecraft is piloted by 3 cosmonauts: Commander, Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (center); flight-engineer, Italian astronaut Samantha Christoforetti (right); American astronaut Terry Virts (left).

Photo by Russian Cosmonaut training center.

The space vehicle is to dock with the International Space Station on November 24. Shkaplerov, Christoforetti and Virts will join current ISS expediti ... Read more »