Launch Date and Time of
Soyuz Spacecraft (43S/TMA-17M) with Astronaut Kimiya Yui aboard for
ISS Expedition 44/45 Long Stay Mission
April 24, 2015 (JST)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft (43S/TMA-17M), which Astronaut Kimiya Yui will be onboard, is officially confirmed as follows as a result of the Stage Operation Readiness Review (SORR) held on April 23, 2015 in Houston.
Astronaut Yui will stay at the International Space Station for about six months as a crewmember of the Expedition 44/45, and will return to Earth in November on the Soyuz spacecraft (43S/TMA-17M.)
- 1. Launch time and date:
- At 04:46 a.m. on May 27 (Wed.), 2015 (Japan Standard Time)
At 01:46 a.m. on May 27 (Wed.), 2015 (Baikonur Time)
At 10:46 p.m. on May 26 (Tue.), 2015 (Moscow Time) - 2. Launch Site:
- Baikonur Cosmodrome (Republic of Kazakhstan.)
- 3. Expedition 44/45 Crewmembers:
- Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko (FSA)
Flight Engineer Kimiya Yui (JAXA)
Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgrean (NASA)