Published on December 7, 2017
The Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft and its booster were moved to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a railcar Nov. 21 for final preparations before launch to the International Space Station on Nov. 24, Kazakh time. The Soyuz TMA-15M will carry Expedition 42/43 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, NASA Flight Engineer Terry Virts and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency to the space station for a 5 ½-month mission.
