Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
Soyuz TMA-15 was a manned spaceflight to the International Space Station. Part of the Soyuz programme it transported three members of the Expedition 20 crew to the space station. TMA-15 was the 102nd manned flight of a Soyuz spacecraft since Soyuz 1 in 1967. The Soyuz spacecraft remain docked to the space station during Expedition 20 and Expedition 21 as an emergency escape vehicle. The mission marked the start of six-person crew operations on the ISS.