| Manned Flight No. | 300 |
| Manned flight of the Russia No. | 130 |
| Manned flight Soyuz No. | 122 |
| Launch: | Mar 27, 2015 19:42:57 |
| Landing: | Sep 12, 2015 00:51:36 |
| Duration: | 168 d 5 h 8 m 39 s (4037 h 8 m 39 s) |
| Orbits: | 2619 |
| Landing of Kornienko and Kelly: | Mar 02, 2016 04:25:27 |
| Duration flight of Kornienko and Kelly: | 340 d 8 h 42 m 30 s (8168 h 42 m 30 s) |
Astronaut No. 390
Astronaut USA No. 244
Kelly: 4th flight (last)
Cumulative time: 520 d 10 h 32 m 26 s
(12490 h 32 m 26 s)
Gennady Padalka (Commander)
Cosmonaut No. 381
Cosmonaut Russia No. 87
Padalka: 5th flight (last)
Cumulative time: 878 d 11 h 30 m 49 s
(21083 h 30 m 49 s)
Cosmonaut No. 511
Cosmonaut Russia No. 104
Kornienko: 2nd flight (last)
Cumulative time: 516 d 10 h 0 m 43 s
(12394 h 0 m 43 s)
122-th manned flight of the Soyuz. 42nd flight of the Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS. Gennady Padalka, Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko joined Anton Shkaplerov, Terry Virts and Samantha Christoforetti in the forty-third crew of the ISS. Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko began an One-Year Mission. They continued to fly in 44th, 45th and 46th crews of the ISS and returned to the earth in the Soyuz TMA-18M. Scott Kelly made the longest space flight among American astronauts: 340 days 8 hours 42 minutes. Prior to Kelly's flight, the longest flight among American astronauts were flying Michael Lopez-Alegria: 215 days 8 hours 23 minutes. During the flight Kelly also surpassed the record of the cumulative duration of space flights among American astronauts who belonged to Michael Fincke (381 days 15 hours 10 minutes). The total time of Kelly for 4 flights was: 520 days 10 hours 32 minutes. Until June 28, 2015, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev was the record holder for the total duration stay in space. He made six space flights, the total flying time was 19281 hours 39 minutes, or 803 days 9 hours 39 minutes. During the flight (June 28, 2015), Gennady Padalka surpassed Krikalev's record. After the landing on September 12 the total duration of five space flights of Gennady Padalka was 21083 hours 30 minutes (878 days 11 hours 30 minutes).
Crew before the launch.
Crew before the launch.
Crews of the Soyuz and ISS.
Crew of the Soyuz in ISS.
The longest flight:
Jan 08, 1994 437 d 17 h 58 m 31 s (10505 h 58 m 31 s)
Valery Polyakov
The largest number of flights: 7
Jerry Ross,
Franklin Chang-Diaz
The most cumulative time in space (6 flights):
803 d 9 h 38 m 11 s (19281 h 38 m 11 s) Sergey Krikalev
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Soyuz ТMA-17М
2001 Antropos.