page_title: Soyuz TMA-15
hierarchical_section_title: Soyuz TMA-15
caption_attribution_description: Soyuz TMA-15 Mission Patch The patch is based on a teenager's drawing. An angel, painted by 15-year old Yuri Menkevich of the Kemerovo region in West Siberia, Russia, was chosen by Russian spacecraft commander Roman Romanenko as the central element for his Soyuz TMA-15 patch and officially revealed by Roscosmos on April 3, 2009. Yuri lives in an orphanage, called Ostrovok (Little Island). He has earned the right for his name to remain in the world space history. Any crew patch becomes a symbol for an international team and finds its place in different collections and space museums. Yuri sent his drawing to Roscosmos contest and it attracted attention of Roman Romanenko. Roman decided that Yuri's paint is the best symbol for his multi-national crew.
context_page_description: Soyuz TMA-15 was a crewed 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 crewed 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.
context_section_description: Soyuz TMA-15 was a crewed 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 crewed 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.
caption: Soyuz programme
  (Crewed missions)
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