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The mission was commanded by veteran NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, with Kornienko, Volkov, Malenchenko, Kopra and Peake serving as flight engineers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe cover is associated with two important Soyuz spacecraft. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoyuz TMA-18M\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e launched from Baikonur on 2 September 2015 with Sergey Volkov, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen and Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov. Although Mogensen and Aimbetov completed short-duration missions, Volkov remained aboard the ISS and later returned to Earth in TMA-18M with Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKelly and Kornienko had launched together aboard Soyuz TMA-16M in March 2015 and spent \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e340 consecutive days in space\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as participants in the landmark NASA–Roscosmos One-Year Mission. Their extended stay allowed researchers to study how long-duration spaceflight affects the human body, providing valuable knowledge for future missions to the Moon and Mars. They returned aboard Soyuz TMA-18M with Sergey Volkov on 1 March 2016.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoyuz TMA-19M\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e carried Yuri Malenchenko, Tim Kopra and Tim Peake to the station on 15 December 2015. Following an issue with the automated rendezvous system, Malenchenko manually docked the spacecraft with the ISS, completing the six-member Expedition 46 crew.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe mission also marked the beginning of Tim Peake’s six-month \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrincipia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e mission. 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