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Blue Dot key dates and facts

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Mission

Expeditions 40/41 to the International Space Station

Launch site

Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Spacecraft

Soyuz TMA-13M

Space Station launch designation

39s

Soyuz spacecraft docked with Space Station

Launch date

28 May 2014 19:57 GMT (21:57 CEST; 29 May 01:57 local time)

Launcher

Soyuz-FG

Docking

01:44 GMT (03:44 CEST), six hours after launch

Hatch open

03:52 GMT (05:52 CEST), 90 minutes after docking

Landing

10 November 03:58 GMT (04:58 CET)

Mission duration

166 days

Crew

Maxim Suraev, Roscosmos

Gregory Reid Wiseman, Flight Engineer, NASA

Alexander Gerst, Flight Engineer, ESA

Story

Science & Exploration

Blue Dot key dates and facts

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