Soyuz TMA-18 launched 2010

Soyuz TMA-18 crew (L-R): Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Aleksandr Skvortsov, Mikhail Korniyenko

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Soyuz TMA-18, launched April 2, 2010, carried three members of Expedition 23 to the International Space Station.  Its crew consisted of Commander Aleksandr Skvortsov, Mikhail Korniyenko, Tracy Caldwell Dyson.

They returned to Earth September 24 after several attempts to undock the Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft from the ISS.

Soyuz TMA-16M launched 2015

Soyuz TMA-16M (L-R): Scott Kelly, Gennady Padalka, Mikhail Korniyenko

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Soyuz TMA-16M, launched March 27, 2015, transported members of Expedition 43 to the International Space Station.  Its crew consisted of Commander Gennady Padalka, Mikhail Korniyenko (both of Roscosmos), and Scott Kelly (NASA).

Korniyenko and Kelly remained aboard the ISS for a year until March 2016, while Padalka retunred to Earth in September 2015, with Andreas Mogensen (ESA) and Aidyn Aimbetov (KazCosmos).

Soyuz TMA-18M launched 2015

Soyuz TMA-18M launch crew (L-R): Andreas Morgensen, Sergey Volkov, Aidyn Aimbetov

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Soyuz TMA-18M, launched September 2, 2015 to the International Space Station, carried the first Danish astronaut Andreas Morgensen (ESA) and the first Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov into space.  Its commander was cosmonaut Sergey Volkov (Roscosmos), who stayed aboard the ISS until March 2016 as part of Expedition 45.  Morgensen and Aimbetov returned about 10 days later on Soyuz TMA-16M.

He returned with Scott Kelly (NASA) and Mikhail Korniyenko (Roscosmos), members of Expedition 46.