The International Space Station (ISS) receives visitors from many countries. The Russian Soyuz program has served as a transportation system for astronauts and cosmonauts to the station since 2002. The Soyuz program uses their own mission patches for each of their missions to the station. The first Soyuz flight to the space station was TM-31, launched on October 31, 2000. It brought the first long-duration crew to the station. Known as Expedition 1, this crew consisted of two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut. On October, 2002, mission TMA-1 saw a new class of Soyuz spacecraft known as a TMA class. The Soyuz is a three seat spacecraft used to shuttle astronauts to the International Space Station. A Soyuz spacecraft also stays connected to the station at all times in case of an emergency evacuation. This vehicle attached to the station must be changed out every six months because of fuel limitations. Missions to replace this emergency vehicle has come to be known as "taxi flights".
![Suoyz TM-31 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TM-31.png)
![Suoyz TM-32 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TM-32.png)
![Suoyz TM-33 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TM-33.png)
Soyuz TM-31
Launch: October 31, 2000Soyuz TM-32
Launch: April 28, 2001Soyuz TM-33
Launch: October 21, 2001![Suoyz TM-34 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TM-34.png)
![Suoyz TMA-1 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-1.png)
![Suoyz TMA-2 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-2.png)
Soyuz TM-34
Launch: April 25, 2002Soyuz TMA-1
Launch: October 30, 2002Soyuz TMA-2
Launch: April 26, 2003![Suoyz TMA-3 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-3.png)
![Suoyz TMA-4 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-4.png)
![Suoyz TMA-5 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-5.png)
Soyuz TMA-3
Launch: October 18, 2003Soyuz TMA-4
Launch: April 19, 2004Soyuz TMA-5
Launch: October 14, 2004![Suoyz TMA-6 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-6.png)
![Suoyz TMA-7 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-7.png)
![Suoyz TMA-8 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-8.png)
Soyuz TMA-6
Launch: April 15, 2005Soyuz TMA-7
Launch: October 1, 2005Soyuz TMA-8
Launch: March 30, 2006![Suoyz TMA-9 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-9.png)
![Suoyz TMA-10 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-10.png)
![Suoyz TMA-11 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-11.png)
Soyuz TMA-9
Launch: September 18, 2006Soyuz TMA-10
Launch: April 7, 2007Soyuz TMA-11
Launch: October 10, 2007![Suoyz TMA-12 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-12.png)
![Suoyz TMA-13 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-13.png)
![Suoyz TMA-14 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-14.png)
Soyuz TMA-12
Launch: April 8, 2008Soyuz TMA-13
Launch: October 12, 2008Soyuz TMA-14
Launch: March 26, 2009![Suoyz TMA-15 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-15.png)
![Suoyz TMA-16 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-16.png)
![Suoyz TMA-17 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-17.png)
Soyuz TMA-15
Launch: May 27, 2009Soyuz TMA-16
Launch: September 30, 2009Soyuz TMA-17
Launch: December 20, 2009![Suoyz TMA-18 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-18.png)
![Suoyz TMA-19 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-19.png)
![Suoyz TMA-20 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-20.png)
Soyuz TMA-18
Launch: April 2, 2010Soyuz TMA-19
Launch: June 15, 2010Soyuz TMA-20
Launch: December 15, 2010![Suoyz TMA-21 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-21.png)
![Suoyz TMA-02M Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-02M.png)
![Suoyz TMA-22 Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-22.png)
Soyuz TMA-21
Launch: April 4, 2011Soyuz TMA-02M
Launch: June 7, 2011Soyuz TMA-22
Launch: November 14, 2011![Suoyz TMA-03M Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-03M.png)
![Suoyz TMA-04M Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-04M.png)
![Suoyz TMA-05M Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-05M.png)
Soyuz TMA-03M
Launch: December 21, 2011Soyuz TMA-04M
Launch: May 15, 2012Soyuz TMA-05M
Launch: July 15, 2012![Suoyz TMA-06M Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-06M.png)
![Suoyz TMA-07M Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-07M.png)
![Suoyz TMA-08M Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-08M.png)
Soyuz TMA-06M
Launch: October 23, 2012Soyuz TMA-07M
Launch: December 19, 2012Soyuz TMA-08M
Launch: March 28, 2013![Suoyz TMA-09M Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-09M.png)
![Suoyz TMA-10M Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-10M.png)
![Suoyz TMA-11M Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-11M.png)
Soyuz TMA-09M
Launch: May 28, 2013Soyuz TMA-10M
Launch: September 25, 2013Soyuz TMA-11M
Launch: November 7, 2013![Suoyz TMA-12M Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-12M.png)
![Suoyz TMA-13M Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-13M.png)
![Suoyz TMA-14M Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-14M.png)
Soyuz TMA-12M
Launch: March 25, 2014Soyuz TMA-13M
Launch: May 28, 2014Soyuz TMA-14M
Launch: September 25, 2014![Suoyz TMA-15M Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-15M.png)
![Suoyz TMA-16M Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-16M.png)
![Suoyz TMA-17M Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-17M.png)
Soyuz TMA-15M
Launch: November 23, 2014Soyuz TMA-16M
Launch: March 27, 2015Soyuz TMA-17M
Launch: July 22, 2015![Suoyz TMA-18M Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-18M.png)
![Suoyz TMA-19M Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-19M.png)
![Suoyz TMA-20M Mission Patch](assets/patches/TMA-20M.png)
Soyuz TMA-18M
Launch: September 2, 2015Soyuz TMA-19M
Launch: December 15, 2015Soyuz TMA-20M
Launch: March 19, 2016![Suoyz MS-01 Mission Patch](assets/patches/MS-01.png)
![Suoyz MS-02 Mission Patch](assets/patches/MS-02.png)
![Suoyz MS-03 Mission Patch](assets/patches/MS-03.png)
Soyuz MS-01
Launch: July 7, 2016Soyuz MS-02
Launch: October 19, 2016Soyuz MS-03
Launch: November 17, 2016![Suoyz MS-04 Mission Patch](assets/patches/MS-04.png)
![Suoyz MS-05 Mission Patch](assets/patches/MS-05.png)
![Suoyz MS-06 Mission Patch](assets/patches/MS-06.png)
Soyuz MS-04
Launch: April 20, 2017Soyuz MS-05
Launch: July 28, 2017Soyuz MS-06
Launch: September 12, 2016![Suoyz MS-07 Mission Patch](assets/patches/MS-07.png)
![Suoyz MS-08 Mission Patch](assets/patches/MS-08.png)
![Suoyz MS-09 Mission Patch](assets/patches/MS-09.png)
Soyuz MS-07
Launch: December 17, 2017Soyuz MS-08
Launch: March 21, 2018Soyuz MS-09
Launch: June 6, 2018![Suoyz MS-10 Mission Patch](assets/patches/MS-10.png)
![Suoyz MS-11 Mission Patch](assets/patches/MS-11.png)
![Suoyz MS-12 Mission Patch](assets/patches/MS-12.png)
Soyuz MS-10
Launch: October 11, 2018Soyuz MS-11
Launch: December 3, 2018Soyuz MS-12
Launch: March 14, 2019![Suoyz MS-13 Mission Patch](assets/patches/MS-13.png)
![Suoyz MS-14 Mission Patch](assets/patches/MS-14.png)
![Suoyz MS-15 Mission Patch](assets/patches/MS-15.png)
Soyuz MS-13
Launch: July 20, 2018Soyuz MS-14
Launch: August 22, 2018Soyuz MS-15
Launch: September 25, 2019![Suoyz MS-16 Mission Patch](assets/patches/MS-16.png)
![Suoyz MS-17 Mission Patch](assets/patches/MS-17.png)
![Suoyz MS-18 Mission Patch](assets/patches/MS-18.png)
Soyuz MS-16
Launch: April 9, 2020Soyuz MS-17
Launch: October 14, 2020Soyuz MS-18
Launch: April 9, 2021![](assets/patches/spacer.png)
![Suoyz MS-19 Mission Patch](assets/patches/MS-19.png)
![Shenzhou 13 Mission Patch](assets/patches/MS-20.png)
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