Soyuz TMA-12M is a planned 2014 flight to the International Space Station

International Space Station

The International Space Station is a habitable, artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS follows the Salyut, Almaz, Cosmos, Skylab, and Mir space stations, as the 11th space station launched, not including the Genesis I and II prototypes...

. It will transport three members of the Expedition 39

Expedition 39

Expedition 39 is scheduled to be the thirty-ninth expedition to the International Space Station. It will also mark the first time the ISS is under command of a Japanese astronaut - space veteran Koichi Wakata...

 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-12M will be the 121st flight of a Soyuz spacecraft

Soyuz spacecraft

Soyuz , Union) is a series of spacecraft initially designed for the Soviet space programme by the Korolyov Design Bureau in the 1960s, and still in service today...

, the first flight launching in 1967. The Soyuz will most likely remain on board the space station for the Expedition 40 increment to serve as an emergency escape vehicle.

Crew