Expedition 44
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Mission type | ISS Expedition |
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Expedition | |
Space station | International Space Station |
Began | 11 June 2015 | UTC
Ended | 11 September 2015 | UTC
Arrived aboard | Soyuz TMA-16M Soyuz TMA-17M |
Departed aboard | Soyuz TMA-16M Soyuz TMA-17M Soyuz TMA-18M |
Crew | |
Crew size | 6 |
Members | Expedition 43/44: Gennady I. Padalka Mikhail Korniyenko Scott J. Kelly Expedition 44/45: Oleg Kononenko Kimiya Yui Kjell N. Lindgren |
![]() Expedition 44 mission patch ![]() (l-r) Kjell Lindgren, Oleg Kononenko, Kimiya Yui, Scott Kelly, Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Korniyenko |
Expedition 44 was the 44th expedition to the International Space Station. It commenced with the departure of Soyuz TMA-15M from the ISS with the Expedition 42/43 crew on 11 June 2015, and ended with the departure of Soyuz TMA-16M on 11 September 2015.
Yury Lonchakov was originally supposed to be the commander of Expedition 44 following being Flight Engineer 3 on Expedition 43. However, he resigned from the Russian Federal Space Agency on September 6, 2013.[1]
Crew
[edit]Position | First Part (June to July 2015) | Second Part (July 2015 to September 2015) |
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Commander | ![]() Fifth and last spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 1 | ![]() Second and last spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 2 | ![]() Fourth and last spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 3 | ![]() Third spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 4 | ![]() First spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 5 | ![]() First spaceflight |
- Source
- Spacefacts[2]
Achievements
[edit]In July 2015, Kelly and Lindgren became the first Americans ever to eat food grown entirely in space[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Russian cosmonaut set for space station mission resigns". UPI. Space Daily. 5 September 2013.
- ^ "Upcoming ISS expeditions". Spacefacts. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ^ "Astronauts Snack on Space-Grown Lettuce for First Time". Space.com. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
External links
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