Expedition 55
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Mission type | ISS Expedition |
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Mission duration | 95d 10h 8m |
Expedition | |
Space station | International Space Station |
Began | 27 February 2018 UTC[1] |
Ended | 3 June 2018 UTC |
Arrived aboard | Soyuz MS-07 Soyuz MS-08 |
Departed aboard | Soyuz MS-07 Soyuz MS-08 |
Crew | |
Crew size | 6 |
Members | Expedition 54/55: Anton Shkaplerov Scott D. Tingle Norishige Kanai Expedition 55/56: Andrew Feustel Oleg Artemyev Richard R. Arnold[2] |
EVAs | 2 |
![]() Expedition 55 mission patch ![]() (l-r) Tingle, Arnold, Shkaplerov, Feustel, Artemyev and Kanai |
Expedition 55 was the 55th expedition to the International Space Station, which began upon the departure of Soyuz MS-06 on February 27, 2018. Anton Shkaplerov, Scott D. Tingle and Norishige Kanai were transferred from Expedition 54, with Anton Shkaplerov taking the commander role. Expedition 55 ended upon the departure of Soyuz MS-07 in June 2018.
Crew
[edit]Position | First part (February 27, 2018 – March 23, 2018) | Second part (March 23, 2018 – June 3, 2018) |
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Commander | ![]() Third spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 1 | ![]() First spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 2 | ![]() First spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 3 | ![]() Third Spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 4 | ![]() Second Spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 5 | ![]() Second Spaceflight |
Spacewalks
[edit]EVA # | Spacewalkers | Start (UTC) | End (UTC) | Duration | |
Expedition 55 EVA 1 | ![]() | March 29, 2018 13:33 | March 29, 2018 19:43 | 6 hours 10 minutes | |
Installed two WiFi antennas on the Node 3 module in preparation for the arrival of ECOSTRESS on SpaceX CRS-15, removed ammonia jumpers and inspected two working jumpers on the stations truss, replaced camera and lights used to film NASA TV | |||||
Expedition 55 EVA 2 | ![]() | May 16, 2018 11:39 | May 16, 2018 18:10 | 6 hours 31 minutes | |
Transferred a Pump Flow Control Subassembly over to Dextre stowed failed PFCS on ESP-1, Replaced camera and lights used to film NASA TV, Replaced Space to Ground Transceiver Controller, Performed get aheads to Install handrails on Radiator Grapple Bars on S1, Removed thermal blankets and MLI from two Direct Current Switching Units on ESP-2, Prepped the Flex Hose Rotary Coupler on S1 for replacement. Spacewalk suffered a 7-minute delay because of a water leak which formed ice crystals inside the airlock. |
Uncrewed spaceflights to the ISS
[edit]Resupply missions that visited the International Space Station during Expedition 55:
Spacecraft - ISS flight number | Country | Mission | Launcher | Launch (UTC) | Docked/Berthed (UTC) † | Undocked/Unberthed (UTC) | Duration (Docked) | Deorbit |
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SpaceX CRS-14 - CRS SpX-14 | ![]() | Logistics | Falcon 9 | 2 Apr 2018, 20:30:38 | 4 Apr 2018, 13:00 | 5 May 2018 13:23 | 31d 23m | 5 May 2018 |
Cygnus CRS OA-9E - CRS OA-9E | ![]() | Logistics | Antares 230 | 21 May 2018, 08:44:06 | 24 May 2018, 12:13 | 15 July 2018, 10:20 | 51d 22h 7m | 30 July 2018 |
References
[edit]- ^ Garcia, Mark. "Expedition 54 Trio Undocks from Station, Begins Ride Home". NASA. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "NASA Announces Upcoming International Space Station Crew Assignments". NASA. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ Garcia, Mark (2015-05-26). "Future Expeditions". NASA. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
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