Expedition 44
| Mission type | ISS Expedition | ||||
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| Expedition | |||||
| Space Station | International Space Station | ||||
| Began | 11 June 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 Padalka Mikhail Korniyenko Scott Kelly Expedition 44/45: Oleg Kononenko Kimiya Yui Kjell N. Lindgren | ||||
  (l-r) Kjell Lindgren, Oleg Kononenko, Kimiya Yui, Scott Kelly, Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Korniyenko
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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
| Position | First Part (June to July 2015) |
Second Part (July 2015 to September 2015) |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Gennady Padalka, RSA Fifth spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 | Mikhail Korniyenko, RSA Second spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 | Scott Kelly, NASA Fourth spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 3 | Oleg Kononenko, RSA Third spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 4 | Kimiya Yui, JAXA First spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 5 | Kjell N. Lindgren, NASA First spaceflight | |
- Source
- Spacefacts[2]
Achievements
In July 2015, Kelly and Lindgren became the first Americans ever to eat food grown entirely in space[3]
References
- ↑ "Russian cosmonaut due to command a flight to International Space Station quits to work for a gas company 'because his wife wants him to earn more money". DailyMail. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
- ↑ "Upcoming ISS expeditions". Spacefacts. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ↑ "Astronauts Snack on Space-Grown Lettuce for First Time". Space.com. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
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