Expedition 47
| Mission type | ISS Expedition | ||||
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| Expedition | |||||
| Space Station | International Space Station | ||||
| Arrived aboard |
Soyuz TMA-19M Soyuz TMA-20M | ||||
| Departed aboard |
Soyuz TMA-19M Soyuz TMA-20M | ||||
| Crew | |||||
| Crew size | 6 | ||||
| Members |
Expedition 46/47: Yuri Malenchenko Timothy Peake Timothy Kopra Expedition 47/48: Aleksey Ovchinin Oleg Skripochka Jeffrey Williams | ||||
  (l-r) Skripochka, Williams, Ovchinin, Peake, Kopra, Malenchenko
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Expedition 47 is the current and 47th expedition to the International Space Station.
Yuri Malenchenko, Timothy Peake and Timothy Kopra transferred from Expedition 46. Expedition 47 began upon the departure of Soyuz TMA-18M on 2 March 2016 and concludes upon the departure of Soyuz TMA-19M in June 2016. The crew of Soyuz TMA-20M are then to transfer to Expedition 48.[1][2][3]
Crew
| Position | First Part (March 2016) |
Second Part (March 2016 to June 2016) |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Timothy Kopra, NASASecond Spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 |  Tim Peake, ESAFirst spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 |  Yuri Malenchenko, RSASixth spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 3 | Aleksey Ovchinin, RSA First spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 4 | Oleg Skripochka, RSA Second spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 5 | Jeffrey Williams, NASA Fourth spaceflight | |
- Source
- Spacefacts[1]
Mission highlights
Launched on 8 April 2016,[4] the SpaceX CRS-8 mission carried the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module to the ISS for two years of in-orbit habitat qualification.[5]
References
- 1 2 "Upcoming ISS expeditions". Spacefacts. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ↑ "International Space Station Crew Assignments". Spaceflight101. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ↑ "NASA, International Space Station Partners Announce Future Crew Members". RedOrbit. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ↑ Graham, William (8 April 2016). "SpaceX return Dragon to space as Falcon 9 nails ASDS landing". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ Gebhardt, Chris (9 April 2016). "ISS welcomes CRS-8 Dragon after flawless launch". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
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