Expedition 47
Expedition 47 was the 47th expedition to the International Space Station.
Mission type | ISS Expedition |
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Expedition | |
Space Station | International Space Station |
Began | 2 March 2016 UTC |
Ended | 18 June 2016 UTC |
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 N. Peake Timothy L. Kopra Expedition 47/48: Aleksey Ovchinin Oleg Skripochka Jeffrey Williams |
(l-r) Skripochka, Williams, Ovchinin, Peake, Kopra, Malenchenko |
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 concluded upon the landing of Soyuz TMA-19M on 18 June 2016. The crew of Soyuz TMA-20M were then transferred to Expedition 48.[1][2][3]
Crew
Position | First Part (March 2016) |
Second Part (March 2016 to June 2016) |
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Commander | Second and last spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 1 | First spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 2 | Sixth and last spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 3 | First spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 4 | Second spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 5 | Fourth and last 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]
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gollark: I'm going to find 8, and replace 7 with it.
gollark: Yes, I'm aware.
gollark: ```python>>> cast(id(7), POINTER(c_int64))<__main__.LP_c_long object at 0x7f54aa79f8c0>```MUAHAHAHAHAHA.
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References
- "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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