Expedition 45

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Expedition 45
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Promotional poster
Mission type Long-duration expedition
Expedition
Space station International Space Station
Began11 September 2015 (2015-09-11Z) UTC
Ended11 December 2015 (2015-12-12Z) UTC
Arrived aboard Soyuz TMA-16M
Soyuz TMA-17M
Soyuz TMA-18M
Departed aboard Soyuz TMA-17M
Soyuz TMA-18M
Crew
Crew size6 (Departed)
MembersExpedition 44/45/46:
Mikhail Korniyenko
Scott Kelly

Expedition 44/45:
Oleg Kononenko
Kimiya Yui
Kjell N. Lindgren

Expedition 45/46:
Sergey Volkov
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Expedition 45 mission patch
Expedition 45 crew portrait.jpg
(l-r) Scott Kelly, Sergei Wolkow, Mikhail Korniyenko, Kjell Lindgren, Oleg Kononenko and Kimiya Yui

Expedition 45 was the 45th expedition to the International Space Station. Scott Kelly and Mikhail Korniyenko transferred from Expedition 44 as part of their year-long stay aboard the ISS. Expedition 45 began with the departure of Soyuz TMA-16M at the ISS on September 11, 2015 and concluded with the departure of Soyuz TMA-17M on December 11, 2015. Kelly, Korniyenko, and Sergey Volkov then transferred to the crew of Expedition 46. [1] [2]

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Crew

PositionCrew
Commander Flag of the United States.svg Scott Kelly, NASA
Fourth and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Korniyenko, RSA
Second and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 Flag of Russia.svg Oleg Kononenko, RSA
Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer 3 Flag of Japan.svg Kimiya Yui, JAXA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4 Flag of the United States.svg Kjell N. Lindgren, NASA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 5 Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Volkov, RSA
Third and last spaceflight
Source
Spacefacts [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Upcoming ISS expeditions". Spacefacts . Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  2. "International Space Station Crew Assignments". Spaceflight101. Retrieved 12 March 2014.