Expedition 55

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Expedition 55
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Mission type Long-duration expedition
Mission duration95d 10h 8m
Expedition
Space station International Space Station
Began27 February 2018 UTC [1]
Ended3 June 2018 UTC
Arrived aboard Soyuz MS-07
Soyuz MS-08
Departed aboard Soyuz MS-07
Soyuz MS-08
Crew
Crew size6
MembersExpedition 54/55:
Anton Shkaplerov
Scott D. Tingle
Norishige Kanai
Expedition 55/56:
Andrew Feustel
Oleg Artemyev
Richard R. Arnold [2]
EVAs 2
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Expedition 55 mission patch
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(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.

Contents

Crew

PositionFirst part

(February 27, 2018 – March 23, 2018)

Second part

(March 23, 2018 – June 3, 2018)

Commander Flag of Russia.svg Anton Shkaplerov, RSA
Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Flag of the United States.svg Scott D. Tingle, NASA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 Flag of Japan.svg Norishige Kanai, JAXA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 3 Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Feustel, NASA
Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4 Flag of Russia.svg Oleg Artemyev, RSA
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 5 Flag of the United States.svg Richard R. Arnold, NASA
Second spaceflight

[3]

Spacewalks

EVA #SpacewalkersStart (UTC)End (UTC)Duration
Expedition 55
EVA 1
Flag of the United States.svg Andrew J. Feustel

Flag of the United States.svg Richard R. Arnold

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
Flag of the United States.svg Andrew J. Feustel

Flag of the United States.svg Richard R. Arnold

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

Resupply missions that visited the International Space Station during Expedition 55:

Spacecraft
- ISS flight number
CountryMissionLauncherLaunch
(UTC)
Docked/Berthed
(UTC)
Undocked/Unberthed
(UTC)
Duration (Docked)Deorbit
SpaceX CRS-14
- CRS SpX-14
Flag of the United States.svg USA LogisticsFalcon 92 Apr 2018, 20:30:384 Apr 2018, 13:005 May 2018 13:2331d 23m5 May 2018
Cygnus CRS OA-9E
- CRS OA-9E
Flag of the United States.svg United States LogisticsAntares 23021 May 2018, 08:44:0624 May 2018, 12:1315 July 2018, 10:2051d 22h 7m30 July 2018

References

  1. Garcia, Mark. "Expedition 54 Trio Undocks from Station, Begins Ride Home". NASA. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  2. "NASA Announces Upcoming International Space Station Crew Assignments". NASA. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  3. Garcia, Mark (2015-05-26). "Future Expeditions". NASA. Retrieved 2017-10-31.