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* [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/index.html NASA's Space Station Expeditions page]
* [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/index.html NASA's Space Station Expeditions page]



Revision as of 18:17, 15 December 2015

ISS Expedition 46
Mission typeISS Expedition
Expedition
Space stationInternational Space Station
Arrived aboardSoyuz TMA-16M
Soyuz TMA-18M
Soyuz TMA-19M
Departed aboardSoyuz TMA-18M
Soyuz TMA-19M
Crew
Crew size6 (planned)
MembersExpedition 45/46:
Sergey Volkov
Mikhail Korniyenko
Scott Kelly

Expedition 46/47:
Yuri Malenchenko
Timothy Peake
Timothy Kopra

Expedition 46 is the current and 46th expedition to the International Space Station.

Sergey Volkov, Mikhail Korniyenko and Scott Kelly transferred from Expedition 45, the latter two as part of their year-long stay aboard the ISS. Expedition 46 began with the departure of Soyuz TMA-17M on 15 December 2015 and is scheduled to conclude upon the departure of Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016. The crew of Soyuz TMA-19M are then to transfer to Expedition 47.[1][2] The expedition will have the first British ESA astronaut (Tim Peake) to visit the International Space Station (ISS).

Crew

Position First Part
(December 2015)
Second Part
(December 2015 to March 2016)
Commander Scott Kelly, NASA
Fourth Spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Mikhail Korniyenko, RSA
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 Sergey Alexandrovich Volkov, RSA
Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer 3 Yuri Malenchenko, RSA
Sixth spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4 Timothy Peake, ESA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 5 Timothy Kopra, NASA
Second spaceflight
Source
Spacefacts[1]

References

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