Expedition 46

ISS Expedition 46

Mission type	ISS Expedition
Expedition
Space station	International Space Station
Arrived aboard	Soyuz TMA-16M Soyuz TMA-18M Soyuz TMA-19M
Departed aboard	Soyuz TMA-18M Soyuz TMA-19M
Crew
Crew size	6
Members	Expedition 45/46: Sergey Volkov Mikhail Korniyenko Scott Kelly Expedition 46/47: Yuri Malenchenko Timothy Peake Timothy Kopra
(l-r) Kelly, Volkov, Korniyenko, Kopra, Peake, Malenchenko ISS expeditions

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 11 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. The expedition has 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 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

Mission highlights

Following the arrival of the Soyuz TMA-19M crew, the next vehicle manoeuvre was the departure of the Progress M-28M, on 19 December. Progress MS-1 then launched to the ISS, atop a Soyuz 2.1a, on 21 December. The same day, Commander Scott Kelly and Timothy Kopra performed a contingency EVA and successfully repaired the Mobile Base System. On 23 December, the Progress MS-1 resupply vehicle docked at the ISS.

On 8 January 2016, pupils from Sandringham School in St Albans made the first amateur radio call to a British astronaut at the International Space Station, contacting Tim Peake as part of his Principia mission.

On 15 January 2016, Tim Peake and Timothy Kopra began an EVA at 12:55 GMT. NASA decided to finish the spacewalk around 17:00 GMT, as Timothy Kopra reported water in his helmet. The spacesuit, which Kopra was wearing, was the same one worn by Luca Parmitano on 16 July 2013, when his helmet flooded during EVA-23 of Expedition 36. A failed voltage regulator (1B SSU) was replaced during the EVA. This EVA marked the first official spacewalk by a Briton, Tim Peake, who was wearing the Union Jack on his EMU.

Planned with a launch date of no earlier than 7 February 2016, the SpaceX CRS-8 mission is expected to provide the ISS with the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module. A further EVA is also scheduled to take place during Expedition 46.

External links

• NASA's Space Station Expeditions page