Expedition 47

ISS Expedition 47
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Mission typeISS Expedition
Expedition
Space stationInternational Space Station
Began2 March 2016 (2016-03-02Z) UTC
Ended18 June 2016 (2016-06-19Z) UTC
Arrived aboardSoyuz TMA-19M
Soyuz TMA-20M
Departed aboardSoyuz TMA-19M
Soyuz TMA-20M
Crew
Crew size6
MembersExpedition 46/47:
Yuri Malenchenko
Timothy N. Peake
Timothy L. Kopra

Expedition 47/48:
Aleksey Ovchinin
Oleg Skripochka
Jeffrey Williams

Expedition 47 mission patch

(l-r) Skripochka, Williams, Ovchinin, Peake, Kopra, Malenchenko 

Expedition 47 was the 47th expedition to the International Space Station.

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.

Crew

Position First Part
(March 2016)
Second Part
(March 2016 to June 2016)
Commander United States Timothy L. Kopra, NASA
Second and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 United Kingdom Timothy Peake, ESA
Only spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 Russia Yuri Malenchenko, RSA
Sixth and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 3 Russia Aleksey Ovchinin, RSA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4 Russia Oleg Skripochka, RSA
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 5 United States Jeffrey Williams, NASA
Fourth and last spaceflight
Source
Spacefacts

Mission highlights

Launched on 8 April 2016, the SpaceX CRS-8 mission carried the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module to the ISS for two years of in-orbit habitat qualification.


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