Expedition 44 was the 44th expedition to the
International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA ...
. It commenced with the departure of
Soyuz TMA-15M
Soyuz TMA-15M was a 2014 flight to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 42 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-15M was the 124th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, the first flight launching in 1967. ...
from the ISS with the
Expedition 42
Expedition 42 was the 42nd expedition to the International Space Station. It began on 10 November 2014 with the undocking of Soyuz TMA-13M, returning the crew of Expedition 41 to Earth and ended with the undocking of Soyuz TMA-14M on 11 March 201 ...
/
43 crew on 11 June 2015, and ended with the departure of
Soyuz TMA-16M
Soyuz TMA-16M was a 2015 flight to the International Space Station.[Yury Lonchakov
Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov (russian: link=no, Юрий Валентинович Лончаков; born 4 March 1965) is a Russian former cosmonaut and a veteran of three space missions. He has spent 200 days in space and has conducted two space ...](_blank)
was originally supposed to be the commander of Expedition 44 following being Flight Engineer 3 on
Expedition 43
Expedition 43 was the 43rd expedition to the International Space Station. It commenced on 11 March 2015 with the undocking of Soyuz TMA-14M, returning the crew of Expedition 42 to Earth and ended with the departure of Soyuz TMA-15M on 11 June 20 ...
. However, he resigned from the
Russian Federal Space Agency
The State Space Corporation "Roscosmos" (russian: Государственная корпорация по космической деятельности «Роскосмос»), commonly known simply as Roscosmos (russian: Роскосмос) ...
on September 6, 2013.
Crew
;Source: Spacefacts
Achievements
In July 2015, Kelly and Lindgren became the first Americans ever to eat
food grown entirely in space
See also
*
ISS year long mission
The ISS year-long mission was an 11-month-long scientific research project aboard the International Space Station, which studied the health effects of long-term spaceflight. Astronaut Scott Kelly (ideally suited for the experiment as the identic ...
References
External links
NASA's Space Station Expeditions pageNASA, Space Station Partners Announce Future Crew Members
Expeditions to the International Space Station
2015 in spaceflight
{{space-stub