Expedition 49

Expedition 49

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Mission type	Long-duration expedition
Expedition
Space station	International Space Station
Began	6 September 2016 (2016-09-06Z) UTC
Ended	30 October 2016 (2016-10-31Z) UTC[1]
Arrived aboard	Soyuz MS-01 Soyuz MS-02
Departed aboard	Soyuz MS-01 Soyuz MS-02
Crew
Crew size	6
Members	Expedition 48/49: Kathleen Rubins Anatoli Ivanishin Takuya Onishi Expedition 49/50: Shane Kimbrough Andrei Borisenko Sergey Ryzhikov
Expedition 49 mission patch (l-r) Ryzhikov, Kimbrough, Borisenko, Rubins, Ivanishin, Onishi ISS expeditions

Expedition 49 was the 49th expedition to the International Space Station.

Anatoli Ivanishin, Kathleen Rubins and Takuya Onishi transferred from Expedition 48. Expedition 49 began upon the departure of Soyuz TMA-20M on September 6, 2016 and concluded upon the departure of Soyuz MS-01 in October 2016. The crew of Soyuz MS-02 then transferred to Expedition 50.[2][3][4]

Crew

Position	First Part (September to October 2016)	Second Part (October 2016)
Commander	Anatoli Ivanishin, RSA Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1	Kathleen Rubins, NASA First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2	Takuya Onishi, JAXA First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 3		Shane Kimbrough, NASA Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4		Andrei Borisenko, RSA Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 5		Sergey Ryzhikov, RSA First spaceflight

Notes

One US Segment based EVA was planned for Expedition 49, this was later postponed.

A soccer ball belonging to Ellison Onizuka who was killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster was brought to the ISS by Shane Kimbrough.[5]

References

1. "'Golden' expedition: 50th commander takes charge of space station". collectspace.com. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
2. "Upcoming ISS expeditions". Spacefacts. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
3. "International Space Station Crew Assignments". Spaceflight101. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
4. "NASA, International Space Station Partners Announce Future Crew Members". RedOrbit. 11 February 2014. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
5. "The inside story of the soccer ball that survived the Challenger explosion". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2021-02-02.

External links

• NASA's Space Station Expeditions page