Expedition 48

ISS Expedition 48
Mission type ISS Expedition
Expedition
Space Station International Space Station
Began 07 July 2016 01:36 UTC[1]
Ended 7 September 2016 (2016-09-08Z) UTC
Arrived aboard Soyuz TMA-20M
Soyuz MS-01
Departed aboard Soyuz TMA-20M
Soyuz MS-01
Crew
Crew size 6
Members Expedition 47/48:
Aleksey Ovchinin
Oleg Skripochka
Jeffrey Williams
Expedition 48/49:
Kathleen Rubins
Anatoli Ivanishin
Takuya Onishi

ISS expeditions
← Expedition 47 Expedition 49 →
Sunrise panorama taken by Jeff Williams during Expedition 48.

Expedition 48 is the 48th expedition to the International Space Station.

Jeffrey Williams, Aleksey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka transferred from Expedition 47. Expedition 48 began upon the departure of Soyuz TMA-19M in 7 July 2016 01:36 UTC[1] and concluded upon the departure of Soyuz TMA-20M on September 6, 2016. The crew of Soyuz MS-01 are transferred to Expedition 49.[2][3][4]

Crew

Position First Part
(June 2016)		 Second Part
(July 2016 to September 2016)[5]
Commander United States Jeffrey Williams, NASA
Fourth spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Russia Aleksey Ovchinin, RSA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 Russia Oleg Skripochka, RSA
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4 Russia Anatoli Ivanishin, RSA
Second Spaceflight
Flight Engineer 5 Japan Takuya Onishi, JAXA
First Spaceflight
Flight Engineer 6 United States Kathleen Rubins, NASA
First spaceflight

References

  1. 1 2 Mark Garcia (7 July 2016). "NASA Astronauts Swap Station Command". blogs.nasa.gov.
  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. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Launch of new series manned spacecraft rescheduled due to risk of docking disruption". TASS news agency. 6 June 2016.
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