Astronomy:Expedition 47

ISS Expedition 47

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Mission type	ISS Expedition
Expedition
Space Station	International Space Station
Began	2 March 2016 (2016-03-02Z) UTC
Ended	18 June 2016 (2016-06-19Z) UTC
Arrived aboard	Soyuz TMA-19M Soyuz TMA-20M
Departed aboard	Soyuz TMA-19M Soyuz TMA-20M
Crew
Crew size	6
Members	Expedition 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 ISS expeditions

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	Timothy L. Kopra, NASA Second and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1	Timothy Peake, ESA Only spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2	Yuri Malenchenko, RSA Sixth and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 3		Aleksey Ovchinin, RSA First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4		Oleg Skripochka, RSA Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 5		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.

External links

• NASA's Space Station Expeditions page