Expedition 49
InsigniaISS Expedition 49 Patch.png
Crew membersExpedition 48/49:
Kathleen Rubins
Anatoli Ivanishin
Takuya Onishi
Expedition 49/50:
Shane Kimbrough
Andrei Borisenko
Sergey Ryzhikov
Crew photoExpedition 49 crew portrait.jpg
Space stationInternational Space Station
Start date6 September 2016 UTC
End date30 October 2016 UTC[1]
Arrival craftSoyuz MS-01
Soyuz MS-02
Departure craftSoyuz MS-01
Soyuz MS-02
Previous missionExpedition 48
Next missionExpedition 50
ProgrammeISS 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

PositionFirst Part
(September to October 2016)		Second Part
(October 2016)
CommanderAnatoli Ivanishin, RSA
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1Kathleen Rubins, NASA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2Takuya Onishi, JAXA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 3Shane Kimbrough, NASA
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4Andrei Borisenko, RSA
Second and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 5Sergey 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.