Expedition 44

Expedition 44 was the 44th expedition to the International Space Station. It commenced with the departure of Soyuz TMA-15M from the ISS with the Expedition 42/43 crew on 11 June 2015, and ended with the departure of Soyuz TMA-16M on 11 September 2015.

ISS Expedition 44
Promotional Poster
Mission typeISS Expedition
Expedition
Space stationInternational Space Station
Began11 June 2015 (2015-06-11Z) UTC
Ended11 September 2015 (2015-09-12Z) UTC
Arrived aboardSoyuz TMA-16M
Soyuz TMA-17M
Departed aboardSoyuz TMA-16M
Soyuz TMA-17M
Soyuz TMA-18M
Crew
Crew size6
MembersExpedition 43/44:
Gennady I. Padalka
Mikhail Korniyenko
Scott J. Kelly

Expedition 44/45:
Oleg Kononenko
Kimiya Yui
Kjell N. Lindgren

Expedition 44 mission patch

(l-r) Kjell Lindgren, Oleg Kononenko, Kimiya Yui, Scott Kelly, Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Korniyenko
 

Yury Lonchakov was originally supposed to be the commander of Expedition 44 following being Flight Engineer 3 on Expedition 43. However, he resigned from the Russian Federal Space Agency on September 6, 2013.

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