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

Mission type	ISS Expedition
Expedition
Space Station	International Space Station
Began	11 June 2015 UTC
Ended	11 September 2015 UTC
Arrived aboard	Soyuz TMA-16M Soyuz TMA-17M
Departed aboard	Soyuz TMA-16M Soyuz TMA-17M Soyuz TMA-18M
Crew
Crew size	6
Members	Expedition 43/44: Gennady I. Padalka Mikhail Korniyenko Scott J. Kelly Expedition 44/45: Oleg Kononenko Kimiya Yui Kjell N. Lindgren
(l-r) Kjell Lindgren, Oleg Kononenko, Kimiya Yui, Scott Kelly, Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Korniyenko ISS expeditions

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.[1]

Crew

Position	First Part (June to July 2015)	Second Part (July 2015 to September 2015)
Commander	Gennady Padalka, RSA Fifth and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1	Mikhail Korniyenko, RSA Second and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2	Scott Kelly, NASA Fourth and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 3		Oleg Kononenko, RSA Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4		Kimiya Yui, JAXA First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 5		Kjell N. Lindgren, NASA First spaceflight

Source

Spacefacts[2]

Achievements

In July 2015, Kelly and Lindgren became the first Americans ever to eat food grown entirely in space[3]

See also

• ISS year long mission

References

1. "Russian cosmonaut set for space station mission resigns". UPI. Space Daily. 5 September 2013.
2. "Upcoming ISS expeditions". Spacefacts. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
3. "Astronauts Snack on Space-Grown Lettuce for First Time". Space.com. Retrieved 2015-08-11.

External links

• NASA's Space Station Expeditions page
• NASA, Space Station Partners Announce Future Crew Members