Expedition 54
| Mission type | ISS Expedition |
|---|---|
| Expedition | |
| Space station | International Space Station |
| Began | 17 December 2017 UTC[1] |
| Ended | 27 February 2018 UTC[2] |
| Arrived aboard | Soyuz MS-06 Soyuz MS-07 |
| Departed aboard | Soyuz MS-06 Soyuz MS-07 |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 6[3] |
| Members | Alexander Misurkin Mark T. Vande Hei Joseph M. Acaba Anton Shkaplerov Scott D. Tingle Norishige Kanai |
 (l-r) Acaba, Vande Hei, Misurkin, Shkaplerov, Tingle, and Kanai | |
Expedition 54 was the 54th expedition to the International Space Station, which began upon the departure of Soyuz MS-05 on December 17, 2017 and concluded upon the departure of Soyuz MS-06 on February 27, 2018. Alexander Misurkin, Mark Vande Hei and Joseph Acaba were transferred from Expedition 53, with Alexander Misurkin taking the commander role. Transfer of Command from Expedition 54 to Expedition 55 was done on February 26, 2018. Expedition 54 officially ended on February 27, 2018 23:08 UTC, with the undocking of Soyuz MS-06.[2]
Crew
| Position | First Part
(December 2017) |
Second Part
(December 2017 to February 2018) |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Alexander Misurkin, RSASecond Spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 |  Mark T. Vande Hei, NASAFirst Spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 | Joseph M. Acaba, NASA Third Spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 3 | Anton Shkaplerov, RSA Third spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 4 | Scott D. Tingle, NASA First spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 5 |  Norishige Kanai, JAXAFirst spaceflight | |
Spacewalks
| EVA # | Spacewalkers | Start (UTC) | End (UTC) | Duration | |
| Expedition 54 EVA 1 |
Mark T. Vande Hei
|
January 23, 2018 11:49 |
January 23, 2018 19:13 |
7 hours 24 minutes | |
| Replaced Latching End Effector (LEE-B) on Canadarm2, Installed failed LEE on ESP2, Replaced LEE Camera, Replaced EVA Socket. | |||||
| Expedition 54 EVA 2* |
Alexander Misurkin
|
February 2, 2018
15:34 |
February 2, 2018
23:47 |
8 hours 13 minutes | |
| Remove and replacement of an electronics box for a high-gain communications antenna on the Zvezda service module. | |||||
| Expedition 54 EVA 3 |
Mark T. Vande Hei
|
February 16, 2018
12:00 |
February 16, 2018
17:57 |
5 hours 57 minutes | |
| Finished removal and replacement of Latching End Effector on POA, Replaced LEE Camera, Installed Ground Strap on Canadarm2, Brought failed LEE inside, Lubricated Canadarm2, Moved Tool Platform on Dextre, Adjusted Struts on Flex Hose Rotary Coupler. | |||||
*denotes spacewalks performed from the Pirs docking compartment in Russian Orlan suits.
All other spacewalks were performed from the Quest airlock.
Unmanned spaceflights to the ISS
Resupply missions that visited the International Space Station during Expedition 54:
| Spacecraft - ISS flight number |
Country | Mission | Launcher | Launch (UTC) |
Docked/Berthed (UTC) † |
Undocked/Unberthed (UTC) |
Duration (Docked) | Deorbit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SpaceX CRS-13 - CRS SpX-13 |
United States
|
Logistics | Falcon 9 | 15 Dec 2017, 15:36:00 | 17 Dec 2017, 10:57 | 13 Jan 2018, 09:58 | 26d 23h 1m | 13 Jan 2018 |
| Progress MS-08 - ISS 69P |
Russia
|
Logistics | Soyuz-2.1a | 13 Feb 2018, 08:13:33 | 15 Feb 2018, 10:38 | Planned: 26 Aug 2018 | N/A | N/A |
References
- ^ Garcia, Mark. "Dragon Attached to Station for Month of Cargo Transfers". NASA. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ a b Garcia, Mark. "Expedition 54 Trio Undocks from Station, Begins Ride Home". NASA. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "Astronauts Just Watched 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' in Space!".
- ^ "Expedition 54". NASA. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
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