Expedition 56
Appearance
Mission type | ISS Expedition |
---|---|
Expedition | |
Space station | International Space Station |
Arrived aboard | Soyuz MS-08 Soyuz MS-09 |
Departed aboard | Soyuz MS-08 Soyuz MS-09 |
Crew | |
Crew size | 6 (planned) |
Members | Andrew Feustel Oleg Artemyev Richard R. Arnold Alexander Gerst Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor Sergey Prokopyev |
(l-r) Artemyev, Feustel, Arnold, Prokopyev, Gerst, and Auñón-Chancellor |
Expedition 56 is the 56th expedition to the International Space Station, which began on 1 June 2018 upon the departure of Soyuz MS-07. Andrew Feustel, Oleg Artemyev, and Richard R. Arnold from Expedition 55 transfer over. Alexander Gerst, Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor, and Sergey Prokopyev will launch aboard Soyuz MS-09, currently scheduled for June 6, 2018.[1][2]
Crew
Position | First part
(June 2018) |
Second part
(June-August 2018) |
---|---|---|
Commander | Andrew Feustel, NASA Third spaceflight[3] | |
Flight Engineer 1 | Oleg Artemyev, RSA Second spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 2 | Richard R. Arnold, NASA Second spaceflight[4] | |
Flight Engineer 3 | Alexander Gerst, ESA Second spaceflight[5] | |
Flight Engineer 4 | Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor, NASA First spaceflight[6] | |
Flight Engineer 5 | Sergey Prokopyev, RSA First spaceflight |
References
- ^ "Future Expeditions". NASA. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ "Expedition 55 Mission Summary" (PDF). NASA. 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ "Andrew J. Feustel (PH.D.) NASA Astronaut". NASA. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ "Richard R. Arnold II NASA Astronaut". NASA. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ "Alexander Gerst". ESA. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ "Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor (M.D.) NASA Astronaut". NASA. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
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