Expedition 43
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| Mission type | ISS Expedition | ||||
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| Expedition | |||||
| Space Station | International Space Station | ||||
| Arrived aboard |
Soyuz TMA-15M Soyuz TMA-16M | ||||
| Departed aboard |
Soyuz TMA-15M Soyuz TMA-16M | ||||
| Crew | |||||
| Crew size | 6 (planned) | ||||
| Members |
Expedition 42/43: Anton Shkaplerov Samantha Cristoforetti Terry W. Virts Expedition 43/44: Gennadi Padalka Mikhail Korniyenko Scott Kelly | ||||
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Expedition 43 is scheduled to be the 43rd expedition to the International Space Station.
Crew
| Position | First Part (March 2015) |
Second Part (March 2015 to May 2015) |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Terry W. Virts, NASA Second spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 | Anton Shkaplerov, RSA Second spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 | Samantha Cristoforetti, ASI-ESA First spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 3 | Gennadi Padalka, RSA Fifth Spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 4 | Mikhail Korniyenko, RSA Second spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 5 | Scott Kelly, NASA Fourth spaceflight | |
- Source
- Spacefacts[1]
Yury Lonchakov was originally supposed to be the Flight Engineer 3. However, he resigned from the Russian Federal Space Agency on September 6, 2013, to take a position at Gazprom.[2] He was also originally supposed to be the commander of Expedition 44.
References
- ↑ "Upcoming ISS expeditions". Spacefacts. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
- ↑ "Russian cosmonaut due to command a flight to International Space Station quits to work for a gas company 'because his wife wants him to earn more money". DailyMail. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
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