Expedition 44

Expedition 44
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Mission typeLong-duration 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

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.

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]

  1. ^ "Russian cosmonaut set for space station mission resigns". UPI. Space Daily. 5 September 2013.