Mission type | ISS Expedition |
---|---|
Expedition | |
Space Station | International Space Station |
Arrived aboard |
Soyuz TMA-19M Soyuz TMA-20M |
Departed aboard |
Soyuz TMA-19M Soyuz TMA-20M |
Crew | |
Crew size | 6 |
Members |
Expedition 46/47: Yuri Malenchenko Timothy Peake Timothy Kopra Expedition 47/48: Aleksey Ovchinin Oleg Skripochka Jeffrey Williams |
(l-r) Skripochka, Williams, Ovchinin, Peake, Kopra, Malenchenko |
Expedition 47 was the 47th expedition to the International Space Station.
Yuri Malenchenko, Timothy Peake and Timothy Kopra transferred from Expedition 46. Expedition 47 began upon the departure of Soyuz TMA-18M on 2nd March 2016 and concluded upon the landing of Soyuz TMA-19M on the 18th June 2016. The crew of Soyuz TMA-20M are then to transfer to Expedition 48.
Launched on 8 April 2016, the SpaceX CRS-8 mission carried the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module to the ISS for two years of in-orbit habitat qualification.