Expedition 45

Expedition 45 was the 45th expedition to the International Space Station. Scott Kelly and Mikhail Korniyenko transferred from Expedition 44 as part of their year-long stay aboard the ISS. Expedition 45 began with the arrival of Soyuz TMA-18M at the ISS on September 11, 2015, and concluded with the departure of Soyuz TMA-17M on December 11, 2015. Kelly, Korniyenko and Sergey Volkov then transferred to the crew of Expedition 46.[1][2]

ISS Expedition 45

Mission type	ISS Expedition
Expedition
Space Station	International Space Station
Began	11 September 2015 UTC
Ended	11 December 2015 UTC
Arrived aboard	Soyuz TMA-16M Soyuz TMA-17M Soyuz TMA-18M
Departed aboard	Soyuz TMA-17M Soyuz TMA-18M
Crew
Crew size	6 (Departed)
Members	Expedition 44/45/46: Mikhail Korniyenko Scott Kelly Expedition 44/45: Oleg Kononenko Kimiya Yui Kjell N. Lindgren Expedition 45/46: Sergey Volkov
(l-r) Scott Kelly, Sergei Wolkow, Mikhail Korniyenko, Kjell Lindgren, Oleg Kononenko and Kimiya Yui ISS expeditions

Crew

Position	Crew
Commander	Scott Kelly, NASA Fourth and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1	Mikhail Korniyenko, RSA Second and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2	Oleg Kononenko, RSA Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer 3	Kimiya Yui, JAXA First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4	Kjell N. Lindgren, NASA First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 5	Sergey Volkov, RSA Third and last spaceflight

Expedition 45 crew poster with a Star Wars theme

Source

Spacefacts[1]

See also

• ISS year long mission

References

1. "Upcoming ISS expeditions". Spacefacts. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
2. "International Space Station Crew Assignments". Spaceflight101. Retrieved 12 March 2014.

External links

• NASA's Space Station Expeditions page
• NASA, Space Station Partners Announce Future Crew Members