Expedition 48 was the 48th expedition to the International Space Station.
Jeffrey Williams, Aleksey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka transferred from Expedition 47. Expedition 48 began upon the departure of Soyuz TMA-19M on 18 June 2016 and concluded upon the departure of Soyuz TMA-20M on September 6, 2016. The crew of Soyuz MS-01 were transferred to Expedition 49.
Crew PositionFirst Part(June 2016)Second Part(July to September 2016)Commander Jeffrey Williams, NASAFourth and last spaceflightFlight engineer Aleksey Ovchinin, RSAFirst spaceflightFlight engineer Oleg Skripochka, RSASecond spaceflightFlight engineer Anatoli Ivanishin, RSASecond SpaceflightFlight engineerTakuya Onishi, JAXAFirst SpaceflightFlight engineer Kathleen Rubins, NASAFirst spaceflight
EVA performed SpacewalkersStart (UTC)End (UTC)Duration1. Jeff Williams Kate Rubins August 19, 201613:04 August 19, 201619:025 hours 58 minutesInstallation of the International Docking Adapter (IDA) on Pressurized Mating Adapter-2 and installation of cables for the next IDA2. Jeff Williams Kate Rubins September 1, 201611:53 September 1, 201617:416 hours 48 minutesThe main objective of this EVA was to retract a thermal radiator on the Integrated Truss Structure segment P1. This radiator was supposed to be retracted during Expedition 45's EVA 2 (November 6, 2015) but was not completed. The radiator had been deployed on Expedition 33's EVA 1 (November 1, 2012) in an attempt to isolate a coolant leak. Additional completed tasks included installing HD video cameras on the port/outboard side of the station (one zenith, one nadir), applying additional torque to SARJ bolts, photographing the inside of the SARJ, tying back a protective blanket covering hardware which will be robotically manipulate later, and tying back Crew and Equipment Translation Aid (CETA) Cart brake handles to keep them out of the SARJ rotation envelope.
References
External links
NASA's Space Station Expeditions page