Expedition 49 was the 49th expedition to the International Space Station.
Anatoli Ivanishin, Kathleen Rubins and Takuya Onishi transferred from Expedition 48. Expedition 49 began upon the departure of Soyuz TMA-20M on September 6, 2016 and concluded upon the departure of Soyuz MS-01 in October 2016. The crew of Soyuz MS-02 then transferred to Expedition 50.
Crew PositionFirst Part(September to October 2016)Second Part(October 2016)Commander Anatoli Ivanishin, RSASecond spaceflightFlight engineer Kathleen Rubins, NASAFirst spaceflightFlight engineerTakuya Onishi, JAXAFirst spaceflightFlight engineer Shane Kimbrough, NASASecond spaceflightFlight engineer Andrey Borisenko, RSASecond and last spaceflightFlight engineer Sergey Ryzhikov, RSAFirst spaceflight
Notes One US Segment based EVA was planned for Expedition 49, this was later postponed.
A soccer ball belonging to Ellison Onizuka who was killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster was brought to the ISS by Shane Kimbrough.
References
External links
NASA's Space Station Expeditions page