Expedition 54 was the 54th expedition to the International Space Station, which began upon the departure of Soyuz MS-05 on December 14, 2017 and concluded upon the departure of Soyuz MS-06 on February 27, 2018. Alexander Misurkin, Mark Vande Hei and Joseph Acaba were transferred from Expedition 53, with Alexander Misurkin taking the commander role. Transfer of Command from Expedition 54 to Expedition 55 was done on February 26, 2018. Expedition 54 officially ended on February 27, 2018 23:08 UTC, with the undocking of Soyuz MS-06.
Crew PositionFirst Part (December 14, 2017 to December 17, 2017)Second Part (December 17, 2017 to February 27, 2018)Commander Alexander Misurkin, RSASecond spaceflightFlight engineer Mark T. Vande Hei, NASAFirst spaceflightFlight engineer Joseph M. Acaba, NASAThird spaceflightFlight engineer Anton Shkaplerov, RSAThird spaceflightFlight engineer Scott D. Tingle, NASAFirst spaceflightFlight engineerNorishige Kanai, JAXAFirst spaceflight
Spacewalks
EVA # Spacewalkers Start (UTC) End (UTC) Duration NotesExpedition 54EVA 1January 23, 201811:49January 23, 201819:137 hours 24 minutesReplaced Latching End Effector (LEE-B) on Canadarm2, Installed failed LEE on ESP2, Replaced LEE Camera, Replaced EVA Socket.Expedition 54EVA 2*February 2, 201815:34February 2, 201823:478 hours 13 minutes Remove and replacement of an electronics box for a high-gain communications antenna on the Zvezda service module. Expedition 54EVA 3 February 16, 201812:00February 16, 201817:575 hours 57 minutesFinished removal and replacement of Latching End Effector on POA, Replaced LEE Camera, Installed Ground Strap on Canadarm2, Brought failed LEE inside, Lubricated Canadarm2, Moved Tool Platform on Dextre, Adjusted Struts on Flex Hose Rotary Coupler. *denotes spacewalks performed from the Pirs docking compartment in Russian Orlan suits. All other spacewalks were performed from the Quest airlock.
Uncrewed spaceflights to the ISS Resupply missions that visited the International Space Station during Expedition 54:
Spacecraft- ISS flight number Country Mission Launcher Launch(UTC) Docked/Berthed(UTC) Undocked/Unberthed(UTC) Duration (Docked) Deorbit CRS SpX-13 Logistics Falcon 9 15 Dec 2017, 15:36:00 17 Dec 2017, 10:57 13 Jan 2018, 09:58 13 Jan 2018, 14:43 Progress MS-08 - ISS 69P Logistics Soyuz-2.1a 13 Feb 2018, 08:13:33 15 Feb 2018, 10:38 23 Aug 2018, 02:16 30 Aug 2018
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