Expedition 40
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Expedition 40 was the 40th expedition to the International Space Station. A portion of the Expedition 39 crew transferred to Expedition 40 while the remainder of the crew launched on May 28, 2014 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Mission type | ISS Expedition |
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Expedition | |
Space station | International Space Station |
Began | 13 May 2014 (2014-05-13Z) UTC |
Ended | 10 September 2014 (2014-09-11Z) UTC |
Arrived aboard | Soyuz TMA-12M Soyuz TMA-13M |
Departed aboard | Soyuz TMA-12M Soyuz TMA-13M |
Crew | |
Crew size | 6 |
Members | Expedition 39/40: Steven R. Swanson Aleksandr Skvortsov Oleg Artemyev Expedition 40/41: Gregory R. Wiseman Maksim Surayev Alexander Gerst |
Expedition 40 mission patch (l-r) Skvortsov, Swanson, Artemyev, Gerst, Surayev and Wiseman |
Upon achieving orbit approximately nine minutes after launch, Soyuz TMA-13M, delivering the remainder of the crew, began a four-orbit rendezvous with the International Space Station. Soyuz TMA-13M subsequently docked with the Rassvet module of the ISS at 1:44 UTC on May 29. Hatches were opened between the two spacecraft just over two hours later at 3:52 UTC. The expedition ended with the undocking of Soyuz TMA-12M on September 10, 2014. The remainder of Expedition 40's crew joined Expedition 41.[1]