Expedition 47

Expedition 47 was the 47th expedition to the International Space Station.

Expedition 47

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Mission type	Long-duration expedition
Expedition
Space station	International Space Station
Began	2 March 2016 (2016-03-02Z) UTC
Ended	18 June 2016 (2016-06-19Z) UTC
Arrived aboard	Soyuz TMA-19M Soyuz TMA-20M
Departed aboard	Soyuz TMA-19M Soyuz TMA-20M
Crew
Crew size	6
Members	Expedition 46/47: Yuri Malenchenko Timothy N. Peake Timothy L. Kopra Expedition 47/48: Aleksey Ovchinin Oleg Skripochka Jeffrey Williams
Expedition 47 mission patch (l-r) Skripochka, Williams, Ovchinin, Peake, Kopra, Malenchenko ISS expeditions ← Expedition 46 Expedition 48 →

Yuri Malenchenko, Timothy Peake and Timothy Kopra transferred from Expedition 46. Expedition 47 began upon the departure of Soyuz TMA-18M on 2 March 2016 and concluded upon the landing of Soyuz TMA-19M on 18 June 2016. The crew of Soyuz TMA-20M were then transferred to Expedition 48.^[1][2][3]

Crew

Position	First Part (March 2016)	Second Part (March 2016 to June 2016)
Commander	Timothy L. Kopra, NASA Second and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1	Timothy Peake, ESA Only spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2	Yuri Malenchenko, RSA Sixth and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 3		Aleksey Ovchinin, RSA First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4		Oleg Skripochka, RSA Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 5		Jeffrey Williams, NASA Fourth and last spaceflight

Source

Spacefacts^[1]

Mission highlights

Launched on 8 April 2016,^[4] the SpaceX CRS-8 mission carried the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module to the ISS for two years of in-orbit habitat qualification.^[5]