Expedition 48

Expedition 48 was the 48th expedition to the International Space Station.

Expedition 48

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Mission type	Long-duration expedition
Expedition
Space station	International Space Station
Began	18 June 2016 05:52 UTC[1]
Ended	6 September 2016 (2016-09-07Z) UTC
Arrived aboard	Soyuz TMA-20M Soyuz MS-01
Departed aboard	Soyuz TMA-20M Soyuz MS-01
Crew
Crew size	6
Members	Expedition 47/48: Aleksey Ovchinin Oleg Skripochka Jeffrey Williams Expedition 48/49: Kathleen Rubins Anatoli Ivanishin Takuya Onishi
Expedition 48 mission patch (l-r) Skripochka, Williams, Ovchinin, Onishi, Ivanishin, Rubins ISS expeditions ← Expedition 47 Expedition 49 →

Sunrise panorama taken by Jeff Williams during Expedition 48.

Jeffrey Williams, Aleksey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka transferred from Expedition 47. Expedition 48 began upon the departure of Soyuz TMA-19M in 18 June 2016^[1] and concluded upon the departure of Soyuz TMA-20M on September 6, 2016. The crew of Soyuz MS-01 were transferred to Expedition 49.^[2][3][4]

Crew

Position	First Part (June 2016)	Second Part (July 2016 to September 2016)[5]
Commander	Jeffrey Williams, NASA Fourth spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1	Aleksey Ovchinin, RSA First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2	Oleg Skripochka, RSA Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4		Anatoli Ivanishin, RSA Second Spaceflight
Flight Engineer 5		Takuya Onishi, JAXA First Spaceflight
Flight Engineer 6		Kathleen Rubins, NASA First spaceflight

EVA performed

	Spacewalkers	Start (UTC)	End (UTC)	Duration
1.	Jeff Williams Kate Rubins	August 19, 2016 13:04	August 19, 2016 19:02	5 hours 58 minutes
	Installation of the International Docking Adapter (IDA) on Pressurized Mating Adapter-2 and installation of cables for the next IDA[6]
2.	Jeff Williams Kate Rubins	September 1, 2016 11:53	September 1, 2016 17:41	6 hours 48 minutes
	The 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.[7][8][9]