Expedition 54

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.^[2]

Expedition 54

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Mission type	Long-duration expedition
Expedition
Space station	International Space Station
Began	14 December 2017 UTC[1]
Ended	27 February 2018 UTC[2]
Arrived aboard	Soyuz MS-06 Soyuz MS-07
Departed aboard	Soyuz MS-06 Soyuz MS-07
Crew
Crew size	6[3]
Members	Expedition 53/54: Alexander Misurkin Mark T. Vande Hei Joseph M. Acaba Expedition 54/55: Anton Shkaplerov Scott D. Tingle Norishige Kanai
Expedition 54 mission patch (l-r) Acaba, Vande Hei, Misurkin, Shkaplerov, Tingle, and Kanai ISS expeditions ← Expedition 53 Expedition 55 →

Crew

Position	First Part (December 14, 2017 to December 17, 2017)	Second Part (December 17, 2017 to February 27, 2018)
Commander	Alexander Misurkin, RSA Second and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1	Mark T. Vande Hei, NASA First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2	Joseph M. Acaba, NASA Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer 3		Anton Shkaplerov, RSA Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4		Scott D. Tingle, NASA First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 5		Norishige Kanai, JAXA First spaceflight

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Spacewalks

EVA #	Spacewalkers	Start (UTC)	End (UTC)	Duration	Notes
Expedition 54 EVA 1	Mark T. Vande Hei Scott D. Tingle	January 23, 2018 11:49	January 23, 2018 19:13	7 hours 24 minutes	Replaced Latching End Effector (LEE-B) on Canadarm2, Installed failed LEE on ESP2, Replaced LEE Camera, Replaced EVA Socket.
Expedition 54 EVA 2*	Alexander Misurkin Anton Shkaplerov	February 2, 2018 15:34	February 2, 2018 23:47	8 hours 13 minutes	Remove and replacement of an electronics box for a high-gain communications antenna on the Zvezda service module.
Expedition 54 EVA 3	Mark T. Vande Hei Norishige Kanai	February 16, 2018 12:00	February 16, 2018 17:57	5 hours 57 minutes	Finished 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
SpaceX CRS-13 - CRS SpX-13	United States	Logistics	Falcon 9	15 Dec 2017, 15:36:00	17 Dec 2017, 10:57	13 Jan 2018, 09:58	26d 23h 1m	13 Jan 2018, 14:43
Progress MS-08 - ISS 69P	Russia	Logistics	Soyuz-2.1a	13 Feb 2018, 08:13:33	15 Feb 2018, 10:38	23 Aug 2018, 02:16	188d 15h 38m	30 Aug 2018