Expedition 43/44 (ISS-43/44)
PRIME AND BACKUP CREWS
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Launch:
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On March 27, 2015 at 22:42 Moscow Time (19:42 UTC), a launch vehicle Soyuz-FG launched Russian manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TMA-16M. |
Launch site:
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Baikonur launch site, Republic of Kazakhstan. |
Docking:
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On March 28, 2015 at 04:34 Moscow Time (01:34 UTC)
to the docking port of the Mini-Research Module "Poisk" (MRM2) of the ISS. |
Undocking:
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On September 12, 2015 at 00:29 Moscow Time (September 11 21:29 UTC) Soyuz TMA-16M undocked from the ISS. |
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Landing:
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On September 12, 2015 at 03:52 Moscow Time (00:52 UTC). |
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Landing site:
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Near the town of Zhezkazgan, Republic of Kazakhstan. |
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Flight duration:
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168 days 5 hours 10 minutes. |
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Prime Crew |
ISS-43/44 |
PADALKA Gennady Ivanovich |
ISS-43 Flight Engineer, ISS-44 Commander, Soyuz TMA-16M Commander |
Yu.A. Gagarin TsPK NII, Russia |
KORNIENKO Mikhail Borisovich |
ISS-43/44/45/46 Flight Engineer, Soyuz TMA-16M Flight Engineer-1 |
Yu.A. Gagarin TsPK NII, Russia |
KELLY Scott Joseph |
ISS-43/44 Flight Engineer, ISS-45/46 Commander, Soyuz TMA-16M Flight Engineer-2 |
NASA, USA |
![](/ru/iss/iss43/im/iss-crew43.jpg)
From left to right: Scott Kelly, Gennady Padalka , Mikhail Kornienko
NII TsPK picture
Backup Crew |
ISS-43/44 |
OVCHININ Alexey Nikolaevich |
ISS-43 Flight Engineer, ISS-44 Commander, Soyuz TMA-16M Commander |
Yu.A. Gagarin TsPK NII, Russia |
VOLKOV Sergey Alexandrovich |
ISS-43/44 Flight Engineer, Soyuz TMA-16M Flight Engineer-1 |
Yu.A. Gagarin TsPK NII, Russia |
WILLIAMS Jeffry Nels |
ISS-43/44 Flight Engineer, Soyuz TMA-16M Flight Engineer-2 |
NASA, USA |
![](/ru/iss/iss43/im/iss-crew43_2.jpg)
From left to right: Jeffry Williams, Alexey Ovchinin, Sergey Volkov
NII TsPK picture