ISS expedition 55
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Mission: | ISS expedition 55 | ||
Crew: | 6th | ||
Rescue ships: | Soyuz MS-07 , Soyuz MS-08 | ||
Space station: | International space station | ||
Start: | February 27, 2018, 23:08 UTC | ||
Started by: | Decoupling from Soyuz MS-06 | ||
The End: | June 3, 2018, 9:16 UTC | ||
Ended by: | Decoupling from Soyuz MS-07 | ||
Duration: | 95d 10h 8min | ||
Number of EVAs : | 2 | ||
Total length of the EVAs: | 12h 41min | ||
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v. l. No. sitting: Scott Tingle, Anton Schkaplerow and Norishige Kanai
standing in the back: Richard Arnold, Andrew Feustel and Oleg Artemjew |
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ISS Expedition 55 is the mission name for the 55th long-term crew of the International Space Station (ISS). The mission began with the disengagement of the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft from the ISS on February 27, 2018 and ended with the disengagement of Soyuz MS-07 on June 3, 2018.
team
Adapted from ISS Expedition 54 :
- Anton Nikolajewitsch Schkaplerow (3rd space flight), Commander ( Russia / Roskosmos , Soyuz MS-07 )
- Scott Tingle (1st spaceflight), flight engineer ( USA / NASA , Soyuz MS-07)
- Norishige Kanai (1st space flight), flight engineer ( Japan / JAXA , Soyuz MS-07)
Additionally from March 23, 2018:
- Oleg Germanowitsch Artemjew (2nd space flight), flight engineer (Russia / Roskosmos, Soyuz MS-08 )
- Andrew Jay Feustel (3rd space flight), flight engineer, (USA / NASA, Soyuz MS-08)
- Richard R. Arnold (2nd space flight), flight engineer (USA / NASA, Soyuz MS-08)
Substitute team
Since Expedition 20, no official replacement team has been announced due to the permanent training for the six-person crew. Unofficially, the backup crews of the two Soyuz feeder spaceships MS-07 and MS-08 (see there) are considered substitute crews for Expedition 55. As a rule, these crews are deployed two missions later.
Mission description
Crew exchange
Four weeks after the start of the expedition, the feeder spacecraft Soyuz MS-08 docked with the ISS on March 23, 2018 after a two-day flight; the regular crew was increased again to six people.
Anton Schkaplerow handed over command to Andrew Feustel on June 1, 2018 and returned to Earth two days later with Scott Tingle and Norishige Kanai. Andrew Feustel, Oleg Artemjew and Richard Arnold then formed the initial crew of ISS Expedition 56 .
Freight traffic
On March 28, the Progress MS-07 was disconnected from the docking port of the Pirs module.
The Dragon CRS-14 spacecraft reached the ISS on April 4th and was captured by Scott Tingle and Norishige Kanai using the Canadarm2 robotic arm . The transporter was docked at 13:07 UTC on the Earth-facing side of Harmony .
On May 5th at 13:23 UTC, the Dragon CRS-14 was detached from the Harmony module using the Canadarm2 robotic arm and placed in its own orbit. The splashing in the Pacific took place on the same day.
On May 24, Scott Tingle and Richard Arnold used the Canadarm2 gripper arm and captured the cargo ship Cygnus OA-9 (called "SS JR Thompson "). Cygnus was rotated by commands from the ground station and coupled to the underside of the Unity module .
External works
On March 29, Andrew Feustel and Richard Arnold conducted an unscheduled spacecraft mission . They installed a wireless communication system (External Wireless Communications - EWC) on the Tranquility module to ensure a data connection to the ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS). They also changed a couple of high-definition video cameras and removed older cooling system hoses.
On May 16, Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold went on a second field assignment. They moved some spare parts from the central ITS lattice structure to the Dextre robotic arm system . Afterwards they replaced a couple of cameras on the Destiny module.
Web links
- ISS-Expedition 55 at Spacefacts.de
- ISS-Expedition 55 on the website of NASA (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ William Harwood: One station crew heads home, another preps for launch . Spaceflight Now, June 2, 2018.