ISS expedition 55

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Mission emblem
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Mission dates
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
Team photo
v. l. No. sitting: Scott Tingle, Anton Schkaplerow and Norishige Kanai standing in the back: Richard Arnold, Andrew Feustel and Oleg Artemjew
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 :

Additionally from March 23, 2018:

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 recorded on March 23, 2018

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.

Dragon CRS-14 just before docking

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.

Cygnus OA-9 just before docking

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

Andrew Feustel on the first spacecraft mission

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.

Andrew Feustel on the second spacecraft mission

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

Commons : ISS Expedition 55  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Harwood: One station crew heads home, another preps for launch . Spaceflight Now, June 2, 2018.