Expedition 44 was the 44th expedition to the International Space Station. It commenced with the departure of Soyuz TMA-15M from the ISS with the Expedition 42/43 crew on 11 June 2015 and ended with the departure of Soyuz TMA-16M on 11 September 2015.
Yury Lonchakov was originally supposed to be the commander of Expedition 44 following being Flight Engineer 3 on Expedition 43. However, he resigned from the Russian Federal Space Agency on September 6, 2013.
Crew PositionFirst Part(June to July 2015)Second Part(July 2015 to September 2015)Commander Gennady Padalka, RSAFifth and last spaceflightFlight Engineer 1 Mikhail Korniyenko, RSASecond and last spaceflightFlight Engineer 2 Scott Kelly, NASAFourth and last spaceflightFlight Engineer 3 Oleg Kononenko, RSAThird spaceflightFlight Engineer 4 Kimiya Yui, JAXAFirst spaceflightFlight Engineer 5 Kjell N. Lindgren, NASAFirst spaceflight
Source Spacefacts
Achievements In July 2015, Kelly and Lindgren became the first Americans ever to eat food grown entirely in space
See also
ISS year long mission
References
External links
NASA's Space Station Expeditions page NASA, Space Station Partners Announce Future Crew Members