Expedition 49
49th expedition to the International Space Station
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Expedition 49 was the 49th expedition to the International Space Station.
Mission typeLong-duration expedition
Space stationInternational Space Station
Began6 September 2016 UTC
Ended30 October 2016 UTC[1]
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| Mission type | Long-duration expedition |
|---|---|
| Expedition | |
| Space station | International Space Station |
| Began | 6 September 2016 UTC |
| Ended | 30 October 2016 UTC[1] |
| Arrived aboard | Soyuz MS-01 Soyuz MS-02 |
| Departed aboard | Soyuz MS-01 Soyuz MS-02 |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 6 |
| Members | Expedition 48/49: Kathleen Rubins Anatoli Ivanishin Takuya Onishi Expedition 49/50: Shane Kimbrough Andrei Borisenko Sergey Ryzhikov |
 Expedition 49 mission patch  (l-r) Ryzhikov, Kimbrough, Borisenko, Rubins, Ivanishin, Onishi | |
Anatoli Ivanishin, Kathleen Rubins and Takuya Onishi transferred from Expedition 48. Expedition 49 began upon the departure of Soyuz TMA-20M on September 6, 2016 and concluded upon the departure of Soyuz MS-01 in October 2016. The crew of Soyuz MS-02 then transferred to Expedition 50.[2][3][4]
Crew
| Position | First Part (September to October 2016) |
Second Part (October 2016) |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Anatoli Ivanishin, RSASecond spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 |  Kathleen Rubins, NASAFirst spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 |  Takuya Onishi, JAXAFirst spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 3 | Shane Kimbrough, NASA Second spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 4 | Andrei Borisenko, RSA Second and last spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 5 | Sergey Ryzhikov, RSA First spaceflight | |
Notes
One US Segment based EVA was planned for Expedition 49, this was later postponed.
A soccer ball belonging to Ellison Onizuka who was killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster was brought to the ISS by Shane Kimbrough.[5]
