Expedition 46 was the 46th expedition to the
International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station that was Assembly of the International Space Station, assembled and is maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United ...
.
Sergey Volkov,
Mikhail Korniyenko
Mikhail Borisovich Kornienko (Михаил Борисович Корниенко; born 15 April 1960) is a Russian cosmonaut who has undertaken multiple missions to the International Space Station (ISS).
He first served as a flight engineer duri ...
and
Scott Kelly transferred from
Expedition 45
Expedition 45 was the 45th expedition to the International Space Station. Scott Kelly and Mikhail Korniyenko transferred from Expedition 44 as part of their year-long stay aboard the ISS. Expedition 45 began with the departure of Soyuz TMA-16M ...
, the latter two as part of their year-long stay aboard the ISS. Expedition 46 began with the departure of
Soyuz TMA-17M on 11 December 2015 and concluded upon the departure of
Soyuz TMA-18M on 1 March 2016, and the crew of
Soyuz TMA-19M
Soyuz TMA-19M was a 2015 Russian Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station. It was launched on December 15, 2015 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, transporting three members of the Expedition 46 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-19 ...
transferred to
Expedition 47.
Tim Peake
Major (United Kingdom), Major Timothy Nigel Peake (born 7 April 1972) is a retired British European Space Agency astronaut, Army Air Corps (United Kingdom), Army Air Corps officer and author.
He is the first British ESA astronaut, the second a ...
) to visit the International Space Station (ISS
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).
Crew
;Source: Spacefacts
Mission highlights
Following the arrival of the Soyuz TMA-19M
Soyuz TMA-19M was a 2015 Russian Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station. It was launched on December 15, 2015 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, transporting three members of the Expedition 46 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-19 ...
crew, the next vehicle manoeuvre was the departure of the Progress M-28M, on 19 December. Progress MS-1 then launched to the ISS, atop a Soyuz 2.1a, on 21 December. The same day, Commander Scott Kelly and Timothy Kopra performed a contingency EVA and successfully repaired the Mobile Base System. On 23 December, the Progress MS-1 resupply vehicle docked at the ISS.
On 8 January 2016, pupils from Sandringham School
Sandringham School is a secondary school with academy status in Marshalswick, St Albans, Hertfordshire. It was established in 1988 following a merger of two local schools, Marshalswick School and Wheathampstead School. It occupies the former M ...
in St Albans
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made the first amateur radio
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call to a British astronaut at the International Space Station, contacting Tim Peake
Major (United Kingdom), Major Timothy Nigel Peake (born 7 April 1972) is a retired British European Space Agency astronaut, Army Air Corps (United Kingdom), Army Air Corps officer and author.
He is the first British ESA astronaut, the second a ...
as part of his ''Principia'' mission.
On 15 January 2016, Tim Peake and Timothy Kopra began an EVA at 12:55 GMT. A failed voltage regulator (1B SSU) was replaced during the EVA. This EVA marked the first official spacewalk by a Briton, Tim Peake, who was wearing the Union Jack
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It is sometimes a ...
on his EMU
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. NASA decided to finish the spacewalk around 17:00 GMT, as Timothy Kopra reported water in his helmet. The spacesuit, which Kopra was wearing, was the same one worn by Luca Parmitano
Luca Parmitano (born 27 September 1976 in Paternò, Sicily) is an Italian astronaut in the European Astronaut Corps for the European Space Agency (ESA). He was selected as an ESA astronaut in May 2009. Parmitano is also a colonel and test pilot ...
on 16 July 2013, when his helmet flooded during EVA-23 of Expedition 36
Expedition 36 was the 36th long-duration mission to the International Space Station.
Crew
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Mission
On 2013 June 16, the 50th anniversary of Vostok 6, the first spaceshot by a woman, Valentina Tereshkova, Karen L. Nyberg was on ...
.
On 23 February 2016, Scott Kelly displayed his sense of humour by wearing a gorilla suit
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, while chasing Tim Peake through the space station, in a recorded video with the backing track of ''Yakety Sax
"Yakety Sax" is a pop novelty instrumental jointly composed by James Q. "Spider" Rich and Boots Randolph.
Composition
Saxophonist Randolph popularized the selection in his 1963 recording, which reached number 35 on the pop charts. The piece ...
''. The following day, a video message from Tim Peake was played at the 2016 Brit Awards
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, giving congratulations to Adele
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for her award.
A further EVA was also scheduled to take place during Expedition 46.
See also
*ISS year long mission
The ISS year-long mission , also called the One-Year Mission, was an 11-month-long scientific research project aboard the International Space Station, which studied the health effects of long-term spaceflight.
As part of the mission, the NASA T ...
References
External links
NASA's Space Station Expeditions page
{{ISS expeditions
Expeditions to the International Space Station
2015 in spaceflight
2016 in spaceflight