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Expedition 50

Occurred 7 years ago

The Expedition 50 crew explored tissue regeneration using the microgravity environment to promote cell growth and tested a new lighting system to support crew wakefulness and sleep in space. An external experiment measured key components of the Earth's atmosphere and profiled trace gases.

Mission Type

ISS Expedition

meet the crew

Andrey Borisenko, Shane Kimbrough, Sergey Ryzhikov, Thomas Pesquet, Peggy Whitson, Oleg Novitskiy

Launch

Oct. 19, 2016

Landing

April 10, 2017

Crew Members

Shane Kimbrough, Commander
Andrey Borisenko, Flight Engineer
Sergey Ryzhikov, Flight Engineer
Thomas Pesquet, Flight Engineer
Peggy Whitson, Flight Engineer
Oleg Novitskiy, Flight Engineer

Crew and Cargo Missions

4/10/17 – Exp 49/50 Land
3/19/17 – SpaceX CRS-10 Splashdown
2/24/17 – ISS Progress 66 Docks
2/23/17 – SpaceX CRS-10 Capture
2/22/17 – ISS Progress 66 Launch
2/19/17 – SpaceX CRS-10 Launch
1/31/17 – ISS Progress 64 Undock
1/27/17 – HTV-6 Kounotori Release
12/13/16 – HTV-6 Kounotori Capture
12/9/16 – HTV-6 Kounotori Launch
12/1/16 – ISS Progress 65 Anomaly
11/21/16 – Orbital ATK CRS-5 Release
11/19/16 – Exp 50/51 Dock
11/17/16 – Exp 50/51 Launch

Spacewalks

Date: March 30, 2017
Duration: 7 hours, 4 minutes
Spacewalkers: Shane KimbroughPeggy Whitson

Date:
March 24, 2017
Duration: 6 hours, 34 minutes
Spacewalkers: Shane KimbroughThomas Pesquet

Date:
Jan. 13, 2017
Duration: 5 hours, 58 minutes
Spacewalkers: Shane KimbroughThomas Pesquet

Date:
Jan. 6, 2017
Duration: 6 hours, 32 minutes
Spacewalkers: Shane KimbroughPeggy Whitson