Expedition 43
| Mission type | ISS Expedition | ||||
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| Space Station | International Space Station | ||||
| Began | 11 March 2015 UTC | ||||
| Ended | 11 June 2015 UTC | ||||
| Arrived aboard | Soyuz TMA-15M Soyuz TMA-16M |
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| Departed aboard | Soyuz TMA-15M Soyuz TMA-16M Soyuz TMA-18M |
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| Crew size | 6 | ||||
| Members | Expedition 42/43: Anton Shkaplerov Samantha Cristoforetti Terry W. Virts Expedition 43/44: Gennady Padalka Mikhail Korniyenko Scott Kelly |
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Expedition 43 was the 43rd expedition to the International Space Station. It commenced on 11 March 2015 with the undocking of Soyuz TMA-14M, returning the crew of Expedition 42 to Earth and ended with the departure of Soyuz TMA-15M on 11 June 2015.
Crew
| Position | First Part (March 2015) |
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| Commander | Terry Virts, NASA Second spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer 1 | Anton Shkaplerov, RSA Second spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer 2 | Samantha Cristoforetti, ASI-ESA First spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer 3 | Gennady Padalka, RSA Fifth Spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer 4 | Mikhail Korniyenko, RSA Second spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer 5 | Scott Kelly, NASA Fourth spaceflight |
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- Spacefacts[1]
Yury Lonchakov was originally supposed to be the Flight Engineer 3. However, he resigned from the Russian Federal Space Agency on September 6, 2013, to take a position at Gazprom.[2] He was also originally supposed to be the commander of Expedition 44.
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