Expedition_45 Knowpia

ISS Expedition 45
	Promotional poster
Mission type	ISS Expedition
Expedition
Space station	International Space Station
Began	11 September 2015 UTC
Ended	11 December 2015 UTC
Arrived aboard	Soyuz TMA-16M; Soyuz TMA-17M; Soyuz TMA-18M
Departed aboard	Soyuz TMA-17M; Soyuz TMA-18M
Crew
Crew size	6 (Departed)
Members	Expedition 44/45/46:; Mikhail Korniyenko; Scott Kelly; ; Expedition 44/45:; Oleg Kononenko; Kimiya Yui; Kjell N. Lindgren; ; Expedition 45/46:; Sergey Volkov
	; Expedition 45 mission patch; ; (l-r) Scott Kelly, Sergei Wolkow, Mikhail Korniyenko, Kjell Lindgren, Oleg Kononenko and Kimiya Yui ISS expeditions ← Expedition 44 Expedition 46 →

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 arrival of Soyuz TMA-18M at the ISS on September 11, 2015, and concluded with the departure of Soyuz TMA-17M on December 11, 2015. Kelly, Korniyenko and Sergey Volkov then transferred to the crew of Expedition 46.^[1]^[2]

Crew edit

Position	Crew
Commander	Scott Kelly, NASA Fourth and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1	Mikhail Korniyenko, RSA Second and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2	Oleg Kononenko, RSA Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer 3	Kimiya Yui, JAXA First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4	Kjell N. Lindgren, NASA First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 5	Sergey Volkov, RSA Third and last spaceflight

^ ^a ^b "Upcoming ISS expeditions". Spacefacts. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
^ "International Space Station Crew Assignments". Spaceflight101. Retrieved 12 March 2014.