Expedition 40

ISS Expedition 40
Mission type ISS Expedition
Expedition
Space Station International Space Station
Began 13 May 2014 (2014-05-13Z) UTC
Ended 10 September 2014 (2014-09-11Z) UTC
Arrived aboard Soyuz TMA-12M
Soyuz TMA-13M
Departed aboard Soyuz TMA-12M
Soyuz TMA-13M
Crew
Crew size 6
Members Expedition 39/40:
Steven R. Swanson
Aleksandr Skvortsov
Oleg Artemyev

Expedition 40/41:
Gregory R. Wiseman
Maksim Surayev
Alexander Gerst


(l-r) Skvortsov, Swanson, Artemyev, Gerst, Surayev and Wiseman


ISS expeditions
 Expedition 39 Expedition 41

Expedition 40 was the 40th expedition to the International Space Station. A portion of the Expedition 39 crew transferred to Expedition 40 while the remainder of the crew launched on May 28, 2014 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Upon achieving orbit approximately nine minutes after launch, Soyuz TMA-13M, delivering the remainder of the crew, began a four-orbit rendezvous with the International Space Station. Soyuz TMA-13M subsequently docked with the Rassvet module of the ISS at 1:44 UTC on May 29. Hatches were opened between the two spacecraft just over two hours later at 3:52 UTC. The expedition ended with the undocking of Soyuz TMA-12M on September 10, 2014. The remainder of Expedition 40's crew joined Expedition 41.[1]

Crew

Position First Part
(May 2014)
Second Part
(May 2014 to September 2014)
Commander United States Steven R. Swanson, NASA
Third and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Russia Aleksandr Skvortsov, RSA
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 Russia Oleg Artemyev, RSA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 3 Russia Maksim Surayev, RSA
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4 United States Gregory R. Wiseman, NASA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 5 Germany Alexander Gerst, ESA
First spaceflight
Source
ESA[2]

References

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