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ISS Expedition 42
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Mission type ISS Expedition
Expedition
Space Station International Space Station
Began 10 November 2014 (2014-11-10Z) UTC
Ended 11 March 2015 (2015-03-12Z) UTC
Arrived aboard Soyuz TMA-14M
Soyuz TMA-15M
Departed aboard Soyuz TMA-14M
Soyuz TMA-15M
Crew
Crew size 6
Members Expedition 41/42:
Barry E. Wilmore
Aleksandr Samokutyayev
Yelena Serova

Expedition 42/43:
Anton Shkaplerov
Samantha Cristoforetti
Terry W. Virts
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Expedition 42 mission patch
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(l-r) Serova, Wilmore, Samokutyayev, Shkaplerov, Virts and Cristoforetti
ISS expeditions

Expedition 42 was the 42nd expedition to the International Space Station. It began on 10 November 2014 with the undocking of Soyuz TMA-13M, returning the crew of Expedition 41 to Earth and ended with the undocking of Soyuz TMA-14M on 11 March 2015.

Crew

Position First Part
(November 2014)
Second Part
(November 2014 to March 2015)
Commander United States Barry E. Wilmore, NASA
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Russia Aleksandr Samokutyayev, RSA
Second and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 Russia Yelena Serova, RSA
Only spaceflight
Flight Engineer 3 Russia Anton Shkaplerov, RSA
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4 Italy Samantha Cristoforetti, ASI-ESA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 5 United States Terry W. Virts, NASA
Second and last spaceflight
Source
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Mission

One of the key aspects of Mission 42 - and other missions in 2015 - is the preparation (that is, reconfiguration) of parts of the ISS to allow commercial space taxis to dock at the station. The mission requires several space walks in 2015 to prepare a berthing slip is being prepared at the forward end of the Harmony connecting node where Space Shuttles formerly docked, and another on Harmony's zenith port. These new ports will allow for the Boeing's CST-100 and SpaceX's Dragon capsules to dock at the ISS. The first paid passengers are expected to arrive in 2019.

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See also

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