Expedition 43
The One-Year mission began during Expedition 43. The crew studied space-caused health issues, and explored synthetic muscles for robots. New hardware was installed enabling space-based meteor observations.
Mission Type
meet the crew
Launch
Landing
Crew Members
Terry Virts, Commander
Anton Shkaplerov, Flight Engineer
Samantha Cristoforetti, Flight Engineer
Scott Kelly, Flight Engineer
Mikhail Kornienko, Flight Engineer
Gennady Padalka, Flight Engineer
Crew and Cargo Missions
6/11/15 – Expedition 42/43 Land
5/21/15 – SpaceX CRS-6 Splashdown
4/29/15 – ISS Progress 59 Anomaly
4/17/15 – SpaceX CRS-6 Capture
4/14/15 – SpaceX CRS-6 Launch
3/27/15 – Expedition 43/44 Launch
Visiting Vehicles
5/21/15 – SpaceX CRS-6 Splashdown
4/29/15 – ISS Progress 59 Anomaly
4/17/15 – SpaceX CRS-6 Capture
4/14/15 – SpaceX CRS-6 Launch
Expedition 43 Resources
Mission Blogs
The daily blog updates for Expedition 43 highlighting crew and cargo missions, spacewalks, and advanced space research.
Mission Summary
Get an overview of the Expedition, its crew and the activities they are working on during this mission to the International Space Station.
Mission Science
Learn more about the range of microgravity science encompassing human research, space phsyics, and more the Expedition 43 crew has conducted.
Mission Imagery
During Expedition 43, the crew took images of the Earth views, the orbiting station, their daily lives aboard and the experiments they conducted during their stay, plus so much more. Check out some of the image highlights from Expedition 43 in the gallery.
Space Station Imagery
View imagery taken from the International Space Station since 1999 of daily crew activities, spacewalks, visiting vehicles, and the Earth below.
