Expedition 44
Expedition 44 was a 2015 International Space Station increment commanded by Roscosmos cosmonaut Gennady Padalka. The crew continued the Kelly-Kornienko one-year mission, recovered from the SpaceX CRS-7 launch failure by relying on subsequent Progress resupply, captured Japan's Kounotori 5 cargo vehicle, and supported research in human physiology, plant growth, materials, and Earth observation.
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- ISS Expedition 44Expedition Forty-FourInternational Space Station Expedition 44ISS EO-44
- Name
- Expedition 44
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Expedition 44 was a 2015 International Space Station increment commanded by Roscosmos cosmonaut Gennady Padalka. The crew continued the Kelly-Kornienko one-year mission, recovered from the SpaceX CRS-7 launch failure by relying on subsequent Progress resupply, captured Japan's Kounotori 5 cargo vehicle, and supported research in human physiology, plant growth, materials, and Earth observation.
- End Date
- 2015-09-11
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- Outcome
- The increment advanced the Twins Study, grew salad crops, monitored station microbes, studied liquid crystals, captured Kounotori 5, recovered station logistics after the CRS-7 loss, and ended with Padalka's TMA-16M departure after a nine-person handover.
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- Start Date
- 2015-06-11
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- Official Url
- https://www.nasa.gov/mission/expedition-44/
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_44
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- Creation Time
- July 6, 2026 at 21:32:03 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:53:31 UTC
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