Expedition 42

ISS Expedition 42

Mission type	ISS Expedition
Expedition
Space Station	International Space Station
Arrived aboard	Soyuz TMA-14M Soyuz TMA-15M
Departed aboard	Soyuz TMA-14M Soyuz TMA-15M
Crew
Crew size	6 (planned)
Members	Expedition 41/42: Barry E. Wilmore Aleksandr Samokutyayev Yelena Serova Expedition 42/43: Anton Shkaplerov Samantha Cristoforetti Terry W. Virts
(l-r) Serova, Wilmore, Samokutyayev, Shkaplerov, Virts and Cristoforetti ISS expeditions ← Expedition 41 Expedition 43 →

Expedition 42 is scheduled to be the 42nd expedition to the International Space Station.

Crew

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

Source

Spacefacts

In popular culture

Mission Poster designed by the crew of ISS Expedition 42 in honor of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

• A fictionalized version of Expedition 42 is depicted in the 2013 film Gravity. The crew, never shown, is forced to evacuate the International Space Station in a Soyuz capsule before the orbital debris arrive.
• To commemorate the Expedition number's connection to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comic science fiction franchise, the crew released a poster in the style of the 2005 film.

External links

• NASA's Space Station Expeditions page