Expedition 42

Promotional Poster
Mission type	Long-duration 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
Expedition 42 mission patch (l-r) Serova, Wilmore, Samokutyayev, Shkaplerov, Virts and Cristoforetti ISSexpeditions ← Expedition 41 Expedition 43 →

Expedition 42 was the 42nd expedition to theInternational Space Station. It began on 10 November 2014 with the undocking ofSoyuz TMA-13M, returning the crew ofExpedition 41 to Earth and ended with the undocking ofSoyuz TMA-14M on 11 March 2015.^[1]

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 and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2	Yelena Serova,RSA Only 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 and last spaceflight

Source

Spacefacts^[2]

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 theHarmony connecting node whereSpace Shuttles formerly docked, and another onHarmony's zenith port. These new ports will allow for the Boeing'sCST-100 and SpaceX'sDragon capsules to dock at the ISS. The first paid passengers are expected to arrive in 2019.^[3]

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  New docking ports forCST-100 capsule.
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  New docking ports forDragon capsule.

• A fictionalized version of Expedition 42 is depicted in the 2013 filmGravity. The crew, never shown, is forced to evacuate theInternational Space Station in aSoyuz capsule before the orbital debris arrive.^[4]
• To commemorate the Expedition number's connection toHitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comic science fiction franchise, the crew released a poster in the style of the2005 film.^[5]

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