Expedition 44

Expedition 44 will begin in May 2015 with the departure of Soyuz 41. Three additional crew members will arrive later in May aboard Soyuz 43.  An Expedition 45/46 crew member will arrive in October aboard Soyuz 44.

Soyuz 42
Crew: Scott Kelly, Mikhail Kornienko, Gennady Padalka

Launch: March 2015
Landing: October 2015 *

* As the One-Year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will remain onboard ISS following Soyuz 42 departure and return to Earth on Soyuz 44 in March 2016.

Soyuz 43
Crew: Kjell Lindgren, Kimiya Yui, Oleg Kononenko

Launch: May 2015
Landing: November 2015

Soyuz 44
Crew: Sergey Volkov, Andreas Mogensen (Soyuz Flight Engineer), Sarah Brightman (Spaceflight Participant)

Launch: October 2015
Landing: March 2016 *

* Mogensen and Brightman will return to Earth aboard Soyuz 42 with Padalka.