NASA and its International Space Station partners have announced the crew members, including NASA astronauts Kate Rubins, Shane Kimbrough and Peggy Whitson, for three upcoming missions to the space station. #GirlPower
The crew comprising Expedition 48 will be:
- Jeff Williams, NASA
- Alexey Ovchinin, Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos)
- Oleg Skripochka, Roscosmos
- Kate Rubins, NASA
- Anatoly Ivanishin, Roscosmos
- Takuya Onishi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
The crew comprising Expedition 49 will be:
- Anatoly Ivanishin, Roscosmos
- Kate Rubins, NASA
- Takuya Onishi, JAXA
- Shane Kimbrough, NASA
- Andrey Borisenko, Roscosmos
- Sergey Ryzhikov, Roscosmos
The crew comprising Expedition 50 will be:
- Shane Kimbrough, NASA
- Andrey Borisenko, Roscosmos
- Sergey Ryzhikov, Roscosmos
- Peggy Whitson, NASA
- Oleg Novitskiy, Roscosmos
- Thomas Pesquet, European Space Agency
(Top left to bottom right) Expedition 48: Jeff Williams, NASA, Alexey Ovchinin, Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and Oleg Skripochka, Roscosmos. Expedition 48/49: Kate Rubins, NASA, Anatoly Ivanishin, Roscosmos, and Takuya Onishi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Expedition 49/50: Shane Kimbrough, NASA, Andrey Borisenko, Roscosmos, and Sergey Ryzhikov, Roscosmos. Expedition 50: Peggy Whitson, NASA, Oleg Novitskiy, Roscosmos, and Thomas Pesquet, European Space Agency.
