Expedition 51

ISS Expedition 51

Mission type	ISS Expedition
Expedition
Space Station	International Space Station
Arrived aboard	Soyuz MS-03 Soyuz MS-04
Departed aboard	Soyuz MS-03 Soyuz MS-04
Crew
Crew size	5 (planned)
Members	Expedition 50/51: Oleg Novitskiy Peggy Whitson Thomas Pesquet Expedition 51/52: Fyodor Yurchikhin Jack Fischer
Oleg Novitskiy, Peggy Whitson and Thomas Pesquet during Toxic Scene Generic training. ISS expeditions ← Expedition 50 Expedition 52 →

Expedition 51 is the 51st expedition to the International Space Station.Peggy Whitson, Oleg Novitskiy and Thomas Pesquet will be transferred from Expedition 50. Peggy Whitson is the intended commander of Expedition 51, the first women to command two expeditions to the ISS, having previously commanded Expedition 16.^[1]

Due to a decision to cut down the number of participating Russian astronauts in 2017, only two astronauts will be launched on Soyuz MS-04, bringing the total crew number to five.^[2]

Crew

Position	First Part (March 2017)	Second Part (March 2017 to May 2017)
Commander	Peggy Whitson, NASA Third Spaceflight [3]
Flight Engineer 1	Oleg Novitskiy, RSA Second Spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2	Thomas Pesquet, ESA First Spaceflight
Flight Engineer 3		Fyodor Yurchikhin, RSA Fifth Spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4		Jack Fischer , NASA First Spaceflight

References

1. Chiara Palazzo Associated Press. "Nasa veteran Peggy Whitson becomes the oldest woman in space as she blasts off for ISS". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
2. Irene Klotz (16 November 2016). "NASA, Russia Set Flights for Trimmed-Down Space Station Crew". space.com. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
3. "NASA, Space Station Partners Announce Crew Members for Missions in 2017". NASA. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2016.