| Expedition 44 | |
| Insignia: | ISS Expedition 44 Patch.svg |
| Insignia Caption: | Expedition 44 mission patch |
| Mission Type: | Long-duration expedition |
| Crew Size: | 6 |
| Crew Members: | Expedition 43/44: Gennady I. Padalka Mikhail Korniyenko Scott J. Kelly Expedition 44/45: Oleg Kononenko Kimiya Yui Kjell N. Lindgren |
| Crew Photo: | Expedition 44 crew portrait.jpg |
| Crew Photo Caption: | (l-r) Kjell Lindgren, Oleg Kononenko, Kimiya Yui, Scott Kelly, Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Korniyenko |
| Space Station: | International Space Station |
| Start Date: | UTC |
| End Date: | UTC |
| Departure Craft: | Soyuz TMA-16M Soyuz TMA-17M Soyuz TMA-18M |
| Previous Mission: | Expedition 43 |
| Next Mission: | Expedition 45 |
| Programme: | ISS expeditions |
Expedition 44 was the 44th expedition to the International Space Station. It commenced with the departure of Soyuz TMA-15M from the ISS with the Expedition 42/43 crew on 11 June 2015 and ended with the departure of Soyuz TMA-16M on 11 September 2015.
Yury Lonchakov was originally supposed to be the commander of Expedition 44 following being Flight Engineer 3 on Expedition 43. However, he resigned from the Russian Federal Space Agency on September 6, 2013.[1]
| Position | First Part (June to July 2015) | Second Part (July 2015 to September 2015) |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Gennady Padalka, RSA Fifth and last spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 | Mikhail Korniyenko, RSA Second and last spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 | Scott Kelly, NASA Fourth and last spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 3 | Oleg Kononenko, RSA Third spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 4 | Kimiya Yui, JAXA First spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 5 | Kjell N. Lindgren, NASA First spaceflight | |
In July 2015, Kelly and Lindgren became the first Americans ever to eat food grown entirely in space[3]