Expedition 42
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Expedition 42 was the 42nd expedition to the International Space Station. It began on 10 November 2014 with the undocking of Soyuz TMA-13M, returning the crew of Expedition 41 to Earth and ended with
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(l-r) Serova, Wilmore, Samokutyayev, Shkaplerov, Virts and CristoforettiISS expeditions← Expedition 41Expedition 43 →
Samantha Cristoforetti
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Samantha Cristoforetti is an Italian European Space Agency astronaut, former Italian Air Force pilot and engineer. She is the second of two women sent into space by ESA and the first from Italy. Crist
Expedition 42
…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 ISS expeditions Expedition 42 was…
Cristoforetti in 2013, before her first flight (Expedition 42)
Samantha Cristoforetti in a special sleeping bag that stops the person from drifting around in the micro-g environment of ISS
Samantha Cristoforetti attired in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit suit
Samantha Cristoforetti demonstrating the first in-space operation of the rHEALTH ONE universal biomedical analyzer as part of Expedition 67