Expedition 51 was the 51st expedition to the International Space Station, which began upon the departure of Soyuz MS-02 on April 10, 2017, and concluded upon the departure of Soyuz MS-03 on June 2, 2017. Peggy Whitson, Oleg Novitskiy and Thomas Pesquet were transferred from Expedition 50, with Peggy Whitson taking the commander role. She is the first woman to command two expeditions to the ISS, having previously commanded Expedition 16.
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(l-r) Fischer, Yurchikhin, Pesquet, Whitson, NovitskiyISS expeditions← Expedition 50Expedition 52 →
ISS Configuration - April 2017
Whitson (in red), transferred command to Yurchikhin (front row, right). Fischer (left). Behind (from left): Pesquet & Novitskiy.
Soyuz MS-03 was a Soyuz spaceflight launched on 17 November 2016. It transported three members of the Expedition 50 crew to the International Space Station. MS-03 was the 132nd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander with American and French flight engineers.
Soyuz MS-03 docked to International Space Station (ISS).
(l-r) Pesquet, Whitson and NovitskySoyuz programme (Crewed missions)← Soyuz MS-02Soyuz MS-04 →