Expedition 56
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Expedition 56 was the 56th expedition to the International Space Station, which began on June 3, 2018, upon the departure of Soyuz MS-07. Andrew Feustel, Oleg Artemyev, and Richard R. Arnold were tran
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(l-r) Artemyev, Feustel, Arnold, Prokopyev, Gerst, and Auñón-ChancellorISS expeditions← Expedition 55Expedition 57 →
View of Earth taken during ISS Expedition 56 on 13 August 2018 at 17:49:12.
Alexander Gerst
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Alexander Gerst is a German European Space Agency astronaut and geophysicist, who was selected in 2009 to take part in space training. He was part of the International Space Station Expedition 40 and
Expedition 56
…Soyuz MS-07. Andrew Feustel, Oleg Artemyev, and Richard R. Arnold were transferred from Expedition 55, with Andrew Feustel taking the commander role. Alexander Gerst, Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor, and Sergey Prokopyev launched aboard Soyuz MS-09, on June 6, 2018. Expedition 56 ended with the departure of Soyuz MS-08…
Official portrait, 2017
Gerst pictured during his first EVA