Irkutsk cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin will go to the International Space Station for the second time and lead the main crew of expedition 48 49. The Soyuz MS mission is set for June, with Takuya Onishi and Kathleen Rubins joining him.
Irkutsk cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin will travel to the International Space Station for the second time. He has been appointed commander of the prime crew of Expedition 48/49 to the ISS. The launch is scheduled for June of this year.Ivanishin will travel to the ISS aboard a crewed Soyuz MS series spacecraft. The prime crew of the Soyuz MS spacecraft includes Anatoly Ivanishin (Roscosmos), Takuya Onishi (JAXA), and Kathleen Rubins (NASA). The backup crew includes Oleg Novitsky (Roscosmos), Thomas Pesquet (ESA), and Peggy Whitson (NASA).
Background: Anatoly Ivanishin was born in Irkutsk in 1969. His first flight to the ISS took place in November 2011, and its duration was 165 days.