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<h2 id="crew">Crew</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Position</th><th>First part<p>(June 3 – 6, 2018)</p></th><th>Second part<p>(June 6 – October 4, 2018)</p></th></tr><tr><th>Commander</th><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Andrew_Feustel/qz9q24VA">Andrew Feustel</a>, <a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a>Third spaceflight<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></td></tr><tr><th>Flight Engineer 1</th><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Oleg_Artemyev/I94q8qUd">Oleg Artemyev</a>, <a href="/facts/Roscosmos/GzWfae7U">RSA</a>Second spaceflight</td></tr><tr><th>Flight Engineer 2</th><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Richard_R._Arnold/7NF7Gxs0">Richard R. Arnold</a>, <a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a>Second spaceflight<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></td></tr><tr><th>Flight Engineer 3</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Sergey_Prokopyev_(cosmonaut)/ouH5HzIW">Sergey Prokopyev</a>, <a href="/facts/Roscosmos/GzWfae7U">RSA</a>First spaceflight</td></tr><tr><th>Flight Engineer 4</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX"></a> <a href="/facts/Alexander_Gerst/Iqwb5Tym">Alexander Gerst</a>, <a href="/facts/European_Space_Agency/L8YRNV0C">ESA</a>Second spaceflight<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></td></tr><tr><th>Flight Engineer 5</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Serena_M._Au%25C3%25B1%25C3%25B3n-Chancellor/qt1RGMCn">Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor</a>, <a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a>First spaceflight<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Originally NASA Astronaut <a href="/facts/Jeanette_Epps/UlCKS89Y">Jeanette Epps</a> was assigned as flight engineer for Expeditions 56 and 57, becoming the first African American space station crew member<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> and the 15th African American to fly in space, but on January 16, 2018, NASA announced that Epps had been replaced by her backup <a href="/facts/Serena_M._Au%25C3%25B1%25C3%25B3n-Chancellor/qt1RGMCn">Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor</a> with no announced explanation as to why.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="spacewalks">Spacewalks</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">EVA #</th><th scope="col">Spacewalkers</th><th scope="col">Start (<a href="/facts/Coordinated_Universal_Time/2EnjfSyu">UTC</a>)</th><th scope="col">End (UTC)</th><th scope="col">Duration</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">Expedition 56EVA 1</td><td><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Andrew_J._Feustel/qz9q24VA">Andrew J. Feustel</a><p><a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a> <a href="/facts/Richard_R._Arnold/7NF7Gxs0">Richard R. Arnold</a></p></td><td>June 14, 2018,<p>12:06</p></td><td>June 14, 2018,<p>18:55</p></td><td>6 hours 49 minutes</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">Feustel and Arnold installed new high-definition cameras near <a href="/facts/IDA-2/gq0Rdw4j">IDA 2</a> mated to the front end of the station's Harmony module. The additions will provide enhanced views during the final phase of approach and docking of the <a href="/facts/SpaceX_Crew_Dragon/Wy8kUegK">SpaceX Crew Dragon</a> and <a href="/facts/Boeing_CST-100_Starliner/VHmM9Yp7">Boeing CST 100 Starliner</a> commercial crew spacecraft that will soon begin launching from American soil.<p>The astronauts also swapped out a camera assembly on the starboard truss of the station used to film <a href="/facts/NASA_TV/Yp8ED6IA">NASA TV</a> and closed an aperture door on the <a href="/facts/Cloud_Aerosol_Transport_System/70gXWbAp">CATS</a> experiment outside the Japanese <a href="/facts/Kibo_(ISS_module)/mhbSDHWF">Kibo</a> module in preparation for disposal on <a href="/facts/SpaceX_CRS-15/A9axJfJh">SpaceX CRS 15</a> and replacement by its successor, <a href="/facts/ECOSTRESS/H7kY8PKb">ECOSTRESS</a>. Get aheads involved relocating an adjustable grapple bar to the S1 Truss and securing the Flex Hose Rotary Coupler in preparation for replacement on the next spacewalk. During the spacewalk Feustel beat <a href="/facts/Jerry_L._Ross/xE7haI5F">Jerry Ross</a>, his <a href="/facts/STS-125/epWDLLKH">STS 125</a> crewmate <a href="/facts/John_M._Grunsfeld/BrovBkDs">Dr. John Grunsfeld</a>, <a href="/facts/Fyodor_Yurchikhin/b1ggIejJ">Fyoder Yurchikhin</a>, and <a href="/facts/Peggy_Whitson/TwjHpJTP">Peggy Whitson</a> to become third on the list of all time space walkers.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">Expedition 56EVA 2*</td><td><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Oleg_Artemyev/I94q8qUd">Oleg Artemyev</a><p><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn"></a> <a href="/facts/Sergey_Prokopyev_(cosmonaut)/ouH5HzIW">Sergey Prokopyev</a></p></td><td>August 15, 2018,<p>16:17</p></td><td>August 15, 2018,<p>00:03</p></td><td>7 hours 46 minutes</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">The cosmonauts launched four cubesats and installed the Icarus experiment. Spacewalk fell behind schedule when Icarus failed to seat properly putting the spacewalk 90 minutes behind schedule and calling for an hour extension. The cosmonauts finished the spacewalk by retrieving experiments from the <a href="/facts/Pirs_(ISS_module)/6JCGTA18"><i>Pirs</i> docking compartment</a> and <a href="/facts/Poisk_(ISS_module)/hoVMygBG"><i>Poisk</i> module</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>*denotes spacewalks performed from the <a href="/facts/Pirs_(ISS_module)/6JCGTA18"><i>Pirs</i> docking compartment</a> in Russian <a href="/facts/Orlan_space_suit/fBNvK8bf">Orlan</a> suits.All other spacewalks were performed from the <a href="/facts/Quest_Joint_Airlock/qzx5E9YW"><i>Quest</i> airlock</a>. </p> <h2 id="uncrewed-spaceflights-to-the-iss">Uncrewed spaceflights to the ISS</h2> <p>Resupply missions that visited the International Space Station during Expedition 56: </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Spacecraft- ISS flight number</th><th>Country</th><th>Mission</th><th>Launcher</th><th>Launch(<a href="/facts/Coordinated_Universal_Time/2EnjfSyu">UTC</a>)</th><th>Docked/Berthed(UTC) †</th><th>Undocked/Unberthed(UTC)</th><th>Duration (Docked)</th><th>Deorbit</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/SpaceX_CRS-15/A9axJfJh">SpaceX CRS-15</a> - CRS SpX-15</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td><i>Logistics</i></td><td>Falcon 9</td><td>June 29, 2018, 09:42</td><td>July 2, 2018, 13:50</td><td>August 3, 2018, 16:38</td><td>32d 2h 48m</td><td>August 3, 2018, 22:17</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Progress_MS-09/F6ocAdKP">Progress MS-09</a> - ISS 70P</td><td> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></td><td><i>Logistics</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Soyuz-2/U3nHlUKx">Soyuz-2</a>.1a</td><td>July 9, 2018, 21:51:34</td><td>July 10, 2018, 01:30:48</td><td>January 25, 2019, 12:55</td><td>199d 11h 24m</td><td>January 25, 2019, 16:50</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kounotori_7/t3DCmQ7L">Kounotori 7</a> - HTV-7</td><td> <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a></td><td><i>Logistics</i></td><td>H-IIB</td><td>September 22, 2018, 17:52:27</td><td>September 27, 2018, 14:09</td><td>November 6, 2018, 23:32</td><td>40d 9h 23m</td><td>November 10, 2018, 21:14</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="leak">Leak</h2> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/Soyuz_MS-09/56UEK5dS">Soyuz MS-09 § Air leak</a></p> <p>On August 29, 2018, a small leak was detected through a drop in air pressure by the flight controllers. After learning about the leak upon waking up, the astronauts discovered a 2 mm hole in the <a href="/facts/Soyuz_(spacecraft)/meooRg7U">orbital module</a> of the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft. The hole was initially repaired with tape, followed by a permanent repair with gauze and epoxy.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> </p> <ul> <li>Spaceflight portal</li></ul> Wikimedia Commons has media related to ISS Expedition 56. <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Future Expeditions". NASA. March 8, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018. <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/future.html" target="_blank">https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/future.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Expedition 55 Mission Summary" (PDF). NASA. 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018. <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/exp-55-summary.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/exp-55-summary.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Andrew J. Feustel (PH.D.) NASA Astronaut". NASA. August 3, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2018. <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-j-feustel/biography" target="_blank">https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-j-feustel/biography</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Richard R. Arnold II NASA Astronaut". NASA. March 6, 2018. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019. 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Retrieved March 12, 2018. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170703073924/https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/serena-m-aunon-chancellor/biography/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20170703073924/https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/serena-m-aunon-chancellor/biography/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Karen Northon (January 4, 2017). "NASA Assigns Upcoming Space Station Crew Members". NASA press release 17-001. Retrieved January 21, 2017. <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-assigns-upcoming-space-station-crew-members" target="_blank">https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-assigns-upcoming-space-station-crew-members</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Karen Northon (January 18, 2018). "NASA Announces Updated Crew Assignments for Space Station Missions". NASA press release 18-004. 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