Expedition 41

{{Short description|Trip to the International Space Station}}

{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Expedition 41

| image = Expedition 41 crew poster.jpg

| image_caption = Promotional Poster

| insignia = ISS Expedition 41 Patch.svg

| insignia_caption = Expedition 41 mission patch

| mission_type = Long-duration expedition

| mission_duration =

| orbits_completed =

| crew_size = 6

| crew_members = Expedition 40/41:
Maksim Surayev
Gregory R. Wiseman
Alexander Gerst

Expedition 41/42:
Aleksandr Samokutyayev
Yelena Serova
Barry E. Wilmore

| crew_EVAs =

| crew_EVA_duration =

| crew_photo = Expedition 41 crew portrait.jpg

| crew_photo_caption = (l-r) Wiseman, Gerst, Surayev, Wilmore, Samokutyayev and Serova

| space_station = International Space Station

| start_date = {{start-date|10 September 2014|timezone=yes}} UTC

| end_date = {{end-date|10 November 2014|timezone=yes}} UTC

| arrival_craft = Soyuz TMA-13M
Soyuz TMA-14M

| departure_craft = Soyuz TMA-13M
Soyuz TMA-14M

| previous_mission = Expedition 40

| next_mission = Expedition 42

| programme = ISS expeditions

}}

Expedition 41 was the 41st expedition to the International Space Station. It began on 10 September 2014 with the undocking of Soyuz TMA-12M, returning the crew of Expedition 40 to Earth.{{cite web|title=Station Trio Undocks Ending Expedition 40|url=http://www.nasa.gov/content/station-trio-undocks-ending-expedition-40/index.html#.VBDgj_ldVqU|publisher=NASA.gov|access-date=10 September 2014}}

The expedition ended with the undocking of Soyuz TMA-13M on November 10, 2014. The remainder of Expedition 41's crew joined Expedition 42.{{cite web|title=Expedition 41 Departs from Station in Soyuz|date=9 November 2014 |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2014/11/09/expedition-41-departs-from-station-in-soyuz/|publisher=NASA.gov|access-date=10 November 2014}}

Crew

class="wikitable"
Position

!First Part
(September 2014)

!Second Part
(September 2014 to November 2014)

Commander

|colspan=2 align=center|{{flagicon|RUS}} Maksim Surayev, RSA
Second and last spaceflight

Flight Engineer 1

|colspan=2 align=center|{{flagicon|USA}} Gregory R. Wiseman, NASA
First spaceflight

Flight Engineer 2

|colspan=2 align=center|{{flagicon|GER}} Alexander Gerst, ESA
First spaceflight

Flight Engineer 3

|{{n/a}}

|align=center|{{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksandr Samokutyayev, RSA
Second and last spaceflight

Flight Engineer 4

|{{n/a}}

|align=center|{{flagicon|RUS}} Yelena Serova, RSA
Only spaceflight

Flight Engineer 5

|{{n/a}}

|align=center|{{flagicon|USA}} Barry E. Wilmore, NASA
Second spaceflight

;Source: ESA{{Cite web|url=http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMSE23UNSG_index_0.html|title=ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst to fly to Space Station in 2014|access-date=2011-09-28|publisher=ESA}}

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