The International Space Station's (ISS) Expedition 48 begins with the scheduled undocking of Soyuz TMA-19M in March 2016. New crew members will arrive shortly thereafter on Soyuz MS-01.
Expedition 48 will be commanded by NASA astronaut Jeff Williams. His crewmates, all flight engineers, include: Roscosmos cosmonauts Aleksey Ovchinin, Oleg Skripochka and Anatoli Ivanishin, Kathleen Rubins of NASA and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Takuya Onishi.
The ISS Expedition 48 insignia was designed by artists Tim Gagnon and Jorge Cartes working with commander Jeff Williams.