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11/21/08: New ISS Expedition Crews Assigned; Numbering Sequence Adjusted.


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Expedition 20:

Roman Romanenko, Commander (RSA)
Mikhail Korniyenko, Flight Engineer 1 (RSA)
Nicole Stott, Flight Engineer 2 (NASA)
Dmitri Kondratiyev, Flight Engineer 3 (RSA)
Frank De Winne, Flight Engineer 4 (ESA)
Robert Thirsk, Flight Engineer 5 (CSA)
Jeffrey Williams, Flight Engineer 2 (NASA)
Maksim Surayev, Flight Engineer 3 (RSA)
Timothy Creamer, Flight Engineer 4 (NASA)
Soichi Noguchi, Flight Engineer 5 (JAXA)

View from STS-124 after undocking, Launch: September 2009
Launch Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-16; STS-129; Soyuz TMA-17.

ISS Project Patch

Expedition 19:

Gennady Padalka, Commander (RSA)
Michael Barratt, Flight Engineer 1 (NASA)
Koichi Wakata, Flight Engineer 2 (JAXA)
Timothy Kopra, Flight Engineer 2 (NASA)
Nicole Stott, Flight Engineer 2 (NASA)
Dmitri Kondratiyev, Flight Engineer 3 (RSA)
Frank De Winne, Flight Engineer 4 (ESA)
Robert Thirsk, Flight Engineer 5 (CSA)

View from STS-124 after undocking, Launch: April 2009
Launch Spacecraft: STS-119; Soyuz TMA-14; STS-127; STS-128; Soyuz TMA-15.
Landing Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-14; Soyuz TMA-15.

Expedition 18 Mission Patch

Expedition 18:

Michael Fincke, Commander (NASA)
Yuri Lonchakov, Flight Engineer 1, Soyuz Commander (RSA)
Gregory Chamitoff, Flight Engineer 2 (NASA)
Sandra Magnus, Flight Engineer 2 (NASA)
Koichi Wakata, Flight Engineer (JAXA)

Expedition 18 Launch: NET October, 2008
Launch Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-13; STS-124 Discovery (Chamitoff); STS-126 Endeavour (Magnus); STS-119 Discovery (Wakata).
Landing: TBD

Expedition 17 Mission Patch

Expedition 17:

Sergei Volkov, Commander (RSA)
Oleg Kononenko, Flight Engineer (RSA)
Garrett Reisman, Flight Engineer (NASA)
Gregory Chamitoff, Flight Engineer (NASA)

Chamitoff, Reisman, Volkov, Kononenko Launch: April 8, 2008 (Soyuz TMA-12); May 31, 2008 (STS-124).
Launch Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-12 (Volkov/Kononenko); Discovery STS-124 (Chamitoff).
Landing: October, 2008 (Soyuz TMA-12); June 11, 2008 (STS-124); TBD (STS-126).
Landing Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-12 (Volkov/Kononenko); Discovery STS-124 (Reisman); Endeavour STS-126 (Chamitoff).

Expedition 16 Mission Patch

Expedition 16:

Peggy Whitson, Commander (NASA)
Yuri Malenchenko, Flight Engineer 1 (RSA)
Clayton Anderson, Flight Engineer 2 (NASA)
Daniel Tani, Flight Engineer 2 (NASA)
Leopold Eyharts, Flight Engineer 2 (ESA), France
Garrett Reisman, Flight Engineer 2 (NASA)

Anderson, Malenchenko, Tani, Eyharts, Whitson, Reisman Launch: October 10, 2007 (Soyuz TMA-11); October 23, 2007 (STS-120); February 7, 2008 (STS-122); March 11, 2008 (STS-123).
Launch Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-11 (Whitson/Malenchenko); Atlantis STS-117 (Anderson); Discovery STS-120 (Tani); Atlantis STS-122 (Eyharts); Endeavour STS-123 (Reisman).
Landing: April 19, 10:30 UTC2008 (Soyuz TMA-11); November 7, 2007 (STS-120); February 20, 2008 (STS-122); March 27, 2008 (STS-123); June 11, 2008 (STS-124).
Landing Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-11 (Whitson/Malenchenko); Discovery STS-120 (Anderson); Atlantis STS-122 (Tani); Endeavour STS-123 (Eyharts); Discovery STS-124 (Reisman).
Mission Duration: 192 days
Expedition 15 Mission Patch
Expedition 15:

Fyodor Yurchikhin, Commander (RSA)
Oleg Kotov, Flight Engineer (RSA)
Sunita Williams, Flight Engineer (NASA)
Clayton Anderson, Flight Engineer (NASA)

Williams, Yurchikhin, Kotov
Anderson, Yurchikhin, Kotov
Launch: April 7, 2007 (Soyuz TMA-10), June 8, 2007 (STS-117)
Launch Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-10 (Yurchikhin/Kotov), Atlantis STS-117 (Anderson)
Landing: October 21, 2007 (Soyuz TMA-10), November 3, 2007 (STS-120)
Landing Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-10 (Yurchikhin/Kotov), Discovery STS-120 (Anderson)
Landing Site: Ballistic Trajectory Landing Site northwest of Arkalyk
Time Docked: April 9, 2007 07:10 UTC - October 21, 2007 07:14 UTC
EVA Duration: 11 hours 2 minutes
Mission Duration: 196 days, 17 hours, 17 minutes

Expedition 14 Mission Patch

Expedition 14:

Michael Lopez-Alegria, ISS Commander (NASA)
Mikhail Tyurin, ISS Flight Engineer (RSA)
Thomas Reiter, ISS Flight Engineer (ESA)
Sunita Williams, ISS Flight Engineer (NASA)

Reiter, Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin
Williams, Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin
Launch: September 18, 2006, 04:09 UTC (Soyuz TMA-9) & December 10, 2006, 01:47 UTC (STS-116)
Launch Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-9 (Lopez-Alegria/Tyurin), Discovery STS-116 (Williams)
Landing: April 21, 2007, 12:31 UTC (Soyuz TMA-9) & June 22, 2007 (STS-117)
Landing Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-9 (Lopez-Alegria/Tyurin), Atlantis STS-117 (Williams)
EVA Duration: 5 hours 38 minutes as of November 23 2006.
Mission Duration: 215 days 08 hours (Lopez-Alegria/Tyurin)
Number of orbits: 3,401 (Lopez-Alegria/Tyurin)


Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin, Reiter

Expedition 13 Mission Patch

Expedition 13:

Pavel Vinogradov, Commander (RSA)
Jeffrey Williams, Flight Engineer (NASA))
Thomas Reiter, Flight Engineer (ESA)

Reiter, Vinogradov, Williams Launch: March 30, 2006 02:30 UTC (Soyuz TMA-8) & July 4, 2006 18:38 UTC (STS-121)
Launch Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-8 (Vinogradov/Williams), Discovery STS-121 (Reiter)
Landing: September 28, 2006 01:13 UTC (Soyuz TMA-8) & December 22, 2006 22:32 UTC (STS-116)
Landing Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-8 (Vinagradov/Williams), Discovery STS-116 (Reiter)
Time Docked: April 01, 2006 04:19 UTC
EVA Duration: 1st EVA: 6 Hours 31 Minutes; 2nd EVA: 5 Hours 54 Minutes
Mission Duration: 182 days / 171 days (Reiter)
Number of orbits: 2, 886
Mass: 187,016 kg

Expedition 12 Mission Patch

Expedition 12:

William McArthur, Commander (NASA)
Valery Ivanovich Tokarev, Flight Engineer (RSA)

McArthur, Tokarev Launch: October 1, 2005 03:55 UTC
Launch Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-7
Landing: April 8, 2006 23:48 UTC
Landing Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-7
Landing Site: Kazakhstan
Time Docked: October 3, 2005, 07:27 UTC
EVA Duration: 1st EVA: 5 Hours 22 Minutes
2nd EVA: 5 Hours 43 Minutes
Mission Duration: 189 Days
Number of orbits: 2,987
Mass: 187,016 kg

Expedition 11 Mission Patch

Expedition 11:

Sergei Krikalev, Commander (RSA)
John L. Phillips, Flight Engineer (NASA)

Krikalev, Phillips Launch: April 15, 2005 00:46:00 UTC
Launch Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-6
Landing: October 11, 2005 01:09:00 UTC
Landing Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-6
Landing Site: TBD
EVA Duration: 4 hours and 58 minutes
Mission Duration: 179 Days 23 Minutes
Number of orbits: 2,817
Distance travelled: Mass: 187,016 kg

Expedition 10 Mission Patch

Expedition 10:

Leroy Chiao, Commander (NASA)
Salizhan Sharipov, Flight Engineer (RSA)

Chiao, Sharipov Launch: October 14, 2004 03:06 UTC
Launch Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-5
Landing: April 24, 2005 22:08 UTC
Landing Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-5
Landing Site: 53 miles northeast Arkalyk
Time Docked: 192 d 15:39
EVA Duration: 10 h 34 min
Mission Duration: 192 d 19:02
Number of orbits: ~2,975
Distance travelled: ~122,000,000 km
Mass: 187,016 kg

Expedition 9 Mission Patch

Expedition 9:

Gennady Padalka, Commander (RSA)
Edward Fincke, Flight Engineer (NASA)

Fincke, Padalka Launch: April 19, 2004 03:19:00 UTC
Launch Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-4
Landing: October 24, 2004 00:35:00 UTC
Landing Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-4
Landing Site: 90km north of Arkalyk
Time Docked: 185 days 16:04
EVA Duration: 15 h 45 min
Mission Duration: 187 days 21:16
Number of orbits: 2,940
Distance travelled: ~121,802,083 km
Mass: 187,016 kg

Expedition 8 Mission Patch

Expedition 8:

Michael Foale, ISS Commander (NASA)
Alexandr Kaleri, ISS Flight Engineer (RSA)

Kaleri, Foale Launch: October 18, 2003 05:38:03 UTC
Launch Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-3
Landing: April 30, 2004 00:11:15 UTC
Landing Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-3
Landing Site: near Arkalyk
Time Docked: 192 days 13:36:11
EVA Duration: 3 h 55 min
Mission Duration: 194 days 18:33:12
Number of orbits: ~3,036
Distance travelled: ~129,123,519 km
Mass: 187,016 kg

Expedition 7 Mission Patch

Expedition 7:

Yuri Malenchenko, Commander (RSA)
Ed Lu, Flight Engineer (NASA)

Malenchenko, Lu Launch: April 26, 2003 03:53:52 UTC
Launch Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-2
Landing: October 28, 2003 02:40:20 UTC
Landing Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-2
Landing Site: near Arkalyk
Time Docked: 182 days 16:20:49
EVA Duration: 0 h 0 min
Mission Duration: 184 days 22:46:28
Number of orbits: 2,895
Distance travelled: ~123,133,253 km
Mass: 187,016 kg

Expedition 6 Mission Patch

Expedition 6:

Kenneth Bowersox, Commander (NASA)
Nikolai Budarin, Flight Engineer (RSA)
Donald Pettit, Flight Engineer (NASA)

Pettit, Bowersox, Budarin Launch: November 24, 2002 00:49:47 UTC
Launch Spacecraft: Endeavour STS-113
Landing: May 4, 2003 02:04:25 UTC
Landing Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-1
Landing Site: northern Kazakhstan
Time Docked: 156 days 00:44
EVA Duration: 13 h 17 min
Mission Duration: 161 days 01:14:38
Number of orbits: 2,536
Distance travelled: ~107,824,795 km
Mass: 187,016 kg

Expedition 5 Mission Patch

Expedition 5:

Valery Korzun, Commander (RSA)
Peggy Whitson, Flight Engineer (NASA)
Sergei Treshchev, Flight Engineer (RSA)

Korzun, Whitson, Treschev Launch: June 5, 2002 21:22:49 UTC
Launch Spacecraft: Endeavour STS-111
Landing: December 7, 2002 19:37:12 UTC
Landing Spacecraft: Endeavour STS-113
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center
Time Docked: 178 days 03:40
EVA Duration: 9 h 46 min
Mission Duration: 184 days 22:14:23
Number of orbits: 2,895
Distance travelled: ~123,133,253 km
Mass: 144,634 kg

Expedition 4 Mission Patch

Expedition 4:

Yury Onufrienko, Commander (RSA)
Daniel W. Bursch, Flight Engineer (NASA)
Carl E. Walz, Flight Engineer (NASA)

Bursch, Onufrienko, Walz Launch: December 5, 2001 22:19:28 UTC
Launch Spacecraft: Endeavour STS-108
Landing: June 19, 2002 09:57:41 UTC
Landing Spacecraft: Endeavour STS-111
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base
Time Docked: 189 days 18:28:31
EVA Duration: 17 h 51 min
Mission Duration: 195 days 19:38:13
Number of orbits: 3,068
Distance travelled: ~130,454,690 km
Mass: 119,438 kg

Expedition 3 Mission Patch

Expedition 3:

Frank Culbertson, Commander (NASA)
Mikhail Tyurin, Flight Engineer (RSA)
Vladimir Dezhurov, Flight Engineer (RSA)

Tyurin, Cuthbertson, Dezhurov Launch: August 10, 2001 21:10:15 UTC
Launch Spacecraft: Discovery STS-105
Landing: December 17, 2001 17:56:13 UTC
Landing Spacecraft: Endeavour STS-108
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center
Time Docked: 124 days 22:46:14
EVA Duration: 18 h 40 min
Mission Duration: 128 days 20:45:58
Number of orbits: 2,020
Distance travelled: ~85,860,485 km
Mass: 104,018 kg


Expedition 2 Mission Patch

Expedition 2:

Yury Usachev, Commander (RSA)
Susan Helms, Flight Engineer (NASA)
James Voss, Flight Engineer (NASA)

Voss, Usachev, Helms Launch: March 8, 2001 11:42:09 UTC
Launch Spacecraft: Discovery STS-102
Landing: August 22, 2001 19:24:06 UTC
Landing Spacecraft: Discovery STS-105
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center
Time Docked: 163 days 08:13:30
EVA Duration: 18 h 40 min
Mission Duration: 167 days 07:41:57
Number of orbits: 2,614
Distance travelled: ~111,152,720 km
Mass: 104,018 kg

Expedition 1 Mission Patch

Expedition 1:

William Shepherd, Commander (NASA)
Sergei K. Krikalev, Flight Engineer (RSA)
Yuri Gidzenko, Soyuz Commander (RSA)

Krikalev, Shepherd, Gidzenko Launch: October 31, 2000 07:52:47 UTC
Launch Spacecraft: Soyuz TM-31
Landing: March 21, 2001 07:33:06 UTC
Landing Spacecraft: Discovery, STS-102
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center
Time Docked: 136 days 19:10:57
EVA Duration: 0 h 0 min
Mission Duration: 140 days 23:40:19
Number of orbits: 2,207
Distance travelled: ~93,847,506 km
Mass: 89,155 kg

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