Expedition 21

ISS Expedition 21 mission is the designation for the 21 long-term crew of the International Space Station ( ISS). The crew lived and worked on 11 October by 1 December 2009 on board the ISS.

Team

On 21 November 2008, NASA announced the official crew of ISS Expedition 21 known:

  • Frank De Winne ( second space flight), Commander (Belgium / ESA ) ( Soyuz TMA -15)
  • Roman Romanenko Jurjewitsch ( first space flight), flight engineer ( Russia / Roscosmos ) ( Soyuz TMA -15)
  • Robert Thirsk ( second space flight), flight engineer ( Canada / CSA) ( Soyuz TMA -15)
  • Jeffrey Williams ( third space flight), flight engineer (USA / NASA) ( Soyuz TMA -16)
  • Maxim Surajew ( first space flight), flight engineer ( Russia / Roscosmos ) ( Soyuz TMA -16)
  • Nicole Stott ( first space flight ), aircraft engineer (USA / NASA) (STS -128 - STS -129 )

Backup crew

The backup crew of ISS Expedition recruited from the backup crews of the Soyuz shuttle respective spaceships ( see there). If everything is going according to plan, these teams two Soyuz missions and thus two ISS expeditions are then usually later for regular use.

Mission History

With the arrival of Williams and Surajew with Soyuz TMA -16 in October 2009, the ISS Expedition 21 Soyuz TMA -16 began will be permanently docked next Soyuz TMA -15 as second rescue capsule ( for three people) on the ISS.

De Winne, Romanenko and Thirsk were already in May 2009 on board and members of the ISS Expedition 20 They changed with the arrival of Soyuz TMA -16 to ISS Expedition 21

Stott came in August 2009 with the Space Shuttle mission STS -128 on board and also joined in October 2009 by the Expedition 20 to Expedition 21 She returned in November 2009 with the Space Shuttle mission STS -129 back to Earth.

The end of the ISS Expedition 21 and the start of the ISS Expedition 22 was on December 1, 2009. At this time returned De Winne, Romanenko and Thirsk with the Soyuz TMA -15 back to Earth. In December 2009, three new crew members were transported with Soyuz TMA -17 to the ISS.

Soyuz TMA-15 Soyuz TMA-16 Soyuz TMA-14 Jeffrey Williams (astronaut) STS-128 STS-129 Soyuz TMA-17 List of human spaceflights to the International Space Station STS-88 STS-96 STS-101 STS-106 STS-92 Soyuz TM-31 STS-97 STS-98 STS-102 STS-100 Soyuz TM-32 STS-104 STS-105 Soyuz TM-33 STS-108 STS-110 Soyuz TM-34 STS-111 STS-112 Soyuz TMA-1 STS-113 Soyuz TMA-2 Soyuz TMA-3 Soyuz TMA-4 Soyuz TMA-5 Soyuz TMA-6 STS-114 Soyuz TMA-7 Soyuz TMA-8 STS-121 STS-115 Soyuz TMA-9 STS-116 Soyuz TMA-10 STS-117 STS-118 Soyuz TMA-11 STS-120 STS-122 STS-123 Soyuz TMA-12 STS-124 Soyuz TMA-13 STS-126 STS-119 STS-127 STS-130 Soyuz TMA-18 STS-131 STS-132 Soyuz TMA-19 Soyuz TMA-01M Soyuz TMA-20 STS-133 Soyuz TMA-21 STS-134 Soyuz TMA-02M STS-135 Soyuz TMA-22 Soyuz TMA-03M Soyuz TMA-04M Soyuz TMA-05M Soyuz TMA-06M Soyuz TMA-07M Soyuz TMA-08M Soyuz TMA-09M Soyuz TMA-10M Soyuz TMA-11M Soyuz TMA-12M Soyuz TMA-13M Soyuz TMA-14M Soyuz TMA-15M Soyuz TMA-16M Soyuz TMA-17M Soyuz TMA-18M Soyuz TMA-19M List of International Space Station expeditions Expedition 27 Expedition 28 Expedition 29 Expedition 30 Expedition 31 Expedition 32 Expedition 33 Expedition 34 Expedition 35 Expedition 36 Expedition 37 Expedition 38 Expedition 39 Expedition 40 Expedition 41 Expedition 42 Expedition 43 Expedition 44
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