Expedition 21
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Mission type | ISS Expedition |
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Expedition | |
Space station | International Space Station |
Began | 11 October 2009 |
Ended | 1 December 2009 |
Arrived aboard | Soyuz TMA-15 Soyuz TMA-16 Stott:STS-128 Space ShuttleDiscovery |
Departed aboard | Soyuz TMA-15 Soyuz TMA-16 Stott:STS-129 Space ShuttleAtlantis |
Crew | |
Crew size | 6 (to November) 5 (from November) |
Members | Expedition 20/21: Frank De Winne Roman Romanenko Robert Brent Thirsk Nicole P. Stott(to November) Expedition 21/22: Jeffrey N. Williams Maksim Surayev |
![]() Expedition 21 mission patch ![]() from left to right: Maksim Surayev, Nicole Stott, Jeffrey Williams, Frank De Winne (commander), Robert Thirsk, Roman Romanenko |
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Expedition 21was the 21st long-duration mission to theInternational Space Station(ISS). The expedition began on 11 October 2009, withFrank de Winnebecoming the firstESAastronaut to command a space mission.
The handover betweenExpedition 20and Expedition 21 required threeSoyuzvehicles being docked to the station at the same time, the first time this has occurred.
Soyuz TMA-16brought the final members of Expedition 21 to the ISS, along withspace touristGuy Laliberté.Laliberté returned to Earth onSoyuz TMA-14with two members of Expedition 20 on 11 October 2009.
Nicole P. Stottwas the last ISS expedition crew member to fly on theSpace Shuttle.She returned to Earth aboardSTS-129in November 2009.
Crew
[edit]Position | First Part (October to November 2009) |
Second Part (November to December 2009) | |
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Commander | ![]() Second and last spaceflight | ||
Flight Engineer 1 | ![]() First spaceflight | ||
Flight Engineer 2 | ![]() Second and last Spaceflight | ||
Flight Engineer 3 | ![]() Third spaceflight | ||
Flight Engineer 4 | ![]() First spaceflight | ||
Flight Engineer 5 | ![]() First spaceflight |
Backup crew
[edit]André Kuipers- Commander
Dimitri Kondratyev
Chris Hadfield
Shannon Walker
Aleksandr Skvortsov
Catherine Coleman
References
[edit]This article incorporatespublic domain materialfrom websites or documents of theNational Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- ^NASA HQ (2008)."NASA Assigns Space Station Crews, Updates Expedition Numbering".NASA. Archived fromthe originalon 17 April 2012.Retrieved21 November2008.
External links
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