Resident Crews of the International Space Station (ISS)

ISS: Expedition 20

ISS Project Patch
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HTV patch Crew ISS-20

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Crew ISS-20 Crew ISS-20

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Crew ISS-20 Crew ISS-20

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Crew ISS-20 Crew ISS-20

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Crew ISS-20 Crew ISS-20

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Crew, launch- and landing data

No.: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Nation: Russian Federation USA Japan Russian Federation Belgium Canada USA USA
Surname:  Padalka  Barratt  Wakata  Romanenko  De Winne  Thirsk  Kopra  Stott
Given names:  Gennadi Ivanovich  Michael Reed  Koichi  Roman Yuriyevich  Frank  Robert Brent  Timothy Lennart  Nicole Marie Passonno
Job:  ISS-CDR  Flight Engineer  Flight Engineer  Flight Engineer  Flight Engineer  Flight Engineer  Flight Engineer  Flight Engineer
Spacecraft (Launch):  Soyuz TMA-14  Soyuz TMA-14  STS-119  Soyuz TMA-15  Soyuz TMA-15  Soyuz TMA-15  STS-127  STS-128
Launch date:  26.03.2009  26.03.2009  15.03.2009  27.05.2009  27.05.2009  27.05.2009  15.07.2009  29.08.2009
Launchtime:  11:49 UT  11:49 UT  23:43 UT  10:34 UT  10:34 UT  10:34 UT  22:03 UT  03:59 UT
Spacecraft (Landing):  Soyuz TMA-14  Soyuz TMA-14  STS-127  Soyuz TMA-15  Soyuz TMA-15  Soyuz TMA-15  STS-128  STS-129
Landingdate:  11.10.2009  11.10.2009  31.07.2009  01.12.2009  01.12.2009  01.12.2009  12.09.2009  27.11.2009
Landingtime:  04:31 UT  04:31 UT  14:48 UT  07:16 UT  07:16 UT  07:16 UT  00:53 UT  14:44 UT
Mission duration:  198d 16h 42m  198d 16h 42m  137d 15h 05m  187d 20h 42m  187d 20h 42m  187d 20h 42m  58d 02h 50m  90d 10h 45m
Orbits:  3130  3130  2166  2961  2961  2961  920  1423

unofficial Backup Crew

No.: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Nation: Russian Federation USA Japan Russian Federation The Netherlands Canada USA USA
Surname:  Surayev  Williams  Noguchi  Kondratiyev  Kuipers  Hadfield  Creamer  Coleman
Given names:  Maksim Viktorovich  Jeffrey Nels  Soichi  Dmitri Yuriyevich  André  Chris Austin  Timothy John "TJ"  Catherine Grace "Cady"
Job:  ISS-CDR  Flight Engineer  Flight Engineer  Flight Engineer  Flight Engineer  Flight Engineer  Flight Engineer  Flight Engineer

Crew ISS-20 (backup) Crew ISS-20 (Double)

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Where is the ISS now?

Expedition Report

Launch from Baikonur (Padalka and Barratt with Soyuz TMA-14). Wakata is onboard the ISS since 17.03.2008 (arrival with STS-119). He was replaced by Nicole Stott (arrival with STS-128).

Romanenko, De Winne and Thirsk arrived with Soyuz TMA-15 on 29.05.2009. For the first time the resident crew of the ISS consists of six persons.

Kopra arrived on 17.07.2009 with STS-127.

EVA by Padalka and Barratt on 05.06.2009 (4h 54m) to prepare Pirs for the arrival of a new Russian module called the Mini-Research Module 2, or MRM2.

IVA by Padalka and Barratt on 10.06.2009 (0h 12m). Interior spacewalk to the transfer compartment between the Zvezda service module and the Zarya module for setting the stage for the MRM2's launch and automated linkup.

The Japanese freighter HTV arrived on 17.09.2009.

Drawings / Photos

HTV Soyuz TMA-15 arrival
traditional in-flight photo ISS-20 STS-127 arrives at the ISS
traditional in-flight photo ISS-20 Death Sea
Sevastopol Arrival of STS-128
traditional in-flight photo ISS-20 HTV launch
Arrival of HTV

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Last update on January 12, 2010.

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