Waspie_Dwarf Posted January 15, 2013 #1 Share Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) NASA, Space Station Partners Announce Future Crew Members Jan. 14, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 jay.e.bolden@nasa.gov RELEASE : 13-017 NASA, Space Station Partners Announce Future Crew Members HOUSTON -- NASA and its international partners have named several future International Space Station expedition crews. They include NASA astronauts Steve Swanson, Reid Wiseman, Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts. Swanson was born in Syracuse, N.Y., but considers Steamboat Springs, Colo., his hometown. Wiseman is from Baltimore and is a commander in the U.S. Navy. Wilmore, a captain in the U.S. Navy, is from Mount Juliet, Tenn. Virts, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, was born in Baltimore, but considers Columbia, Md., his hometown. Swanson and his two Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) crewmates will join Expedition 39 in progress. That expedition will begin in mid-March 2014. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, the expedition's commander; NASA's Richard Mastracchio; and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin already will be aboard. Swanson and his crewmates are scheduled to launch in late-March 2014. Expedition 39 will consist of the following crew members: -- Wakata, station commander -- Mastracchio, flight engineer -- Tyurin, flight engineer -- Swanson, flight engineer -- Alexander Skvortsov of Roscomos, flight engineer -- Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, flight engineer Expedition 40 will begin in mid-May 2014. The second half of the crew is scheduled to launch in late-May 2014. Expedition 40 will consist of the following crew members: -- Swanson, station commander -- Skvortsov, flight engineer -- Artemyev, flight engineer -- Wiseman, flight engineer -- Maxim Suraev of Roscosmos, flight engineer -- Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (ESA), flight engineer Expedition 41 will begin in September 2014. The remainder of the crew is scheduled to launch in October 2014. Expedition 41 will consist of the following crew members: -- Suraev, station commander -- Wiseman, flight engineer -- Gerst, flight engineer -- Wilmore, flight engineer -- Yelena Serova of Roscosmos, flight engineer -- Alexander Samoukutyaev of Roscosmos, flight engineer Expedition 42 will begin in mid-November 2014. The other half of the team is scheduled to launch in late-November 2014. Once on the station, Expedition 42 will include the following crew members: -- Wilmore, station commander -- Serova, flight engineer -- Samoukutyaev, flight engineer -- Virts, flight engineer -- Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA, flight engineer For complete astronaut biographical information, visit: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/index.html For more information about the International Space Station, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station To join the online conversation about the International Space Station and the men and women aboard, follow @NASA_Astronauts and the hashtag #ISS. To learn more about all the ways to connect and collaborate with NASA, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/connect- end - ___________________________ Source Edited January 15, 2013 by Waspie_Dwarf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonPollock Posted January 16, 2013 #2 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Very interesting, good luck to all and a great experience to share. Once in a lifetime, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taun Posted January 16, 2013 #3 Share Posted January 16, 2013 (edited) Dang they left my name off - AGAIN!... (thanx for the posting Waspie!) Edited January 16, 2013 by Taun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted January 16, 2013 Author #4 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Once in a lifetime. These are professional astronauts and cosmonauts, most of them will have flown in space before, most will do so again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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