Expedition 20

Expedition 20

Expedition 20 is the 20th long duration flight to the International Space Station. This expedition is scheduled to start in September 2009. Because six crew members will be at the station, there will be two separate Soyuz TMA flights launched at two different times (each Soyuz TMA can hold only three people).

Crew

First part - 6 crew member (September to October 2009)

• Roman Romanenko (1) Commander - RSA
• Mikhail Korniyenko (1) Flight Engineer 1 - RSA
• Nicole Stott (1), Flight Engineer 2 - NASA
• Dmitri Kondratiyev (3), Flight Engineer 3 - RSA
• Frank De Winne (2) , Flight Engineer 4 - ESA
• Robert Thirsk (2) Canada, Flight Engineer 5 - CSA

Second part - 6 crew member (October to November 2009)

• Roman Romanenko (1) Russia - Commander
• Mikhail Korniyenko (1) Russia - Flight Engineer 1
• Jeffrey Williams (3), Flight Engineer 2 - NASA
• Dmitri Kondratiyev (3), Flight Engineer 3 - RSA
• Frank De Winne (2) , Flight Engineer 4 - ESA
• Robert Thirsk (2) Canada, Flight Engineer 5 - CSA

Third part - 6 crew member (November 2009 to March 2010)

• Roman Romanenko (1) Russia - Commander
• Mikhail Korniyenko (1) Russia - Flight Engineer 1
• Jeffrey Williams (3), Flight Engineer 2 - NASA
• Maksim Surayev (1) Russia - Flight Engineer 3
• Timothy Creamer (1) United States - Flight Engineer 4
• Soichi Noguchi (2) Japan - Flight Engineer 5

*Participation in Expedition 19 is contingent upon the launch of STS-127.

‡Participation in Expedition 19 is contingent upon the launch of STS-128.

(#) Number in parentheses indicates number of spaceflights by each individual prior to, and including this mission.

Back Up Crew

• Scott Kelly (for Williams)
• Alexandr Skvortsov (for Korniyenko)
• Oleg Shripochka (for Romanenko)
• Fyodor Yurchikhin (for Surayev)
• Douglas Wheelock (for Creamer)
• Satoshi Furukawa (for Noguchi)