Expedition 18

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Expedition 18
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Expedition 18 insignia
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Mission name: Expedition 18
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Number of crew: 3
Launch Date: NET October, 2008
Launch Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-13, STS-124 Space Shuttle Discovery (Chamitoff), STS-126 Space Shuttle Endeavour (Magnus), STS-119 Space Shuttle Discovery (Wakata)
Landing Date: TBD
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Expedition 18 is the 18th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). The first two crew members, Michael Fincke, and Salizhan Sharipov are scheduled for launch in October 2008, aboard Soyuz TMA-13.

Expedition 18 will be the final three-crewmember expedition, before the station crew is increased to six astronauts and cosmonauts with Expedition 19.

Contents

[edit] Crew

[edit] First part (October 2008 to November 2008)

[edit] Second part (November 2008 to February 2009)

  • Michael Fincke (2) Commander[1] - NASA
  • Yuri Lonchakov (3) Flight Engineer 1, Soyuz Commander - RSA
  • Sandra Magnus* (2) - Flight Engineer 2 - NASA

[edit] Third part (February 2009 to April 2009)

  • Michael Fincke (2) Commander - NASA
  • Yuri Lonchakov (3) Flight Engineer, Soyuz Commander - RSA
  • Koichi Wakata‡ (3) - Flight Engineer - JAXA

[edit] Crew Change

Salizhan Sharipov, who was orginally slated to be the Soyuz commander and Expedition 18 Flight Engineer 1, was replaced by his back-up Yuri Lonchakov, due to health concerns. This crew swap can be confirmed by both NASA, and the mission insignia which has Lonchakov's name on it, while Sharipov's is emitted.

*Participation in Expedition 18 is contingent upon the launch of STS-126.

‡Participation in Expedition 18 is contingent upon the launch of STS-119.

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

[edit] Back-up crew

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b NASA (2007). NASA Announces Three International Space Station Crews. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Retrieved on November 3, 2007.

[edit] External links

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