Soyuz TMA-15
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| Mission name | Soyuz TMA-15 | ||||
| Crew size | 3 | ||||
| Launch pad | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakstan | ||||
| Launch date | May 2009[1] | ||||
| Landing | TBD | ||||
| Mission duration | TBD | ||||
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The Soyuz TMA-15 is a planned 2009 flight to the International Space Station. It will transport 3 members of the Expedition 19 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-15 will be the 102nd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, the first flight launching in 1967. The Soyuz will most likely remain on board the space station for the remainder of the Expedition 19 increment to serve as an emergency escape vehicle.
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[edit] Crew
NASA announced the Expedition 19 crew on February 11, 2008.[2]
[edit] Will launch and land ISS Expedition 19 crew
- Dmitri Kondratyev (1)
Russia - Commander - Frank De Winne (2)
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Belgium - Flight Engineer 1
[edit] Will launch ISS Expedition 19 crew
- Robert Thirsk (2)
Canada - Flight Engineer 2
[edit] Will land ISS Expedition 19 crew
- Nicole Stott (1)
United States - Flight Engineer 2
[edit] Backup Crew
- ??????? - Russia (for Kondratiyev)
- André Kuipers -
Netherlands (for De Winne) - Chris Hadfield - Canada (for Thirsk)
- Catherine Coleman - United States (for Stott)
[edit] Reference
- ^ CSA (2008). Canadian astronauts Julie Payette and Robert Thirsk to go on space missions in 2009. CSA. Retrieved on February 27, 2008.
- ^ NASA (2008). NASA Assigns Crews for STS-127 and Expedition 19 Missions. NASA. Retrieved on February 11, 2008.
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