Expedition 21

    Expedition 21 landed on Dec. 1, 2009. For the latest news and information on the International Space Station, visit the main station page.

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    ISS021-S-002A: Expedition 21 crew members Image above: Pictured on the front row of this Expedition 21 crew portrait (from the left) are Flight Engineers Nicole Stott, Frank De Winne and Roman Romanenko. Pictured on the back row (from the left) are Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, Commander Jeffrey Williams and Flight Engineer Robert Thirsk. Image credit: NASA

Crew Profiles

  • Astronaut Jeff Williams

    Commander Jeffrey N. Williams

    Astronaut Jeffrey Williams will serve as a flight engineer and commander for Expedition 21 and commander of Expedition 22. He previously resided on the space station for six months in 2006 as a member of the Expedition 13 crew.

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  • Frank De Winne

    Flight Engineer Frank De Winne

    European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne will serve as a flight engineer for Expedition 20 and commander and flight engineer for Expedition 21. De Winne spent nine days aboard the station in 2002 as a member of the Odissea mission.

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  • Robert Thirsk

    Flight Engineer Robert Thirsk

    Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk will serve as a flight engineer for Expeditions 20 and 21. In 1996, Dr. Thirsk flew as a payload specialist astronaut aboard space shuttle mission STS-78, the Life and Microgravity Spacelab mission.

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  • Roman Romanenko

    Flight Engineer Roman Romanenko

    Cosmonaut Roman Romanenko will serve as a flight engineer for Expeditions 20 and 21. He was selected as a test-cosmonaut candidate of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Cosmonaut Office in December 1997. In November 1999, he was qualified as a test cosmonaut.

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  • Nicole Stott

    Flight Engineer Nicole P. Stott

    Astronaut Nicole Stott will serve as a flight engineer for Expeditions 20 and 21 after launching on STS-128. In April 2006 she was a crew member on the NEEMO 9 mission where she lived and worked with a 6-person crew for 18 days on the Aquarius undersea research habitat.

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  • Cosmonaut Maxim Suraev

    Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev

    Cosmonaut Maxim Suraev will serve as a flight engineer for Expeditions 21 and 22. He was selected as a test-cosmonaut candidate of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Cosmonaut Office in December 1997.

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  • Guy Laliberte

    Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté

    Canadian Guy Laliberté will fly to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-16 and return on Soyuz TMA-14 under a commercial agreement between the Russian Federal Space Agency and Space Adventures, Ltd.

Overview

    Expedition 21 crew insignia
    Expedition 21 began with the Soyuz TMA-14 undocking in October 2009. Two new crew members arrived on the Soyuz TMA-16 for the handover before the previous crew departed.

    Soyuz TMA-15
    Crew: Roman Romanenko, Frank De Winne, Robert Thirsk
    Launch: May 27, 2009
    Docking: May 29, 2009
    Landing: Dec. 1, 2009

    Soyuz TMA-16
    Crew: Jeff Williams, Maxim Suraev, Guy Laliberté
    Launch: Sept. 30, 2009
    Docking: Oct. 2, 2009
    Landing: March 18, 2010

    › Expedition 21/22 Press Kit (6.1 Mb PDF)

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