Expedition 24

    JSC2009-E-007598: Doug Wheelock Image above: Astronaut Doug Wheelock, Expedition 24 flight engineer and Expedition 25 commander, participates in a training session in an International Space Station mock-up/trainer in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Image credit: NASA

Crew Profiles

  • Alexander Skvortsov

    Commander Alexander Skvortsov

    Previously assigned as an Expedition 21/22 backup crew member, Alexander Skvortsov will command the Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station to serve as an Expedition 23 flight engineer and commander of Expedition 24.

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  • Tracy Caldwell

    Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson

    NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson will fly to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft to serve as a flight engineer for Expeditions 23 and 24. In August 2007, Caldwell Dyson visited the station as an STS-118 Endeavour mission specialist.

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  • Mikhail Kornienko

    Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko

    Selected as a cosmonaut in 1991, Mikhail Kornienko will travel to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft to serve as a flight engineer for Expeditions 23 and 24. This will be Kornienko's first spaceflight.

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  • Shannon Walker

    Flight Engineer Shannon Walker

    NASA astronaut Shannon Walker will fly to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft to serve as a flight engineer for Expeditions 24 and 25. Previously she served as the crew support astronaut for Expedition 14 and lead spacecraft communicator for the STS-118 shuttle mission.

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  • Doug Wheelock

    Flight Engineer Douglas H. Wheelock

    U.S. Army Colonel Doug Wheelock will fly aboard the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft to serve as an Expedition 24 flight engineer and commander of Expedition 25 on the International Space Station. In 2007, Wheelock visited the station as an STS-120 mission specialist and conducted three spacewalks.

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  • Fyodor N. Yurchikhin

    Flight Engineer Fyodor Yurchikhin

    Commander of the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft, cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin will serve as a flight engineer for Expeditions 24 and 25 aboard the International Space Station. This marks his third trip to the station, visiting as a member of the STS-112 crew aboard space shuttle Atlantis in 2002 and serving a six-month tour of duty as Expedition 15 commander in 2007.

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Overview

    Expedition 24 begins with the Soyuz TMA-17 undocking in May 2010. Three new crew members will arrive shortly thereafter on Soyuz TMA-19.

    Soyuz TMA-18
    Crew: Alexander Skvortsov, Tracy Caldwell, Mikhail Kornienko
    Launch: April 2, 2010
    Docking: April 4, 2010
    Landing: Sept. 2010

    Soyuz TMA-19
    Crew: Fyodor Yurchikhin, Shannon Walker, Doug Wheelock
    Launch: May 30, 2010
    Docking: June 1, 2010
    Landing: Nov. 2010

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