Expedition 25

    JSC2009-E-016470: Astronaut Shannon Walker Image above: Astronaut Shannon Walker, Expedition 24/25 flight engineer, 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. Crew trainer Curtis Kershner (left) assisted Walker. Image credit: NASA

Crew Profiles

  • Doug Wheelock

    Commander 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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  • 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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  • Alexander Kaleri

    Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri

    Cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri will serve as the Soyuz TMA-20 commander and flight engineer for Expeditions 25 and 26. A veteran of four previous spaceflights, Kaleri last stayed aboard the International Space Station as an Expedition 8 crew member from October 2003 to April 2004.

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  • Scott Kelly

    Flight Engineer Scott J. Kelly

    U.S. Navy Captain Scott Kelly will fly to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft to serve as an Expedition 25 flight engineer and commander of Expedition 26. A veteran of two space shuttle missions, Kelly last visited the orbiting complex in August 2007 as commander of the STS-118 mission aboard Endeavour.

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  • Oleg Skripochka

    Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka

    Cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka will fly aboard the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft to the International Space Station to serve as a flight engineer for Expeditions 25 and 26. This is his first spaceflight.

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Overview

    Expedition 25 begins with the Soyuz TMA-18 undocking in September 2010. Three new crew members will arrive shortly thereafter on Soyuz TMA-20.

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

    Soyuz TMA-20
    Crew: Alexander Kaleri, Scott Kelly, Oleg Skripochka
    Launch: Sept. 30, 2010
    Docking: Oct. 2, 2010
    Landing: March 2011

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