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Expedition 26
Image above: The Expedition 26 crew members, from left, are Flight Engineers Oleg Skripochka, Alexander Kaleri, Dmitry Kondratyev, Paolo Nespoli, Catherine Coleman and Commander Scott Kelly. Photo credit: NASACrew Profiles
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Commander Scott J. Kelly
U.S. Navy Captain Scott Kelly flew to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft to serve as an Expedition 25 flight engineer. He also served as 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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Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri
Cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri was the Soyuz TMA-01M 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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Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka
Cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka flew aboard the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft to the International Space Station. He served as a flight engineer for Expeditions 25 and 26. This was Skripochka's first spaceflight.
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Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman
Air Force Colonel Catherine Coleman flew aboard the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft to serve as a flight engineer for Expeditions 26 and 27. A veteran of two shuttle missions, Coleman's last spaceflight was in July 1999 as the lead mission specialist for STS-93 aboard Columbia.
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Flight Engineer Dmitry Kondratyev
As commander of Soyuz TMA-20, cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev will travel to the International Space Station to serve as an Expedition 26 flight engineer and Expedition 27 commander. A colonel in the Russian air force, Kondratyev qualified as a test-cosmonaut in 2000.
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Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli
European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli traveled to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft to serve as a flight engineer for Expeditions 26 and 27. In 2007, Nespoli visited the station as a member of the STS-120 crew aboard space shuttle Discovery to deliver the Italian-built Harmony node.
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Overview
Expedition 26 begins with the Soyuz TMA-19 undocking in November 2010. Three new crew members will arrive shortly thereafter on Soyuz TMA-20.
Soyuz TMA-01M
Crew: Alexander Kaleri, Scott Kelly, Oleg Skripochka
Launch:
› Oct. 7, 2010, 7:10 p.m. EDT
Docking:
› Oct. 9, 2010, 8:01 p.m. EDT
Landing:
› March 16, 2011, 3:54 a.m. EDT (1:54 p.m. Kazakhstan time)
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Soyuz TMA-20
Crew: Dmitry Kondratyev, Catherine Coleman, Paolo Nespoli
Launch:
› Dec. 15, 2010, 2:09 p.m. EST
Docking:
› Dec. 17, 2010, 3:11 p.m. EST
Landing: May 23, 2011
› Expedition 25/26 Press Kit (6.7 Mb PDF)
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Submit your messages intended for Rep. Giffords’ husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, Commander of Space Shuttle Mission STS-134, and her brother-in-law, astronaut Scott Kelly, Commander of Expedition 26 here.
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Where Over the World is Commander Scott Kelly?
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Expedition 26 Multimedia
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