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Expedition 42 Crew Profiles

  • Barry Wilmore

    Commander Barry Wilmore

    Barry Wilmore served as a pilot during STS-129 in 2009, the 31st shuttle flight to the space station. That mission delivered about 30,000 pounds of gear to the orbital laboratory.

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  • Yelena Serova

    Flight Engineer Yelena Serova

    Russian cosmonaut Elena Serova is Expedition 41/42 flight engineer.

  • Alexander Samoukutyaev

    Flight Engineer Alexander Samoukutyaev

    Alexander Samoukutyaev served as a flight engineer for Expeditions 27 and 28.

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  • Terry Virts

    Flight Engineer Terry Virts

    Terry Virts served as pilot for STS-130 the shuttle mission that delivered the Tranquility and cupola modules to the space station.

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  • Samantha Cristoforetti

    Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti

    Samantha Cristoforetti was selected as a European Space Agency astronaut in May 2009 and completed the Astronaut Basic Training in November 2010.

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Overview

    ISS042-S-001: Expedition 42 patch
    Expedition 42 will begin in November 2014. The other half of the team is scheduled to launch in December 2014.

    Soyuz 40
    Crew: Barry Wilmore, Yelena Serova, Alexander Samoukutyaev

    Launch: October 2014
    Landing: March 2015

    Soyuz 41
    Crew: Terry Virts, Samantha Cristoforetti, TBA

    Launch: December 2014
    Landing: May 2015

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