Expedition 19

Occurred 15 years ago

The Expedition 19 and 20 crews studied space-caused bone loss and cardiac atrophy, ways to monitor immune system changes, and nutrition for staying healthy in microgravity. New station hardware was installed to detect air contamination and observe the space environment's affect on different materials. Japan's HTV-1 Kuonotori cargo craft launched to the station for the first time.

Mission Type

Humans in Space

meet the crew

Gennady Padalka, Koichi Wakata, Michael Barratt

Launch

March 26, 2009

Landing

May 29, 2009

Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), Expedition 19 commander; NASA astronaut Michael Barratt (left) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, both flight engineers, take a break from training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center to pose for a crew portrait.
NASA

The official insignia of the Expedition 19 mission aboard the International Space Station.
NASA

Crew Members

Gennady Padalka, Commander
Koichi Wakata, Flight Engineer
Michael Barratt, Flight Engineer

Crew and Cargo Missions

5/12/09 – ISS Progress 33 Dock
5/6/09 – ISS Progress 32 Undock
3/28/09 – Expedition 19 Dock
3/26/09 – Expedition 19 Launch

Expedition 19 Resources

Earth's Moon, Venus, Jupiter and the crescent of Earth at the top.

Expedition Press Kit

Get an overview of the Expedition, its crew and the activities they are working on during this mission to the International Space Station.

Mission Science

Explore hands-on activities, interactive, lesson plans, educator guides, and other downloadable content about this topic.

One of the Expedition 41 crew members aboard the International Space Station, flying at an altitude of 222 nautical miles above a point in the Atlantic Ocean several hundred miles off the coast of Africa near the Tropic of Cancer, photographed this eye-catching panorama of the night sky and the Milky Way on Sept. 27. NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, flight engineer, tweeted the image, which was taken with an electronic still camera, set with a 24mm focal length. In his accompanying comments, Wiseman stated, "Sahara sands make the Earth glow orange."

Mission Imagery

During Expedition 19, the crew took images of the Earth views, the orbiting station, their daily lives aboard and the experiments they conducted during their stay, plus so much more. Check out some of the image highlights from Expedition 19 in the gallery.