Mon, Jul 12, 2010
Personnel Set Through Expedition 33
NASA and its international partners, the Russia Federal Space
Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), have
assigned four new International Space Station crews.
The crews include NASA astronauts Joe Acaba, Sunita Williams and
Kevin Ford. Acaba was born in Inglewood, CA, and raised in Anaheim.
Williams was born in Euclid, OH, but considers Needham, MA, her
hometown. Ford was born in Portland, IN, and considers Montpelier,
IN, his hometown.
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Konenenko, European Space Agency
astronaut Andre Kuipers and NASA astronaut Don Pettit were
previously announced as Expedition 31 crew members. Expedition 31
begins when Soyuz 28 undocks from the station in March 2012.
Soyuz 30 is set to launch in April 2012 with the following crew
members who have been added to Expedition 31:
- NASA astronaut Joe Acaba, flight engineer
- Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, flight engineer
- Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Valkov, flight engineer (Soyuz
30)
Expedition 32 will begin with the undocking of Soyuz 29 in May
2012.
Soyuz 31 is set to launch in June 2012 with the crew members listed
below who will join the three station residents already aboard.
- Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, station commander (Soyuz
30)
- NASA astronaut Joe Acaba, flight engineer (Soyuz 30)
- Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Valkov, flight engineer (Soyuz
30)
- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, flight engineer (Soyuz 31)
- Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, flight engineer (Soyuz
31)
- JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, flight engineer (Soyuz 31)
Expedition 33 will begin with the undocking of Soyuz 30 in
September 2012. Soyuz 32 is set to launch in October 2012 with the
crew members listed below who will join the three station residents
already aboard.
- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, station commander
- Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, flight engineer
- JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, flight engineer
- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, flight engineer (Soyuz 32)
- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, flight engineer (Soyuz
32)
- Russian cosmonaut Evgeny Tarelkin, flight engineer (Soyuz
32)
Expedition 34 will begin with the undocking of Soyuz 31 in
November 2012.
- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, station commander (Soyuz 32)
- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, flight engineer (Soyuz
32)
- Russian cosmonaut Evgeny Tarelkin, flight engineer (Soyuz
32)
Three additional crew members for Expedition 34 have yet to be
assigned. They will travel to and from the station aboard Soyuz
33.
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