Expedition 19
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| Number of crew | 3 | ||||
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| Launch site | Baikonur Cosmondrome, Kazakhstan | ||||
| Launch craft | STS-119, Soyuz TMA-14 | ||||
| Start | 28 March 2009 13:05 UTC | ||||
| End | 29 May 2009 12:34 UTC | ||||
| Landing craft | Soyuz TMA-14, STS-127 | ||||
| Duration | 61 days, 23 hours, 29 minutes | ||||
 (Left to right) Michael Barratt, Gennady Padalka, Koichi Wakata |
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Expedition 19 was the 19th long-duration flight to the International Space Station. This expedition launched on 26 March 2009, at 11:49 UTC aboard the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft.[1] Expedition 19 was the final three crew member expedition, before the crew size increased to six crew members with Expedition 20.
The expedition was commanded by Russian Air Force Colonel Gennady Padalka. On 31 March 2009, Padalka raised an issue concerning shared use of facilities such as exercise equipment and toilet facilities. Padalka claims that initial approval to use exercise equipment owned by the U.S. government was subsequently turned down. Russian and American members of the crew have now been informed to use only their own toilets and not to share rations. The result was a general lowering of morale on the station.[2]
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[edit] Crew
| Position[3] | Crew Member |
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| Commander | Gennady Padalka, RSA Third spaceflight |
| Flight Engineer 1 | Michael Barratt, NASA First spaceflight |
| Flight Engineer 2 | Koichi Wakata, JAXA Third Spaceflight |
[edit] Backup crew
- Jeffrey Williams - Commander - NASA (For Barratt)
- Maksim Surayev - Flight Engineer - RSA (For Padalka)
- Soichi Noguchi - Flight Engineer - JAXA (For Wakata)
[edit] References
- ^ NASA (2009) NASA-Expedition 19 NASA. Retrieved on 26 March 2009
- ^ 'Toilet row' lowers space morale. BBC News. 31 March 2009
- ^ NASA (2008). "NASA Assigns Crews for STS-127 and Expedition 19 Missions". NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/feb/HQ_08052_Crew_Announcements.html. Retrieved 11 February 2008.
