Expedition 39

Expedition 39 was the 39th expedition to the International Space Station. It marked the first time the ISS had been under command of a Japanese astronaut, space veteran Koichi Wakata. After Expedition 21 in 2009 and Expedition 35 in 2013, it was only the third time an ISS crew was led by neither a NASA nor an RSA crew member.

ISS Expedition 39
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Mission typeISS Expedition
Expedition
Space stationInternational Space Station
Began11 March 2014 (2014-03-11Z) UTC
Ended13 May 2014 (2014-05-14Z) UTC
Arrived aboardSoyuz TMA-11M
Soyuz TMA-12M
Departed aboardSoyuz TMA-11M
Soyuz TMA-12M
Crew
Crew size6
MembersExpedition 38/39:
Koichi Wakata
Richard A. Mastracchio
Mikhail Tyurin

Expedition 39/40:
Aleksandr Skvortsov
Oleg Artemyev
Steven R. Swanson

Expedition 39 mission patch

(l-r) Artemyev, Swanson, Skvortsov, Tyurin, Wakata and Mastracchio
 

During Expedition 39, Astronauts Mastracchio and Swanson installed the "Veggie" project on the International Space Station.[1]

Crew
Position First Part
(March 2014)		 Second Part
(March 2014 to May 2014)
Commander Japan Koichi Wakata, JAXA
Fourth spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 United States Richard A. Mastracchio, NASA
Fourth and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 Russia Mikhail Tyurin, RSA
Third and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 3 Russia Aleksandr Skvortsov, RSA
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4 Russia Oleg Artemyev, RSA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 5 United States Steven R. Swanson, NASA
Third and last spaceflight
Source
JAXA,[2] NASA,[3] ESA[4]

References
  1. Herridge, Linda (16 May 2014). "Veggie Plant Growth System Activated on International Space Station". NASA. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  2. "Astronaut Koichi Wakata Selected as Member of ISS Expedition Crew". JAXA. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
  3. "NASA And Partners Name Upcoming Space Station Crew Members". NASA. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
  4. "ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst to fly to Space Station in 2014". ESA. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
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