Next ISS crew named

Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington Nov. 23, 2004
(Phone: 202/358-4769)

Doug Peterson
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 281/483-5111)

RELEASE: 04-383

NEXT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW NAMED

Veteran NASA astronaut John Phillips and seasoned
Russian Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev are the next crew of the
International Space Station. Their six-month mission is set
for launch in April 2005.

Phillips and Krikalev are the eleventh crew for the orbiting
research complex. Krikalev will serve as Station Commander,
and Phillips is Flight Engineer and NASA International Space
Station Science Officer. Designated Expedition 11, they will
be on board the Station when the Space Shuttle makes its
first Return to Flight mission. The Shuttle is scheduled to
dock with the Space Station in May 2005.

Both crewmembers have previously been to the International
Space Station. Phillips flew to the Station aboard the
Shuttle on the STS-100 mission in 2001. During that 12-day
mission, the crew installed the Canadarm2 Station robotic
arm.

In 2000, Krikalev was a member of Expedition 1, the first
International Space Station crew. Expedition 11 will be his
sixth space flight and fourth long-duration mission. He has
the most flights for any Russian cosmonaut.

Selected in 1985, Krikalev flew aboard the Mir Space Station
in 1988-89, 1991-92 and the International Space Station in
2000-01. He flew aboard the Shuttle on the first joint U.S.-
Russian mission, STS-60 in 1994, and on the first
International Space Station assembly mission, STS-88 in 1998.
Krikalev has accumulated 625 days in space. At the completion
of a six-month stay aboard the Station on Expedition 11,
Krikalev will have spent more time in space than any other
person.

The Expedition 11 backup crewmembers are astronaut Daniel
Tani and cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin.

For more information about NASA astronauts, Russian
cosmonauts, and the Space Station, on the Web, visit:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov


For information about NASA missions and projects, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov

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Jacques :-)

www.spacepatches.info

Jacques van Oene wrote:
Veteran NASA astronaut John Phillips and seasoned
Russian Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev are the next crew of the
International Space Station.

Are there any plans to increase crew to 3 during their expedition, or will
they spend their 6 months with only 2 crewmembers ?

Assuming shuttle does fly in May, are theere plans to leave one crewmember up
there ?

Has there been any decision on having all expeditions last 6 months from now
on ?

Is the confidence level about Shuttle RTF so low that they are still planning
station operations without any shuttles ? (as opposed to planning for shuttle
being available from may, with contigency if it doesn't materialise) ?

Volkov may join them partway through, via a shuttle mission.

The addition of two new members to the crew of the shuttle
leaves one seat still available -- for volkov.



"John Doe" wrote in message ...
Jacques van Oene wrote:
Veteran NASA astronaut John Phillips and seasoned
Russian Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev are the next crew of the
International Space Station.

Are there any plans to increase crew to 3 during their expedition, or will
they spend their 6 months with only 2 crewmembers ?

Assuming shuttle does fly in May, are theere plans to leave one crewmember
up
there ?

Has there been any decision on having all expeditions last 6 months from
now
on ?

Is the confidence level about Shuttle RTF so low that they are still
planning
station operations without any shuttles ? (as opposed to planning for
shuttle
being available from may, with contigency if it doesn't materialise) ?

The addition of two new members to the crew of the shuttle
leaves one seat still available -- for volkov.




When will a decission on this be made ???


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Jacques :-)

www.spacepatches.info

"John Doe" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
Jacques van Oene wrote:
Veteran NASA astronaut John Phillips and seasoned
Russian Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev are the next crew of the
International Space Station.

Are there any plans to increase crew to 3 during their expedition, or will
they spend their 6 months with only 2 crewmembers ?

Expedition 12 has 3 crewmembers:

http://astro.zeto.czest.pl/loty/isscrew1.htm#11

Jens Roser wrote:

Expedition 12 has 3 crewmembers:

http://astro.zeto.czest.pl/loty/isscrew1.htm#11

only 2

the portrait is old...

regards,
SMS

http://astro.zeto.czest.pl/loty/ !

"SMS ;-)." schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
Jens Roser wrote:

Expedition 12 has 3 crewmembers:

http://astro.zeto.czest.pl/loty/isscrew1.htm#11

only 2

the portrait is old...


Expedition 12 not 11!

Jens Roser wrote:
Expedition 12 not 11!

Ops, sorry
but it's only plan so far !
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Regards,
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SMS ;-)
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http://astro.zeto.czest.pl/astros/

Expedition 12 actually has four crewmembers:

Tokarev and McArthur will launch on Soyuz TMA 217 next October, along with
Thomas Reiter from Germany who is due to stay onboard until February when
Sunita Williams launches on STS-116.

Dave

"Dave Fowler" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
Expedition 12 actually has four crewmembers:

Tokarev and McArthur will launch on Soyuz TMA 217 next October, along with
Thomas Reiter from Germany who is due to stay onboard until February when
Sunita Williams launches on STS-116.

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