Jacques van Oene
November 24th 04, 02:21 PM
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
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