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Expedition 21
21st expedition to the International Space Station
21st expedition to the International Space Station
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Expedition 21 |
| image | Expedition 21 Star Trek crew poster.jpg |
| image_caption | Promotional Poster |
| insignia | ISS Expedition 21 Patch.svg |
| insignia_caption | Expedition 21 mission patch |
| mission_type | Long-duration expedition |
| crew_size | 6 (to November) |
| 5 (from November) | |
| crew_members | **Expedition 20/21**: |
| Frank De Winne | |
| Roman Romanenko | |
| Robert Brent Thirsk | |
| Nicole P. Stott (to November) | |
| **Expedition 21/22:** | |
| Jeffrey N. Williams | |
| Maksim Surayev | |
| crew_photo | Expedition 21 crew portrait.jpg |
| crew_photo_caption | from left to right: Maksim Surayev, Nicole Stott, Jeffrey Williams, Frank De Winne (commander), Robert Thirsk, Roman Romanenko |
| space_station | International Space Station |
| start_date | |
| end_date | |
| arrival_craft | Soyuz TMA-15 |
| Soyuz TMA-16 | |
| Stott: STS-128 | |
| departure_craft | Soyuz TMA-15 |
| Soyuz TMA-16 | |
| Stott: STS-129 | |
| previous_mission | Expedition 20 |
| next_mission | Expedition 22 |
| programme | ISS expeditions |
5 (from November) Frank De Winne Roman Romanenko Robert Brent Thirsk Nicole P. Stott (to November)
Expedition 21/22: Jeffrey N. Williams Maksim Surayev
Soyuz TMA-16 Stott: STS-128
Soyuz TMA-16 Stott: STS-129
Expedition 21 was the 21st long-duration mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The expedition began on 11 October 2009, with Frank de Winne becoming the first ESA astronaut to command a space mission.
The handover between Expedition 20 and Expedition 21 required three Soyuz vehicles being docked to the station at the same time, the first time this has occurred.
Soyuz TMA-16 brought the final members of Expedition 21 to the ISS, along with space tourist Guy Laliberté. Laliberté returned to Earth on Soyuz TMA-14 with two members of Expedition 20 on 11 October 2009.
Nicole P. Stott was the last ISS expedition crew member to fly on the Space Shuttle. She returned to Earth aboard STS-129 in November 2009.
Crew
| Position | First Part | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (October to November 2009) | Second Part | |||||||
| (November to December 2009) | Commander | Flight Engineer 1 | Flight Engineer 2 | Flight Engineer 3 | Flight Engineer 4 | Flight Engineer 5 | ||
| BEL Frank De Winne, ESA | ||||||||
| Second and last spaceflight | ||||||||
| RUS Roman Romanenko, RSA | ||||||||
| First spaceflight | ||||||||
| CAN Robert Thirsk, CSA | ||||||||
| Second and last Spaceflight | ||||||||
| USA Jeffrey N. Williams, NASA | ||||||||
| Third spaceflight | ||||||||
| RUS Maksim Surayev, RSA | ||||||||
| First spaceflight | ||||||||
| USA Nicole P. Stott, NASA | ||||||||
| First spaceflight |
;Source: NASA
Backup crew
- NLD André Kuipers - Commander
- RUS Dimitri Kondratyev
- CAN Chris Hadfield
- USA Shannon Walker
- RUS Aleksandr Skvortsov
- USA Catherine Coleman
References
References
- NASA HQ. (2008). "NASA Assigns Space Station Crews, Updates Expedition Numbering". NASA.
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