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Expedition 26

Mission to the International Space Station

Field	Value
name	Expedition 26
image	Expedition 26 Abbey Road crew poster.jpg
image_caption	Promotional Poster
insignia	ISS Expedition 26 Patch.png
insignia_caption	Expedition 26 mission patch
mission_type	Long-duration expedition
crew_size	6
crew_members	Expedition 25/26:
Scott J. Kelly
Aleksandr Kaleri
Oleg Skripochka
Expedition 26/27:
Dmitri Kondratyev
Catherine Coleman
Paolo Nespoli
crew_EVAs	2
crew_photo	Expedition 26 crew portrait.jpg
crew_photo_caption	(l-r) Skripochka, Kaleri, Kondratyev, Nespoli, Coleman and Kelly
space_station	International Space Station
start_date	UTC
end_date	UTC
arrival_craft	Soyuz TMA-01M
Soyuz TMA-20
departure_craft	Soyuz TMA-01M
Soyuz TMA-20
previous_mission	Expedition 25
next_mission	Expedition 27
programme	ISS expeditions

Scott J. Kelly Aleksandr Kaleri Oleg Skripochka

Expedition 26/27: Dmitri Kondratyev Catherine Coleman Paolo Nespoli

Soyuz TMA-20 Soyuz TMA-20

Expedition 26 was the 26th long-duration mission to the International Space Station. The expedition's first three crew members – one US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts – arrived at the station on board Soyuz TMA-01M on 10 October 2010. Expedition 26 officially began the following month on 26 November, when half of the crew of the previous mission, Expedition 25, returned to Earth on board Soyuz TMA-19. The rest of the Expedition 26 crew – one US astronaut, one Russian cosmonaut and one ESA astronaut – joined the trio already on board when their spacecraft, Soyuz TMA-20, docked with the station on 17 December 2010.

The commander of Expedition 25, Douglas Wheelock, handed over command of the station to Expedition 26 commander Scott Kelly on 24 November 2010. The 26 crew was joined by the crew of STS-133 on 26 February 2011, and was supplied by the ESA's Johannes Kepler unmanned resupply craft, which arrived on 24 February. Expedition 26 ended on 16 March 2011 with the departure of Soyuz TMA-01M.

TOC

Crew

Position	First part
(November 2010)	Second part
(December 2010
to March 2011)	Commander	Flight Engineer 1	Flight Engineer 2	Flight Engineer 3	Flight Engineer 4	Flight Engineer 5
USA Scott J. Kelly, NASA
Third spaceflight
RUS Aleksandr Kaleri, RSA
Fifth and last spaceflight
RUS Oleg Skripochka, RSA
First spaceflight
	RUS Dmitri Kondratyev, RSA
Only spaceflight
	USA Catherine Coleman, NASA
Third and last spaceflight
	ITA Paolo Nespoli, ESA
Second spaceflight

;Source: NASA

Backup crew

USA Ronald Garan, for Kelly
RUS Sergey Volkov, for Kaleri
RUS Oleg Kononenko, for Skripochka
RUS Anatoli Ivanishin, for Kondratyev
USA Michael Fossum, for Coleman
JPN Satoshi Furukawa, for Nespoli

MagISStra

ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli's mission to the space station was named MagISStra. The name combines the word magistra, meaning "female teacher" in Latin, with the acronym "ISS", as suggested by Antonella Pezzani of Italy.

Spacewalks

Two Russian spacewalks were scheduled for Expedition 26. The first, Russian EVA-27, was conducted Friday, 21 January 2011. The second spacewalk, Russian EVA-28, was conducted on the date of 16 February 2011. Cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and Dmitri Kondratyev conducted both spacewalks.

Gallery

Image:Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft departs the ISS.jpg|Soyuz TMA-19 departs the ISS, marking the beginning of Expedition 26. Image:Expedition 26 Soyuz TMA-20 Rollout.jpg|The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Image:Expedition 26 Soyuz TMA-20 Arrives At Launch Pad.jpg|The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen shortly after arrival to the launch pad. Image:Soyuz TMA-20 rocket launches.jpg|Soyuz TMA-20 lifts-off on 15 December 2010. Image:STS-133 Discovery approaches the Space Station.jpg|Space Shuttle Discovery approaches the ISS on 26 February 2011. Image:Soyuz TMA-01M seen as it lands.jpg|Soyuz TMA-01M after landing in Kazakhstan on 16 March 2011

References

[http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/soyuz-capsule-lands-space-station-crew-101125.html Space.com – Soyuz Capsule Lands Safely With Space Station Crew (26 November 2010)]
NASA HQ. (2008). "NASA Assigns Space Station Crews, Updates Expedition Numbering". NASA.
Mark Carreau, Mark. (24 February 2011). "Discovery Soars on Final Mission". AviationWeek.com.
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(12 February 2015). "ISS Expedition 26". NASA.gov.
NASA HQ. (2009). "NASA and its International Partners Assign Space Station Crews". NASA.
(8 October 2010). "Counting down for ESA's MagISStra mission to Space Station". European Space Agency.
NASA. (October 2010). "Expedition 25 and 26 PRESS KIT – A New Decade Begins".
"Cosmonauts Perform 27th Russian Space Station Spacewalk".

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