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Science Three new Space Station crew to join three others onboard | Three new Space Station crew to join three others onboard |
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| by William Atkins | |
| Thursday, 28 May 2009 | |
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Science DiscussionsAt 6:34 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on Wednesday May 27, 2009, the Expedition 20 crew were launched inside a Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft from the Baikonou Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. This crew will herald the beginning of six-person crews aboard the International Space Station. When the Expedition 20 crew climbs onboard the ISS, all five members of the International Space Station will be represented: the United States (represented by NASA), Japan (JAXA), Canada (CSA), Russia (RSA, or Roscosmos), and the European Union (ESA). NASA states in their article Expedition 20 Crew Launches from Baikonur that “All five of the international partner agencies – NASA, the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) – will be represented on orbit for the first time." For additional information on the newly launched Expedition 20 team, go to: NASA Expedition 20. And, for more information on the currently onboard Expedition 19 team, visit NASA Expedition 19. Page two concludes with additional information on the mission, and an interview with the ISS Expedition 20 members. |
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