Expedition 21

ISS Expedition 21
Mission type ISS Expedition
Expedition
Space Station International Space Station
Began 30 October 2009 (2009-10-30)
Ended 1 December 2009 (2010-01)
Arrived aboard Soyuz TMA-15
Soyuz TMA-16
Stott: STS-128
Space Shuttle Discovery
Departed aboard Soyuz TMA-15
Soyuz TMA-16
Stott: STS-129
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Crew
Crew size 6 (to November)
5 (from November)
Members Expedition 20/21:
Frank De Winne
Roman Romanenko
Robert Thirsk
Nicole P. Stott (to November)

Expedition 21/22:
Jeffrey N. Williams
Maksim Surayev


from left to right: Maksim Surayev, Nicole Stott, Jeffrey Williams, Frank De Winne (commander), Robert Thirsk, Roman Romanenko

ISS expeditions
← Expedition 20 Expedition 22 →
Expedition 21 lifts off.

Expedition 21 was the 21st long-duration mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The expedition began on 30 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 2009 to November 2009)		 Second Part
(November 2009 to December 2009)
Commander Belgium Frank De Winne, ESA
Second and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Russia Roman Romanenko, RSA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 Canada Robert Thirsk, CSA
Second and last Spaceflight
Flight Engineer 3 United States Jeffrey N. Williams, NASA
Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4 Russia Maksim Surayev, RSA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 5 United States Nicole P. Stott, NASA
First spaceflight
Source
NASA[1]

Backup crew

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

  1. ↑ NASA HQ (2008). "NASA Assigns Space Station Crews, Updates Expedition Numbering". NASA. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
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