Expedition 39

Expedition 39 was the 39th expedition to the International Space Station. It marked the first time the ISS had been under command of a Japanese astronaut, space veteran Koichi Wakata. After Expedition 21 in 2009 and Expedition 35 in 2013, it was only the third time an ISS crew was led by neither a NASA nor an RSA crew member.

ISS Expedition 39

Mission type	ISS Expedition
Expedition
Space Station	International Space Station
Began	10 March 2014 UTC
Ended	13 May 2014 UTC
Arrived aboard	Soyuz TMA-11M Soyuz TMA-12M
Departed aboard	Soyuz TMA-11M Soyuz TMA-12M
Crew
Crew size	6
Members	Expedition 38/39: Koichi Wakata Richard A. Mastracchio Mikhail Tyurin Expedition 39/40: Aleksandr Skvortsov Oleg Artemyev Steven R. Swanson
(l-r) Artemyev, Swanson, Skvortsov, Tyurin, Wakata and Mastracchio ISS expeditions

During Expedition 39, Astronauts Mastracchio and Swanson installed the "Veggie" project on the International Space Station.[1]

Crew

Position	First Part (March 2014)	Second Part (March 2014 to May 2014)
Commander	Koichi Wakata, JAXA Fourth and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1	Richard A. Mastracchio, NASA Fourth and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2	Mikhail Tyurin, RSA Third and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 3		Aleksandr Skvortsov, RSA Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4		Oleg Artemyev, RSA First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 5		Steven R. Swanson, NASA Third and last spaceflight

Source

JAXA,[2] NASA,[3] ESA[4]

References

1. Herridge, Linda (16 May 2014). "Veggie Plant Growth System Activated on International Space Station". NASA. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
2. "Astronaut Koichi Wakata Selected as Member of ISS Expedition Crew". JAXA. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
3. "NASA And Partners Name Upcoming Space Station Crew Members". NASA. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
4. "ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst to fly to Space Station in 2014". ESA. Retrieved 2011-09-28.

External links

• NASA's Space Station Expeditions page