Talk:Expedition 20

mission patch

Final Mission Patch

I think the final mission patch for Expedition 20 includes the names of the Astronauts and Cosmonauts:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition20/index.html http://spaceman1969.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/iss20_patch02-lg2.jpg

75.34.188.110 (talk) 07:31, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Commander

The Spanish press have been reporting tha Frank De Winne will be the commander (the first European to take this role). Can this be confirmed? Physchim62 (talk) 16:03, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

OK, done! De Winne will be the commander for Expedition 21, according to this. Seems the Spanish press were just a little premature, but otherwise accurate. That works for me! Physchim62 (talk) 16:07, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Crew Photo??

why is there no crew photo on this page? almost all the other expedition files have one, and for expedition 20 nasa has a nice crew photo... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.120.182.253 (talk) 14:49, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Done! Crew photo and caption has been uploaded.--Navy blue84 (talk) 16:42, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

fourteen people

When STS-128 arrived, did the population of the ISS increase to 14, a record? There appear to be 6 crew for the ISS, and 8 crew on STS-128. I don't find anything written about this, but what am I missing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tama manu (talk • contribs) 22:17, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

No, it is 13 which is the record for one spacecraft set by Expedition 20 and STS-127. There is only 6 Expedition 20 crew and 7 shuttle crew members.--Navy blue84 (talk) 23:22, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Expedition 19/20 Major Milestones

(Dates are subject to change) - good check list for main article

2009

• March 26 Launch of the Expedition 19 crew (Padalka, Barratt) and U.S. spaceflight participant (Simonyi) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on Soyuz TMA-14
• March 28 Expedition 19 docks to the International Space Station’s Zvezda service module in Soyuz TMA-14 with U.S. spaceflight participant
• April 2 Change of command ceremony with departing Expedition 18 crew; Padalka
• becomes space station commander for Expeditions 19 and 20
• April 7 Undocking of Expedition 18 crew (Lonchakov, Fincke) and U.S. spaceflight participant (Simonyi) from Zarya module and landing in Kazakhstan on Soyuz TMA-13; Expedition 19 formally begins
• May 6 Undocking of ISS Progress 32 cargo ship from the Pirs docking compartment
• May 7 Launch of the ISS Progress 33 cargo ship from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
• May 12 Docking of the ISS Progress 33 cargo ship to the Pirs docking compartment
• May 27 Launch of the Expedition 20/21 crew (Romanenko, DeWinne, Thirsk) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Soyuz TMA-15
• May 29 Docking of the Expedition 20 crew and Soyuz TMA-15 to the Zarya module; beginning of the six-person crew on International Space Station as Expedition 19 becomes Expedition 20
• June 5 Russian spacewalk by Padalka and Barratt in Orlan suits to install equipment on the top-facing side of the Zvezda service module to prepare for the docking of the new Mini-Research Module-2 (MRM2) and retrieval of science hardware
• June 10 Internal Russian spacewalk in the docking cone connecting the Zvezda and Zarya modules to reposition docking hardware for the arrival of MRM2
• June 13 Targeted launch of Endeavour on the STS-127/2JA mission from the Kennedy Space Center

24 MISSION MILESTONES MARCH 2009

• June 15 Docking of Endeavour to ISS Pressurized Mating Adapter-2 (PMA-2); Kopra and Wakata swap places as Expedition 20 crew members
• June 26 Undocking of Endeavour from ISS PMA-2
• June 29 Landing of Endeavour to complete STS-127/2JA Early July Relocation of PMA-3 from Unity nadir to Unity port to prepare for the arrival of the Node 3/Cupola in 2010
• July 17 Undocking of ISS Progress 33 from the Pirs docking compartment
• July 20 Relocation of the Soyuz TMA-14 from the Zvezda service module aft port to the Pirs docking compartment with Padalka, Barratt and Kopra aboard the Soyuz; Romanenko, De Winne and Thirsk remain aboard station during the relocation
• July 24 Launch of ISS Progress 34 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
• July 26 Docking of ISS Progress 34 to the Zvezda service module aft port
• Aug. 6 Targeted launch of Discovery on the STS-128/17A mission from the Kennedy Space Center
• Aug. 8 Docking of Discovery to ISS Pressurized Mating Adapter-2 (PMA-2); Stott and Kopra swap places as Expedition 20 crew members
• Aug. 17 Undocking of Discovery from ISS PMA-2
• Aug. 19 Landing of Discovery to complete STS-128/17A
• Sept. 1 Launch of the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-1) cargo ship from the Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
• Sept. 7 Grapple of the HTV-1 by Canadarm2
• Sept. 8 Berthing of the HTV-1 to the Harmony Node earth-facing port
• Sept. 29 Undocking of ISS Progress 34 from the Zvezda service module aft port
• Sept. 30 Launch of the Expedition 21/22 crew (Suraev, J. Williams) and a Kazakh spaceflight participant from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Soyuz TMA-16
• Oct. 2 Docking of the Expedition 21/22 crew and Soyuz TMA-16 to the Zvezda service module aft port; the crew joins Expedition 20 for a total of nine crew members on the station for nine days
• MARCH 2009 MISSION MILESTONES 25
• Oct. 8 Canadarm 2 grapples HTV-1 and unberths it from the Harmony node’s earth-facing port; HTV-1 is released for its deorbit burn and re-entry to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere
• Oct. 11 Undocking of Expedition 20 crew (Padalka, Barratt) in Soyuz TMA-14 from Pirs Docking Compartment and landing in Kazakhstan with Kazakh spaceflight participant; Expedition 21 formally begins and De Winne takes over as the European Space Agency’s first commander of the space station.

from NASA Press Kit, see main article Reference. LanceBarber (talk) 07:10, 8 September 2009 (UTC)