Talk:Expedition 20
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mission patch
[edit]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
[edit]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??
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- (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)