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Expedition 20 crew news conference – media invited to EAC
 
27 May 2009

Expedition 20
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Expedition 20 crewmembers pose for a crew portrait. From the right (front row) are cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 19/20 commander; and ESA astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer and Expedition 21 commander. From the left (back row) are NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, Expedition 19/20 flight engineer; Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, Expedition 20/21 flight engineer; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, 18/19/20 flight engineer; and cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, Expedition 20/21 flight engineer.

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Launch Soyuz TMA-15
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The Soyuz TMA-15 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 12:34 CEST on 27 May 2009 carrying Expedition 20 crewmembers ESA astronaut Frank De Winne, Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk to the International Space Station. They are scheduled to arrive at the ISS at 14:36 CEST on Friday 29 May 2009.

Credits: ESA - S. Corvaja, 2009
 
 
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