Expedition 39

Long-duration mission to the International Space Station

Expedition 39

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Mission type| Long-duration expedition
Expedition
Space station| International Space Station
Began| 11 March 2014 (2014-03-11Z) UTC
Ended| 13 May 2014 (2014-05-14Z) 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

Expedition 39 mission patch

(l-r) Artemyev, Swanson, Skvortsov, Tyurin, Wakata and Mastracchio

ISS expeditions

← Expedition 38

Expedition 40 →

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.

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

## Crew

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Position  | First Part
(March 2014) | Second Part
(March 2014 to May 2014)

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Commander  |  Koichi Wakata, JAXA
Fourth 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

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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

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2000–2004|

* Expedition 1
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2005–2009|

* Expedition 11
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2010–2014|

* Expedition 23
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2015–2019|

* Expedition 43
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Since 2020|

* Expedition 62
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