Expedition 17
Appearance
Expedition 17 is the 17th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). The first two crew members, Sergey Volkov, and Oleg Kononenko are scheduled for launch on April 8 2008, aboard Soyuz TMA-12, together with the first South Korean astronaut.
If STS-119 launches on schedule, they will be joined by Sandra Magnus, who will be launched aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on June 19, 2008.
Crew
First part (April to June 2008)
- Sergei Volkov (1) Commander -
Russia
- Oleg Kononenko (1) Flight Engineer -
Russia
- Garrett Reisman* (1) - Flight Engineer -
United States
Second part (June 2008 to September 2008 )
- Sergei Volkov (1) Commander -
Russia
- Oleg Kononenko (1) Flight Engineer -
Russia
- Sandra Magnus (2) - Flight Engineer -
United States
*Participation in Expedition 17 is contingent upon the launch of STS-119.
(#) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission.
Back-up crew
- Sergei Krikalev - Commander - Russia
- Maksim Surayev - Flight Engineer - Russia
- Timothy Kopra - Flight Engineer - U.S.A. (for Reisman)
- Nicole Stott - Flight Engineer - U.S.A. (for Magnus)