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Expedition 40 Crew Profiles

  • Steve Swanson

    Commander Steve Swanson

    Steve Swanson served as a mission specialist for two space shuttle missions. Both missions, STS-117 and STS-119, visited the International Space Station.

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  • Alexander Skvortsov

    Flight Engineer Alexander Skvortsov

    Alexander Skvortsov served as Flight Engineer for Expedition 23 and Commander for Expedition 24 in 2010.

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  • Oleg Artemyev

    Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev

    Russian cosmonaut Oleg G. Artemyev is flight engineer for Expedition 39/40.

  • Reid Wiseman

    Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman

    Reid Wiseman reported to JSC in August 2009 and completed astronaut candidate training in May 2011. He has also served as a space station CAPCOM at Mission Control.

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  • Maxim Suraev

    Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev

    Maxim Suraev will be Expedition 41 commander. He also served as a flight engineer for Expeditions 21 and 22. He commanded the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft and performed a spacewalk of 5 hours and 44 minutes.

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  • Alexander Gerst

    Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst

    Alexander Gerst Gerst selected as a European Space Agency astronaut in May 2009 and successfully completed Astronaut Basic Training in November 2010.

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Overview

    ISS040-S-001: Expedition 40 crew insignia
    Expedition 40 will begin in May 2014. The second half of the crew is scheduled to launch in June 2014.

    Soyuz TMA-12M
    Crew: Alexander Skvortsov, Oleg Artemyev, Steve Swanson

    Launch: April 2014
    Landing: September 2014

    Soyuz 39
    Crew: Reid Wiseman, Maxim Suraev, Alexander Gerst

    Launch: June 2014
    Landing: November 2014

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