Mission type | ISS Expedition |
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Expedition | |
Space Station | International Space Station |
Began | 10 March 2014 UTC |
Ended | 13 May 2014 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 |
(l-r) Artemyev, Swanson, Skvortsov, Tyurin, Wakata and Mastracchio |
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 is led neither by a NASA nor a RSA crew member.
During Expedition 39, Astronauts Mastracchio and Swanson installed the "Veggie" project on the International Space Station.