Expedition 36
Encyclopedia
Expedition 36 is scheduled to be the thirty-sixth expedition to the International Space Station
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International Space Station
The International Space Station is a habitable, artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS follows the Salyut, Almaz, Cosmos, Skylab, and Mir space stations, as the 11th space station launched, not including the Genesis I and II prototypes...
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Crew
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| Commander | Pavel Vinogradov, RSA Russian Federal Space Agency The Russian Federal Space Agency , commonly called Roscosmos and abbreviated as FKA and RKA , is the government agency responsible for the Russian space science program and general aerospace research. It was previously the Russian Aviation and Space Agency .Headquarters of Roscosmos are located... Fourth spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer 1 | Aleksandr Misurkin Aleksandr Misurkin Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Misurkin born on September 23, 1977, major of Russian Air Force, is a Russian cosmonaut, selected in 2006.-External links:*... , RSA First spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer 2 | Chris Cassidy, NASA NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research... Second spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer 3 | Karen L. Nyberg Karen L. Nyberg Karen LuJean Nyberg is an American mechanical engineer and NASA astronaut. Nyberg was the 50th woman in space.-Personal:... , NASA Second spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer 4 | Maksim Surayev Maksim Surayev Maksim Viktorovich Surayev is a Russian cosmonaut.-Personal:Surayev was born in Chelyabinsk. During his childhood, Suraev lived in several places due to his father's military commitments. First he moved from his birthplace, Chelyabinsk in the Urals, to Siberia. When his father entered the military... , RSA Second spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer 5 | Luca Parmitano Luca Parmitano Luca Parmitano is an astronaut in the European Astronaut Corps for the European Space Agency . The astronauts work on missions at the International Space Station. He was selected as an ESA astronaut in May 2009.... , ESA First spaceflight |
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NASA