Expedition 37
Encyclopedia
Expedition 37 is scheduled to be the thirty-seventh expedition to the International Space Station
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Sources:
NASA, ESA
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
| Position | First Part (September 2013) |
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| Commander | 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 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... Second spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer 1 | 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 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 2 | 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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| Flight Engineer 3 | Oleg Kotov Oleg Kotov Oleg Valeriyevich Kotov was born October 27, 1965, in Simferopol, Crimean oblast in Ukrainian SSR. After a career as a military pilot, he joined the Russian cosmonaut corps. He has flown two long duration spaceflight on the International Space Station logging just short of a year in space... , RSA Third spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer 4 | Sergey Ryazansky Sergey Ryazansky Sergey Nikolayevich Ryazansky is a Russian cosmonaut. He was selected as commander of the IMBP-6 cosmonaut group in 2003, but later transferred to the TsPK Cosmonaut Group. Ryazansky is currently assigned to the Soyuz TMA-10M/Expedition 37/Expedition 38 mission scheduled for... , RSA First spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer 5 | Michael S. Hopkins Michael S. Hopkins Michael Scott Hopkins is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, and a current NASA astronaut. Hopkins was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20. He is currently assigned as a Flight Engineer on Soyuz TMA-10M/Expedition 37/Expedition 38 scheduled for launch in... , NASA First spaceflight |
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Sources:
NASA, ESA