Expedition 19

Expedition 19

Expedition 19 was the 19th expedition to the International Space Station. This expedition launched on 26 March 2009, at 11:49 UTC aboard the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft. Expedition 19 was the final three crew member expedition, before the crew size increased to six crew members with Expedition 20. Because of the shift to six crew members the average duration of the expeditions was reduced from six to three months.

The expedition was commanded by Russian Air Force Colonel Gennady Padalka. On 31 March 2009, Padalka raised an issue concerning shared use of facilities such as exercise equipment and toilet facilities. Padalka claims that initial approval to use exercise equipment owned by the U.S. government was subsequently turned down. Russian and American members of the crew have now been informed to use only their own toilets and not to share rations. The result was a general lowering of morale on the station.

Crew

Position	Crew Member
Commander	Gennady Padalka, RSA Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1	Michael Barratt, NASA First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2	Koichi Wakata, JAXA Third Spaceflight

Backup crew

• Jeffrey Williams - Commander - NASA (For Barratt)
• Maksim Surayev - Flight Engineer - RSA (For Padalka)
• Soichi Noguchi - Flight Engineer - JAXA (For Wakata)

References

• NASA Expedition 19 Main Page

External links

• NASA's Space Station Expeditions page
• Expedition 19 Photography