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U.S. Navy Captain Scott Kelly flew to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft to serve as an Expedition 25 flight engineer. He also will become commander of Expedition 26. A veteran of two space shuttle missions, Kelly last visited the orbiting complex in August 2007 as commander of the STS-118 mission aboard Endeavour.
› Biography →Cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri is the Soyuz TMA-01M commander and flight engineer for Expeditions 25 and 26. A veteran of four previous spaceflights, Kaleri last stayed aboard the International Space Station as an Expedition 8 crew member from October 2003 to April 2004.
› Biography →Cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka flew aboard the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft to the International Space Station. He is serving as a flight engineer for Expeditions 25 and 26. This is Skripochka's first spaceflight.
› Biography →Air Force Colonel Catherine Coleman will fly aboard the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft to serve as a flight engineer for Expeditions 26 and 27. A veteran of two shuttle missions, Coleman's last spaceflight was in July 1999 as the lead mission specialist for STS-93 aboard Columbia.
› Biography →As commander of Soyuz TMA-20, cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev will travel to the International Space Station to serve as an Expedition 26 flight engineer and Expedition 27 commander. A colonel in the Russian air force, Kondratyev qualified as a test-cosmonaut in 2000.
› Biography →European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli will travel to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft and serve as a flight engineer for Expeditions 26 and 27. In 2007, Nespoli visited the station as a member of the STS-120 crew aboard space shuttle Discovery to deliver the Italian-built Harmony node.
› Biography →Visit the Expedition 26 photo gallery.