Expedition 30/31 (ISS-30/31)
PRIME AND BACKUP CREWS
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Launch:
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On December 21, 2011 at 17:16:15 Moscow Time (13:16:15 UTC ), a launch vehicle Soyuz-FG launched Russian manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TMA-03M. |
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Launch site:
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Baikonur launch site, Republic of Kazakhstan. |
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Docking:
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On December 23, 2011 at 19:19 Moscow Time (at 15:19 UTC) to the docking port
of the Mini-Research Module "Rassvet" (MRM1) of the ISS. |
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| Prime Crew |
| ISS-30/31 |
KONONENKO Oleg Dmitrievich |
ISS-30 Flight Engineer, ISS-31 Commander, Soyuz TMA Commander |
Yu.A. Gagarin TsPK NII, Russia |
PETTIT Donald Roy |
ISS-30/31 Flight Engineer, Soyuz TMA Flight Engineer |
NASA, USA |
KUIPERS Andre |
ISS-30/31 Flight Engineer, Soyuz TMA Flight Engineer |
ESA, The Netherlands |

From left to right: Donald Pettit, Oleg Kononenko, Andre Kuipers
NII TsPK picture
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Backup Crew |
| ISS-30/31 |
MALENCHENKO Yuri Ivanovich |
ISS-30 Flight Engineer, ISS-31 Commander, Soyuz TMA Commander |
Yu.A. Gagarin TsPK NII, Russia |
WILLIAMS Sunita Lyn |
ISS-30/31 Flight Engineer, Soyuz TMA Flight Engineer |
NASA, USA |
HOSHIDE Akihiko |
ISS-30/31 Flight Engineer, Soyuz TMA Flight Engineer |
JAXA, Japan |

From left to right: Sunita Williams, Yuri Malenchenko, Akihiko Hoshide
NII TsPK picture