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Expedition 19

Expedition 19 was the final three-person International Space Station increment before permanent six-person operations. Gennady Padalka commanded with Michael Barratt and Koichi Wakata as flight engineers. Padalka and Barratt arrived aboard Soyuz TMA-14, while Wakata transferred from Expedition 18 after arriving on STS-119. The crew supported station research and Progress M-02M logistics before Soyuz TMA-15 brought Roman Romanenko, Frank De Winne, and Robert Thirsk, beginning Expedition 20 and the six-person era.

Expedition 19
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ISS Expedition 19Expedition NineteenInternational Space Station Expedition 19ISS EO-19
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Expedition 19
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Expedition 19 was the final three-person International Space Station increment before permanent six-person operations. Gennady Padalka commanded with Michael Barratt and Koichi Wakata as flight engineers. Padalka and Barratt arrived aboard Soyuz TMA-14, while Wakata transferred from Expedition 18 after arriving on STS-119. The crew supported station research and Progress M-02M logistics before Soyuz TMA-15 brought Roman Romanenko, Frank De Winne, and Robert Thirsk, beginning Expedition 20 and the six-person era.
End Date
2009-05-29
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Completed. Expedition 19 maintained three-person ISS operations, supported research and Progress logistics, and handed over to the first permanent six-person crew when Soyuz TMA-15 arrived.
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2009-04-08
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July 14, 2026 at 08:45:49 UTC
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July 29, 2026 at 08:53:56 UTC

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