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.
Identity
- Aliases
- ISS Expedition 19Expedition NineteenInternational Space Station Expedition 19ISS EO-19
- Name
- Expedition 19
- Slug
- expedition-19
- Status
- completed
Details
- Description
- 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
- Landing Site Id
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- Launch Site Id
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- Outcome
- 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.
- Program
- International Space Station
- Space Station Id
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- Start Date
- 2009-04-08
- Vehicle Family Ids
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- Vehicle Id
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Links
- Official Url
- https://www.nasa.gov/mission/expedition-19/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/14/2026, 8:45:49 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/14/2026, 8:45:49 AM
Other
- Affiliations
- Organization Id
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- Role
- ISS partner agency, Soyuz operator, and Padalka crew agency
- Organization Id
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- Role
- ISS partner agency, Barratt crew agency, and Shuttle operator
- Organization Id
- vh76by4pqcqgwz2c255w6r83m17nh9vh
- Role
- Wakata crew agency and Kibo partner
- Crew
- Astronaut Id
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- Role
- Commander; launched and later returned on Soyuz TMA-14
- Astronaut Id
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- Role
- Flight engineer; launched and later returned on Soyuz TMA-14
- Astronaut Id
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- Role
- Flight engineer transferred from Expedition 18; continued into Expedition 20 and later returned on STS-127 Endeavour