Expedition 39
Expedition 39 was a 2014 International Space Station increment commanded by Koichi Wakata, the first Japanese astronaut to command the ISS. The crew supported station research, SpaceX CRS-3 cargo operations, the Veggie plant-growth facility, and an external repair EVA to replace a failed multiplexer-demultiplexer.
Identity
- Name
- Expedition 39
- Slug
- expedition-39
- Status
- completed
Details
- Description
- Expedition 39 was a 2014 International Space Station increment commanded by Koichi Wakata, the first Japanese astronaut to command the ISS. The crew supported station research, SpaceX CRS-3 cargo operations, the Veggie plant-growth facility, and an external repair EVA to replace a failed multiplexer-demultiplexer.
- End Date
- 2014-05-14
- Outcome
- Completed. Expedition 39 began after Soyuz TMA-10M departed, expanded after Soyuz TMA-12M docked, and ended with Soyuz TMA-11M returning Koichi Wakata, Mikhail Tyurin, and Richard Mastracchio to Earth.
- Program
- International Space Station
- Space Station Id
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- Start Date
- 2014-03-11
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.nasa.gov/mission/expedition-39/
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_39
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/6/2026, 8:54:29 PM
- Image
- Download
- Updated Time
- 7/6/2026, 8:54:29 PM
Other
- Affiliations
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- Role
- ISS partner agency
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- Crew
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- Role
- Commander
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- Role
- Flight Engineer-1
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- Role
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- Role
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- Role
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