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Tom
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posted 04-04-2006 10:13 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Tom   Click Here to Email Tom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I was looking at the planned crews for future ISS missions and found it kind of odd that Expedition 7 CDR Yuri Malenchenko is listed as Flight Engineer on Expedition 16.
The only other times I saw this was back on Apollo 8 and 10 when Jim Lovell and John Young flew as CMPs after commanding their own Gemini flights.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 04-04-2006 10:24 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This is because command of the ISS is alternated between the U.S. and Russia between each expedition. In other words, because Expedition 1 had a U.S. commander, each odd numbered flight should be a U.S. commander and each even, Russian. But that flipped when Expeditions 4 and 5 were both Russian commanded. Now every even is U.S. and every odd, Russian. Crew positions are therefore not experienced based.

That all being said, SpaceFacts list Malenchenko as CDR of ISS 16 on one page and flight engineer on another.

[This message has been edited by Robert Pearlman (edited April 04, 2006).]

Tom
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posted 04-04-2006 10:39 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Tom   Click Here to Email Tom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Robert:
It actually shows Malenchenko as CDR on Soyuz TMA-11 and FE on ISS-16.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 04-04-2006 10:55 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Tom:
It actually shows Malenchenko as CDR on Soyuz TMA-11 and FE on ISS-16.
Ah, missed that... thanks.

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