ISS expedition 27

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Mission dates
Mission:	ISS expedition 27
Crew:	6th
Rescue ships:	Soyuz TMA-20 , Soyuz TMA-21
Space station:	International space station
Start:	March 16, 2011, 04:27 UTC
Started by:	Decoupling from Soyuz TMA-01M
The End:	May 23, 2011, 21:35 UTC
Ended by:	Decoupling from Soyuz TMA-20
Duration:	68d 17h 8min
Team photo
v. l. To the right: Ronald Garan, Paolo Nespoli, Alexander Samokutajew, Catherine Coleman, Andrei Borissenko and Dmitri Kondratjew
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Previous mission: ISS expedition 26 Next mission: ISS expedition 28

ISS Expedition 27 is the mission name for the 27th long-term crew of the International Space Station (ISS). The mission began with the decoupling of the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft from the ISS on March 16, 2011 4:27 UTC . The end was marked by the decoupling of Soyuz TMA-20 on May 23, 2011 21:35 UTC.

team

• Dmitri Jurjewitsch Kondratjew (1st space flight), Commander ( Russia / Roscosmos ) ( Soyuz TMA-20 )
• Catherine Grace Coleman (3rd Spaceflight), Flight Engineer ( USA / NASA ) (Soyuz TMA-20)
• Paolo Nespoli (2nd space flight), flight engineer ( Italy / ESA ) (Soyuz TMA-20)

Additionally from April 7th 2011:

• Andrei Ivanovich Borissenko (1st spaceflight), flight engineer (Russia / Roscosmos) ( Soyuz TMA-21 )
• Alexander Michailowitsch Samokutajew (1st space flight), flight engineer (Russia / Roscosmos) (Soyuz TMA-21)
• Ronald John Garan (2nd Spaceflight), Flight Engineer (USA / NASA) (Soyuz TMA-21)

Substitute team

Since Expedition 20, no official replacement team has been announced due to the permanent training for the six-person crew. Unofficially, the backup crews of the two Soyuz feeder spaceships TMA-20 and TMA-21 (see there) are used as substitutes for Expedition 27. As a rule, these crews are deployed two missions later.

See also

• List of unmanned missions to the International Space Station
• List of space exits
• List of spacemen

Web links

Commons : ISS Expedition 27  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• ISS-Expedition 27 at Raumfahrer.net (German)
• ISS Expedition 27 at Spacefacts.de
• ISS-Expedition 27 on the website of NASA (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} NASA: International Space Station Daily Report , accessed on May 7, 2011 (English)
2. ↑ Ralf Möllenbeck: Russian capsule landed safely. Raumfahrer.net, May 24, 2011, accessed May 24, 2011 .