Expedition 18

    Expedition 18 landed on April 8, 2009. For the latest news and information on the International Space Station, visit the main station page.
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    ISS018-S-002F -- The Expedition 18 Crew Members Image above: The Expedition 18 crew members pose for a portrait. From the left (front row) are NASA astronaut Michael Fincke and Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, commander and flight engineer, respectively. From the left (back row) are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, NASA astronauts Sandra Magnus and Greg Chamitoff, all flight engineers. Image credit: NASA

Crew Profiles

  • Michael Fincke

    Commander E. Michael Fincke

    Astronaut E. Michael Fincke, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, commanded the Expedition 18 mission. He previously served as flight engineer and NASA Space Station science officer on Expedition 9 in 2004. During Fincke's first stay at the International Space Station, he performed four spacewalks.

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  • Yury Lonchakov

    Flight Engineer Yury V. Lonchakov

    Cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, a colonel in the Russian Air Force, served as a flight engineer and Soyuz commander for Expedition 18. This was his third trip to the station. Lonchakov was a mission specialist on STS-100, which visited the orbital outpost in 2001, and he returned to the station in 2002 as part of the Soyuz TMA-1 crew.

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  • Astronaut Greg Chamitoff

    Flight Engineer Gregory E. Chamitoff

    Astronaut Gregory E. Chamitoff flew to the station on shuttle mission STS-124 and returned to Earth on STS-126. Chamitoff previously served as a crew member on the Aquarius undersea research habitat for nine days as part of the NEEMO 3 mission. This was Chamitoff's first space flight. He served as a flight engineer and NASA Space Station science officer for Expeditions 17 and 18.

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  • Sandra Magnus

    Flight Engineer Sandra H. Magnus

    Astronaut Sandra H. Magnus flew to the station on STS-126 and returned to Earth on STS-119. She previously served as a mission specialist on STS-112, which visited the station in 2002. She served as a flight engineer and NASA Space Station science officer for Expedition 18.
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  • Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata

    Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata

    Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata flew to the station on STS-119 and served as flight engineer for Expeditions 18, 19 and 20. Wakata was the first resident station crew member from JAXA. He returned to Earth on STS-127.

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  • Richard Garriott

    Spaceflight Participant Richard Garriott

    American Richard Garriott flew to the International Space Station on a Soyuz spacecraft with the Expedition 18 crew and returned on a Soyuz spacecraft with the Expedition 17 crew under a commercial agreement with the Russian Federal Space Agency.

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