Expedition 19
Expeditions 19 and 20 studied bone loss and cardiac atrophy, the immune system, and space nutrition. Japan's Kuonotori cargo craft launched for the first time.
Mission Type
meet the crew
Launch
Landing
Crew Members
Gennady Padalka, Commander
Koichi Wakata, Flight Engineer
Michael Barratt, Flight Engineer
Crew and Cargo Missions
5/12/09 – ISS Progress 33 Dock
5/6/09 – ISS Progress 32 Undock
3/28/09 – Expedition 19 Dock
3/26/09 – Expedition 19 Launch
Expedition 19 Resources
Expedition Press Kit
Get an overview of the Expedition, its crew and the activities they are working on during this mission to the International Space Station.
Mission Science
Learn more about the range of microgravity science encompassing human research, space phsyics, and more the Expedition 19 crew has conducted.
Mission Imagery
During Expedition 19, the crew took images of the Earth views, the orbiting station, their daily lives aboard and the experiments they conducted during their stay, plus so much more. Check out some of the image highlights from Expedition 19 in the gallery.
Space Station Imagery
View imagery taken from the International Space Station since 1999 of daily crew activities, spacewalks, visiting vehicles, and the Earth below.
