Expedition 39
Expedition 39 installed space agriculture hardware, studied improved drug treatments, and explored the behavior of liquids and gases in microgravity.
Mission Type
meet the crew
Launch
Landing
Crew Members
Koichi Wakata, Commander
Alexander Skvortsov, Flight Engineer
Steve Swanson, Flight Engineer
Oleg Artemyev, Flight Engineer
Richard Mastracchio, Flight Engineer
Mikhail Tyurin, Flight Engineer
Crew and Cargo Missions
5/13/14 – Expedition 38/39 Land
4/25/14 – ISS Progress 53 Redock
4/23/14 – 53P First Undock
4/20/14 – SpaceX CRS-3 Capture
4/18/14 – SpaceX CRS-3 Launch
4/9/14 – ISS Progress 55 Launch/Dock
4/7/14 – ISS Progress 54 Undock
3/27/14 – Expedition 39/40 Dock
3/25/14 – Expedition 39/40 Launch
Spacewalks
Date: April 23, 2014
Duration: 1 hour, 36 minutes
Spacewalkers: Richard Mastracchio, Steve Swanson
Expedition 39 Resources
News Releases
The news releases for Expedition 39 covering a variety of mission events and other activities both on Earth and in space.
Mission Summary
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 39 crew has conducted.
Mission Imagery
During Expedition 39, 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 39 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.
Expedition 39 News
Space Station Crew Returns to Earth, Lands Safely in Kazakhstan
NASA Television to Air Expedition 39 Crew’s Return from Space Station
NASA Astronauts to Call Colorado Students from Space
SpaceX Launch of NASA Cargo to Space Station Set for Friday, Spacewalk…
