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ISS 5th Crew: The Photo Album
STS-111 Astronauts with a new international ISS Crew is scheduled to liftoff on May 30, 2002. The Crew of three will begin living aboard the International Space Station as 5th Crew.
The crew  includes International Space Station Commander Valeri Korzun (Russian Cosmonaut), Peggy A. Whitson (U.S. Astronaut) and Sergei Y. Treschev (Russian Cosmonaut) as Flight Engineers.
Valeri Grigorievich Korzun

Colonel, Russian Air Force. Cosmonaut of Yu.A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

PERSONAL DATA: Born March 5, 1953, in Krasny Sulin. He has a son, Nikita. His father is Korzun Grigori Andreevich, and his mother, Korzun Maria Arsentievna.

Peggy A. Whitson

NASA Astronaut (Ph.D.)

PERSONAL DATA: Born February 9, 1960 in Mt. Ayr, Iowa. Hometown is Beaconsfield, Iowa. Married to Clarence F. Sams, Ph.D. She enjoys windsurfing, biking, basketball, water skiing.

 Sergei Yevgenyevich Treschev

Cosmonaut of the RSC ENERGIA

PERSONAL DATA: Born 18 August, 1958, in Volynsky District, Lipetsk Region (Russia). Married to Elvira Victorovna Trescheva. There are two sons in the family, Dmitry and Alexy. His father is Yevgeny Georgievich Treschev, and his mother is Nina Davydovna Trescheva. His hobbies include soccer, volleyball, ice hockey, hiking, tennis, music, photography, and video.
 
Mission Data
  • Launch Date: May 30, 2002
  • Launch Site: Cape Canaveral
  • Launch vehicle: Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-111
  • Payload: Crew Exchange: Ex-5 up / Ex-4 down

    The Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) carries experiment racks and three stowage and resupply racks to the station.
    The mission will also install a component of the Canadian Arm called the Mobile Base System (MBS) to the Mobile Transporter (MT) installed during STS-110. This completes the Canadian Mobile Servicing System, or MSS. The mechanical arm will now have the capability to "inchworm" from the U.S. Lab fixture to the MSS and travel along the Truss to work sites.
STS-111 will serve as a crew rotation flight. Shuttle Endeavour will deliver the Expedition Five Crew to the station and will return the Expedition Four Crew to Earth.

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