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ISS 7th Crew: The Photo Album
Soyuz TMA-2 with a new international ISS Crew is scheduled to liftoff on April 26, 2003. The Crew of two will begin living aboard the International Space Station as 7th Crew.
The crew  includes International Space Station Commander Yuri Malenchenko (Russian Cosmonaut) and Edward Lu (U.S. Astronaut) as Flight Engineers.
Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko

Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko (Colonel, Russian Air Force)
Test Cosmonaut at the YU.A. Gagarin
Cosmonaut Training Center

PERSONAL DATA: Born Dec. 22, 1961, in Svetlovodsk, Kirovograd Region, Ukraine. He has one son, Dmitri. His mother, Nina Ivanovna, father, Ivan Karpovich, and brother, Sergei Ivanovich live in Svetlovodsk.

Space Flight Experience: Commander of MIR 16, STS-106

 Edward Tsang Lu

Edward Tsang Lu (PH.D.)
Nasa Astronaut

PERSONAL DATA: Born July 1, 1963, in Springfield, Massachusetts. Considers Honolulu, Hawaii, and Webster, New York, to be his hometowns. Unmarried. He enjoys aerobatic flying, coaching wrestling, piano, tennis, surfing, skiing, travel. His parents, Charlie and Snowlily Lu, reside in Fremont, California.

Space Flight Experience: STS-84, STS-106
 
Mission Data
  • Launch Date: April 26, 2003
  • Launch Site: Baikonur - Kazakhstan
  • Launch vehicle: SOYUZ TMA-2
  • Payload: Crew Exchange: Ex-7 up / Ex-6 down

    Expedition Crew 6 will return to the Earth with the Soyuz TMA-1 on May 4, 2003 at 02:07 UTC.

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