Author Topic: Flight crew assignments (Read 1838857 times)

Ben E · « **Reply #3840 on:** 09/09/2023 11:54 pm »

Sadly, no. But I think it does tend to alternate between USOS and ROS, although sometimes the partners negotiate to get back-to-back commands.

ddspaceman · « **Reply #3841 on:** 09/12/2023 04:09 pm »

Human Spaceflight
@esaspaceflight
🤩 It's official!
👨🏻‍🚀 @esa project astronaut Marcus Wandt from Sweden 🇸🇪 will fly to the International @Space_Station on an @Axiom_Space mission no earlier than January 2024.
🐦‍⬛ More about @astro_marcus, his 14-day mission called #Muninn and the #Ax3 crew: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Marcus_Wandt_will_fly_to_International_Space_Station_on_third_Axiom_Space_mission

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Axiom Space announced the four crew members who will spend up to 14 days on board the Space Station during the Ax-3 mission. Marcus will serve as mission specialist under the command of Michael López-Alegría, Axiom Space’s chief astronaut, representing both USA and Spain as a dual-citizen.

Ax-3 will be the first commercial human spaceflight mission with an ESA-sponsored astronaut. Marcus’s mission, called Muninn, is supported by ESA and the Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA).

“ESA is supporting a new generation of space explorers that use commercial access to space with new ideas, concepts and research. A more versatile access for humans to space will fuel the European economy and knowledge beyond Earth,” says ESA’s Director of Human and Robotic Exploration Daniel Neuenschwander.

The other two Ax-3 crew members are Walter Villadei, an Italian Air Force colonel and pilot for the mission, and Mission Specialist Alper Gezeravci from Türkiye.
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https://twitter.com/esaspaceflight/status/1701582456418124099

ZachS09 · « **Reply #3842 on:** 09/12/2023 04:54 pm »

With Mike Lopez-Alegria’s assignment as Ax-3 commander, he’ll be the tenth astronaut/cosmonaut to make six spaceflights.

The other nine who’ve made that feat include:
- John Young
- Story Musgrave
- Jerry Ross (flew a seventh time later on)
- Franklin Chang-Diaz (flew a seventh time later on)
- Sergei Krikalev
- Jim Wetherbee
- Mike Foale
- Curt Brown
- Yuri Malenchenko

ddspaceman · « **Reply #3843 on:** 09/15/2023 05:42 pm »

Known for some time but finally officially announced.

NASA Space Operations
@NASASpaceOps
.@NASA
has assigned astronaut Tracy C. Dyson to her second long-duration mission to the @Space_Station
as a flight engineer and member of the Expedition 70/71 crew. Dyson will launch on the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft in March 2024 and spend approximately six months aboard the orbital complex. More: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-astronaut-tracy-c-dyson-receives-third-space-station-assignment

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceOps/status/1702735668915343565

John_Marshall · « **Reply #3844 on:** 09/21/2023 08:28 pm »

Is there any new news on the Vagner-Platonov-Mikaev situation?

Joachim · « **Reply #3845 on:** 09/22/2023 05:54 am »

On Soyuz MS-26 Platonov was replaced by Vagner.

https://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=155

John_Marshall · « **Reply #3846 on:** 09/22/2023 12:33 pm »

Quote from: Joachim on 09/22/2023 05:54 am

On Soyuz MS-26 Platonov was replaced by Vagner.

https://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=155

I had not heard! Thanks!

hektor · « **Reply #3847 on:** 10/17/2023 10:57 am »

NASA: Alysson Muotri será o 1º Cientista Brasileiro a Viajar para o Espaço

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The scheduled launch of this mission is expected to take place no earlier than August 2024, as stated in a NASA press release. Departing from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, aboard a SpaceX rocket and spacecraft, the mission is projected to spend up to 14 days docked at the ISS.

Although NASA and Axiom Space have not yet confirmed the final crew of the mission named Ax-4, details about Muotri's journey to space remain confidential. However, it has been disclosed that the Brazilian scientist's trip is scheduled for November 2024. This timeline aligns with Axiom's planning for the ISS: the first mission took place in April 2022, followed by the second in May 2023, the third is scheduled for November of this year, and the Ax-4 mission will follow this trajectory.

Last month, the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MCTI) officially announced Muotri's upcoming trip to the International Space Station.

Ben E · « **Reply #3848 on:** 10/19/2023 05:21 am »

It'll be interesting to see how the Ax commands pan out over the next year or so. With only Lopez-Alegria and Whitson as Axiom astronauts, and a requirement from NASA that commanders must be former NASA astronauts, does that mean the two will essentially alternate, flight by flight? Hence, Whitson as Ax-4 CDR?

Zed_Noir · « **Reply #3849 on:** 10/19/2023 09:36 am »

Quote from: Ben E on 10/19/2023 05:21 am

It'll be interesting to see how the Ax commands pan out over the next year or so. With only Lopez-Alegria and Whitson as Axiom astronauts, and a requirement from NASA that commanders must be former NASA astronauts, does that mean the two will essentially alternate, flight by flight? Hence, Whitson as Ax-4 CDR?

Think Axiom will need to expand their former NASA Astronaut roster. Just to be sure there is a former Astronaut available in case of either Lopez-Alegria or Whitson getting down-check from whatever reason.

Skylon · « **Reply #3850 on:** 10/19/2023 01:52 pm »

Quote from: Zed_Noir on 10/19/2023 09:36 am

Quote from: Ben E on 10/19/2023 05:21 am
It'll be interesting to see how the Ax commands pan out over the next year or so. With only Lopez-Alegria and Whitson as Axiom astronauts, and a requirement from NASA that commanders must be former NASA astronauts, does that mean the two will essentially alternate, flight by flight? Hence, Whitson as Ax-4 CDR?
Think Axiom will need to expand their former NASA Astronaut roster. Just to be sure there is a former Astronaut available in case of either Lopez-Alegria or Whitson getting down-check from whatever reason.

Rex Walheim is on Axiom's payroll. While the website shows him as "Safety Officer", a management role, is he considered as part of the company's pool of Astronauts that can fly a mission?

John_Marshall · « **Reply #3851 on:** 10/19/2023 03:52 pm »

Quote from: Ben E on 10/19/2023 05:21 am

With only Lopez-Alegria and Whitson as Axiom astronauts, and a requirement from NASA that commanders must be former NASA astronauts, does that mean the two will essentially alternate, flight by flight? Hence, Whitson as Ax-4 CDR?

Yes. See #6 in the quote on post #50 of the AX-3 thread on this site.

Quote from: Skylon on 10/19/2023 01:52 pm

Rex Walheim is on Axiom's payroll. While the website shows him as "Safety Officer", a management role, is he considered as part of the company's pool of Astronauts that can fly a mission?

That's a good question! I had wondered the same myself.

hektor · « **Reply #3852 on:** 10/19/2023 06:53 pm »

During the Ax-3 crew press conference, MLA said that Peggy and him will continue to alternate and are enough to fulfill Axiom obligations towards NASA, which strongly implies Peggy will command Ax-4.

Yellowstone10 · « **Reply #3853 on:** 11/14/2023 01:57 am »

New press release from JAXA: Takuya Onishi has been selected for another long-term stay on the ISS in 2025, and Kimiya Yui's stay has been pushed back from 2024 to 2025. (Not entirely sure what that means re: who's flying on which crew rotation mission.)

https://www.jaxa.jp/press/2023/11/20231114-1_j.html

ddspaceman · « **Reply #3854 on:** 11/14/2023 02:03 am »

GT: I will be able to go on a long-term mission to the ISS once again 👨‍🚀
thank you very much!
I will work together with my fellow Kibo operational controllers to make this mission a fruitful one.
We will do our best to introduce the progress of the training to everyone, so please continue to support us.

[press release]
Regarding long-term stay of JAXA astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS)

JAXA Astronaut ONISHI Takuya Assigned as a Member of ISS Expedition Crew and Modification of JAXA Astronaut YUI Kimiya's ISS Schedule

Regarding long-term stay of JAXA astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS)

November 14, 2023 (Reiwa 5)

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

We would like to inform you that astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has been chosen for a long-term stay on the ISS. We would also like to inform you that the period of long-term ISS stay for Astronaut Kamiya Yui has been changed.

1. About Astronaut Takuya Onishi's long-term stay on the ISS
Period of stay: Around 2025
Main mission: As a long-term ISS crew member, we plan to carry out maintenance, preservation, and utilization missions (scientific experiments, etc.) of various ISS facilities, including Kibo.

2. Regarding changes to Astronaut Kamiya Yui’s long-term stay on the ISS
Period of stay: (before change) Around 2024
(After change) Around 2025

https://twitter.com/Astro_Onishi/status/1724250213261750496

ddspaceman · « **Reply #3855 on:** 11/14/2023 02:07 am »

Quote from: Yellowstone10 on 11/14/2023 01:57 am

New press release from JAXA: Takuya Onishi has been selected for another long-term stay on the ISS in 2025, and Kimiya Yui's stay has been pushed back from 2024 to 2025. (Not entirely sure what that means re: who's flying on which crew rotation mission.)

https://www.jaxa.jp/press/2023/11/20231114-1_j.html

If you scroll way down on that page you posted it shows the order of JAXA Astronauts flights. Looks like Yui first, then Onishi

油井亀美也　Kimiya.Yui
@Astro_Kimiya

Congratulations Onishi-san on your decision to stay for a long time!
My long-term stay is now scheduled for around 2025, so I wonder if I might be able to temporarily stay on the ISS at the same time?
I would like to make this a mission where we can give back to each other and make everyone happy.
Let's work hard together!

https://twitter.com/Astro_Kimiya/status/1724260362046836848

ddspaceman · « **Reply #3856 on:** 11/14/2023 02:14 am »

金井宣茂
@Astro_Kanai

GT: ㊗️ Mission assignment 🎊🥳🎉
Astronaut Onishi @Astro_Onishi 's second long-term space stay has been decided ‼️

Astronaut Yui @Astro_Kimiya , who has already started training for the mission, is likely to fly around 2025, so I'm looking forward to it ♪

https://twitter.com/Astro_Kanai/status/1724256215084179924

John_Marshall · « **Reply #3857 on:** 11/14/2023 02:40 pm »

Quote from: Yellowstone10 on 11/14/2023 01:57 am

New press release from JAXA: Takuya Onishi has been selected for another long-term stay on the ISS in 2025, and Kimiya Yui's stay has been pushed back from 2024 to 2025. (Not entirely sure what that means re: who's flying on which crew rotation mission.)

https://www.jaxa.jp/press/2023/11/20231114-1_j.html

Does this mean that either Kutryk or Sidey-Gibbons is likely to fly on Crew-9, or is the fourth seat (other than the usual two Americans and one Russian) likely to go to someone else? I'm pretty sure I saw that the next ESA seat isn't likely until Crew-10.

Ben E · « **Reply #3858 on:** 11/14/2023 03:16 pm »

With Gerst pictured last year doing NBL training with Pettit, a possible place for him on Crew-9 would potentially see them flying together in late 2024.

Unless Gerst (and Pesquet) are being held back for ESA Gateway flights, of course...

John_Marshall · « **Reply #3859 on:** 11/14/2023 03:32 pm »

Quote from: Ben E on 11/14/2023 03:16 pm

With Gerst pictured last year doing NBL training with Pettit, a possible place for him on Crew-9 would potentially see them flying together in late 2024.

Unless Gerst (and Pesquet) are being held back for ESA Gateway flights, of course...

I'm nearly positive it was announced earlier this year, I think by Aschenbacher, that the veteran astronauts are being held back for Gateway and that the new class will finish out ESA's ISS seats.