Soyuz TMA-19 crew (L-R): Douglas Wheelock, Shannon Walker, Fyodor Yurchikhin
Mission patch
Soyuz TMA-19, launched June 16, 2010 (America time), carried members of Expedition 24 to the International Space Station. Its crew consisted of Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin (Roscosmos), Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock. The spacecraft remained docked to the ISS for Expeditions 24 and 25. The crew returned to Earth November 2010.
Douglas Wheelock, born May 5, 1960 in Binghamton, New York, has been in space twice.
His first trip was aboard Discovery (STS-120) as mission specialist to the International Space Station in October-November 2007. During the mission, he conducted three EVAs with fellow astronaut Scott Parazynski. They returned to Earth after about 15 days.
His second flight was aboard Soyuz TMA-19 as flight engineer in June 2010 to the International Space Station. He participated in Expeditions 24 and 25. He remained in space about 150 days.
In June 2004, he participated in expedition NEEMO 6 in NASA's Aquarius Underwater Laboratory.
Scott Parazynski, born July 28, 1961 in Little Rock, Arkansas, is a veteran of five space shuttle missions and seven spacewalks.
His first mission was aboard Atlantis (STS-66) as mission specialist in November 1994. It was the last solo flight for Atlantis until 2009. Until then, her missions were either to Mir or the International Space Station.
His second mission was aboard Atlantis (STS-86) as mission specialist to Mir September-October 1997. He performed an EVA with fellow astronaut Vladimir Titov (Roscosmos) which lasted about 5 hours.
Parazynski's third flight was aboard Discovery (STS-95) as mission specialist in October-November 1998. John Glenn made history by going into space at 77 years old on this trip.
His fourth flight was aboard Endeavour (STS-100) as mission specialist April-May 2001 to the International Space Station. Parazynski performed two EVAs with fellow astronaut Chris Hadfield for a total of almost 15 hours.
Scott's fifth and final flight was on Discovery (STS-120) as mission specialist October-November 2007. He conducted four EVAs, three with Douglas Wheelock, and one with Daniel Tani, for a total of 27 hours and 14 minutes.
Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-120) took off October 23, 2007, being the 23rd mission to the International Space Station. Commander Pamela Melroy was the second woman after Eileen Collins to become commander of a space shuttle mission. When they docked with the ISS, Peggy Whitson was commander of the space station so for the first time, there were two female mission commanders in space.
The rest of the crew consisted of Pilot George Zamka, Mission Specialist 1 Douglas Wheelock, Mission Specialist 2 Stephanie Wilson, Mission Specialist 3, Scott Parazynski, Mission Specialist 4 Paolo Nespoli (on the ISS right now!), and Mission Specialist 5 Daniel Tani.
