David Saint-Jacques, born January 6, 1970 in Quebec City, Canada, went into space aboard Soyuz MS-11 to the International Space Station in December 2018. He participated in Expeditions 57-59 and conducted an EVA for 6 hours, 29 minutes. He spent almost 204 days in space before returning to Earth in June 2019.
Oleg Kononenko, born June 21, 1964 in the former Soviet Union, has been into space four times.
His first flight was aboard Soyuz TMA-12 to the International Space Station in April 2008. He participated in Expedition 17 and returned to Earth in October 2008.
His second mission was as commander aboard Soyuz TMA-03M in December 2011 to the ISS. He participated in Expeditions 30 and 31. He returned to Earth in July 2012.
Kononenko's third flight was aboard Soyuz TMA-17M as commander to the ISS in July 2015. He participated in Expeditions 44 and 45. He returned to Earth in December 2015.
His fourth flight was aboard Soyuz MS-11 as commander to the ISS in June 2018. He participated in Expeditions 58 and 59. He returned to Earth in December 2018.
He has conducted 4 EVAs for a total of 24 hours and 28 minutes.
Anne McClain, born June 7, 1979 in Spokane, Washington, went into space aboard Soyuz MS-11 as flight engineer in December 2018 to the International Space Station. She participated in Expeditions 58 and 59 before returning to Earth in June 2019.
Soyuz MS-11/Expedition 58 (L-R): Anne McClain, Oleg Kononenko, David Saint-Jacques
Mission patch
The crew of Soyuz MS-11, launched December 2018, returned from the International Space Station yesterday June 24, 2019 in Kazakhstan. The crew consisted of Commander Oleg Kononenko (Roscosmos), David Saint-Jacques (CSA) and Anne McClain (NASA).
The crew participated in Expedition 58 upon arrival at the ISS with Kononenko as commander. When Soyuz MS-12 arrived in March 2019, they transferred Expedition 59 to the new crew.
It was the first flight for both McClain and Saint-Jacques, and the fourth for Kononenko.
Soyuz MS-11 crew (L-R): Anne McClain, Oleg Kononenko and David Saint-Jacques
Mission patch
Soyuz MS-11, launched successfully this morning about 6:30AM EST, is carrying three members of Expedition 58 to the International Space Station. The crew consists of Commander Oleg Kononenko (Roscosmos), David Saint-Jacques (CSA) and Anne McClain (NASA).
They should arrive early this afternoon at the ISS. Soyuz MS-11 was initially scheduled to launch December 20 but was moved to today after the failure of Soyuz MS-10 back in October.
