Two For Expedition 20 Crew

Two crew members have been assigned by NASA and the agency’s international partners as crew members to the Expedition 20 International Space Station (ISS) mission. NASA astronaut Timothy J. Creamer, a colonel in the U.S. Army, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, will launch on a Soyuz spacecraft in November of 2009. This will be Colonel Creamer’s first trip to space. These astronauts will join the Expedition 20 mission in progress and remain aboard the space station for six months as flight engineers. Creamer also will serve as a NASA science officer. Other members of the Expedition 20 crew have yet to be named. Expedition 20 will continue assembly of the station as well as outfit the orbiting complex with spare parts and supplies—Washington, D.C.