JSC2007-E-38139 (23 July 2007) --- Astronaut Peggy Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; Russia's Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (right), flight engineer and Soyuz commander; European Space Agency's (ESA) astronaut Leopold Eyharts (second left), NASA astronauts Garrett Reisman (left) and Dan Tani (second right), all flight engineers, pose for a portrait following a pre-flight press conference at the Johnson Space Center. Whitson and Malenchenko are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station in a Soyuz spacecraft in October. Tani is scheduled to arrive on the station in October with the STS-120 crew to replace astronaut Clay Anderson, Expedition 15 flight engineer, who is currently on the station. Eyharts is scheduled to arrive on the station in December with the STS-122 crew to replace Tani. Reisman is scheduled to join Expedition 16 as flight engineer after launching to the station in February 2008 on mission STS-123 to replace Eyharts.
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JSC2007-E-38139 (23 July 2007) --- Astronaut Peggy Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; Russia's Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (right), flight engineer and Soyuz commander; European Space Agency's (ESA) astronaut Leopold Eyharts (second left), NASA astronauts Garrett Reisman (left) and Dan Tani (second right), all flight engineers, pose for a portrait following a pre-flight press conference at the Johnson Space Center. Whitson and Malenchenko are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station in a Soyuz spacecraft in October. Tani is scheduled to arrive on the station in October with the STS-120 crew to replace astronaut Clay Anderson, Expedition 15 flight engineer, who is currently on the station. Eyharts is scheduled to arrive on the station in December with the STS-122 crew to replace Tani. Reisman is scheduled to join Expedition 16 as flight engineer after launching to the station in February 2008 on mission STS-123 to replace Eyharts.
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