Date: January 12th 2008

Jan 11, 2008

Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael curie@nasa gov

Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole cloutier-1@nasa gov

RELEASE: 08-005

NASA UPDATES INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW ASSIGNMENTS

HOUSTON - NASA has updated assignments for International Space Station expedition crews The updates reflect changes in the launch schedule for space shuttle missions that will transport rotating crew members

Astronaut Garrett E Reisman, a member of the Expedition 16 and 17 crews, now is scheduled to return to Earth on the STS-124 shuttle mission, which is targeted to launch April 24, 2008 He originally was slated to return on STS-126 As planned, Reisman will fly to the station on STS-123, which is targeted to launch in March He is a native of New Jersey and has a doctorate in mechanical engineering from the California Institute of Technology

Astronaut Gregory E Chamitoff is scheduled to fly to the station as a mission specialist on STS-124 He will take Reisman's place as an Expedition 17 flight engineer and return to Earth on shuttle mission STS-126, which is targeted to launch Sept 18, 2008 Chamitoff, who was born in Montreal, Canada, grew up in San Jose, Calif He has a doctorate in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Astronaut Sandra H Magnus will fly to the station on STS-126 to replace Chamitoff Magnus, a native of Illinois with a doctorate in material science and engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, will serve as a flight engineer and NASA science officer for part of Expedition 17 and part of Expedition 18 Magnus will return to Earth on shuttle mission STS-119 in the fall of 2008

Astronaut Koichi Wakata will launch on STS-119 and become the first resident station crew member from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, replacing Magnus on Expedition 18 Wakata will serve as a flight engineer on Expedition 18 and return on STS-127

Backup crew assignments also have been updated They are included in the following International Space Station crew lineup:

Expedition 16 Peggy Whitson, NASA astronaut Yuri Malenchenko, Russian cosmonaut Daniel Tani, NASA astronaut Leopold Eyharts, European Space Agency astronaut Garrett Reisman, NASA astronaut (Backup: Timothy Kopra)

Expedition 17 Sergei Volkov, Russian cosmonaut (Backup: Maxim Suraev) Oleg Kononenko, Russian cosmonaut (Backup: Oleg Skripochka) Gregory Chamitoff, NASA astronaut (Backup: Timothy Kopra) Sandra Magnus, NASA astronaut (Backup: Nicole Stott)

Expedition 18 Michael Fincke, NASA astronaut (Backup: Michael Barratt) Salizhan Sharipov, Russian cosmonaut (Backup: Yuri Lonchakov) Koichi Wakata, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut (Backup: Soichi Noguchi)

For astronaut biographical information, visit:

http://www jsc nasa gov/Bios

For more information about NASA's International Space Station Program, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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