Date: May 14th 2008

May 13, 2008

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

Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie s clem@nasa gov

RELEASE: 08-121

NASA ASSIGNS PART OF CREW FOR EXPEDITION 20 SPACE STATION MISSION

WASHINGTON -- NASA and its international partners have assigned two crew members to the Expedition 20 International Space Station 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 2009 Creamer will be making his first trip to space

Creamer and Noguchi 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

Creamer was born in Fort Huachuca, Ariz , but considers Upper Marlboro, Md , to be his hometown He has a bachelor's in chemistry from Loyola College and a master's in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology He was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1998

Noguchi was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, and considers Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, his hometown He has a bachelor's and a master's degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Tokyo He flew as a mission specialist aboard space shuttle Discovery's return to flight mission in 2005 and performed three spacewalks He was selected as an astronaut in 1996 by Japan's National Space Development Agency, which now is known as JAXA He reported to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston in August 1996

Crew members named as backups are NASA astronaut and Army Col Douglas H Wheelock, and JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa

For complete 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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