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Expedition 24
The 6-astronaut crew of the International Space Station’s Expedition 24 has been complete since 17 June 2010. Front row from left to right: American Shannon Walker, Russian Fyodor Yurchikhin and American Douglas Wheelock. Back row from left to right: Russians Mikhail Kornienko and Alexandre Skvortsov and American Tracy Caldwell Dyson. This is the first time that a long-duration mission has included two women.
Credit: NASA

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