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Mission Overview - Expedition 5 Crew

ISS Commander: Valeri Grigorievich Korzun

(Colonel, Russian Air Force)
Cosmonaut of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
Born March 5, 1953, in Krasny Sulin.

Education: Graduated from Kachin Military Aviation College in 1974; Commander Department of the Gagarin Air Force Academy in 1987.

Cosmonaut experience: In 1987 he was selected as a cosmonaut for training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center after successfully graduating from the Gagarin Military Air-Force Academy.

Starting December 1987 through June 1989, he took the course of General Space Training. Korzun was certified as a Test-Cosmonaut in 1989. From September 1989 through September 1992, he trained for spaceflight as part of the test-cosmonauts group. From October 1992 to March 1994, he took a training course for flight aboard Soyuz-TM as commander of the rescue vehicle. From March 1994 to June 1995, he trained as a group member for flight onboard the orbital complex "Mir". March 1994 through January 1995, he served as a deputy Director of the 27KC crew training complex flight as supervisor of communication with the crew. June 1995 through August 1996, he completed training as a flight engineer for the Mir-22/ NASA-3 and "Cassiopia" (sponsored by CNES) programs.

August 17, 1996 through March 2, 1997, he completed a 197-day flight onboard the Mir station. The program included joint flights with NASA 2, 3 and 4 astronauts, a French astronaut and a German astronaut. Korzun performed 2 spacewalks totaling 12 hours and 33 minutes.

Flight Engineer: Peggy A. Whitson (Ph.D.)

NASA Astronaut
Born February 9, 1960 in Mt. Ayr, Iowa.
Hometown is Beaconsfield, Iowa.

Education: Graduated from Mt. Ayr Community High School, Mt. Ayr, Iowa, in 1978; received a bachelor of science degree in biology/chemistry from Iowa Wesleyan College in 1981, and a doctorate in biochemistry from Rice University in 1985.

NASA experience: From 1989 to 1993 Whitson worked as a Research Biochemist in the Biomedical Operations and Research Branch at NASA-JSC. In 1990 she gained the additional duties of Research Advisor for the National Research Council Resident Research Associate. From 1991-1993, she served as Technical Monitor of the Biochemistry Research Laboratories in the Biomedical Operations and Research Branch. From 1991-1992 she was the Payload Element Developer for Bone Cell Research Experiment (E10) aboard SL-J (STS-47), and was a member of the US-USSR Joint Working Group in Space Medicine and Biology. In 1992 she was named the Project Scientist of the Shuttle-Mir Program (STS-60, STS-63, STS-71, Mir 18, Mir 19) and served in this capacity until the conclusion of the Phase 1A Program in 1995. From 1993 to 1996 Whitson held the additional responsibilities of the Deputy Division Chief of the Medical Sciences Division at NASA-JSC. From 1995 to 1996 she served as Co-Chair of the U.S.-Russian Mission Science Working Group. In April 1996 she was selected as an astronaut candidate and started training in August 1996. Upon completing two years of training and evaluation, she was assigned technical duties in the Astronaut Office Operations Planning Branch and served as the lead for the Crew Test Support Team in Russia from 1998-99.

Flight Engineer: Sergei Yevgenyevich Treschev

Cosmonaut of the RSC ENERGIA.
Born 18 August, 1958, in Volynsky District, Lipetsk Region (Russia).

Cosmonaut experience: From 1984 to 1986, he worked as a foreman and as an engineer at the RSC ENERGIA. His responsibilities included the analysis and planning of cosmonaut activities aboard the Orbital Station and their inflight technical training. He also developed technical documentation and was involved in setting up cosmonaut training for flight together with the Yu. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. He supported crew training aboard the Mir orbital station in order to maintain their skills in performing certain descent and emergency escape operations. In 1992 he was enrolled in the RSC ENERGIA cosmonaut detachment. From 1992 to 1994 he completed his basic training course. From 1994 to 1996 he underwent a course of advance training as a test cosmonaut.

From June 1999 to July 2000 Treschev trained as a flight engineer for the Soyuz-TM backup ISS contingency crew.