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The STS-127 Crew

The STS-127 Crew
In the front, from left to right: Doug Hurley, Pilot and Mark Polansky, Commander. In the back, from left to right: Mission Specialists Dave Wolf, Christopher Cassidy, Julie Payette, Tom Marshburn, and Tim Kopra. Kopra will become a station flight engineer replacing Koichi Wakata,
who will return home with the STS-127 crew.

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Astronaut

Function

Mark L. Polansky
NASA Astronaut
3^rd flight

Commander

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Douglas G. Hurley
NASA Astronaut
1^st flight

Pilot

Julie Payette
CSA Astronaut
2^nd flight

Mission Specialist;
Flight Engineer

Christopher J. Cassidy
NASA Astronaut
1^st flight

Mission Specialist

Thomas H. Marshburn
NASA Astronaut
1^st flight

Mission Specialist

David A. Wolf
NASA Astronaut
4^th flight

Mission Specialist

Timothy L. Kopra
NASA Astronaut
1^st long-duration mission on the ISS

The mission will deliver Army Col. Timothy L. Kopra to the station to join Expedition 18 as a flight engineer and science officer.

Koichi Wakata
JAXA Astronaut
1^st long-duration mission on the ISS

Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata will return to Earth with the crew of STS-127.