Expedition 35 is the 35th long-duration mission to the International Space Station

International Space Station

The International Space Station is a habitable, artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS follows the Salyut, Almaz, Cosmos, Skylab, and Mir space stations, as the 11th space station launched, not including the Genesis I and II prototypes...

 (ISS). The expedition will start in March 2013, when the Expedition 34

Expedition 34

Expedition 34 is scheduled to be the thirty-fourth expedition to the International Space Station.-Crew:Source: NASA-External links:*...

 crew departs from the ISS. This will mark the first time a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 astronaut - Colonel Chris Hadfield

Chris Hadfield

Chris Austin "Chris" Hadfield, O.Ont, MSC, CD is a Canadian astronaut from the Canadian Space Agency who was the first Canadian to walk in space. Hadfield has flown two space shuttle missions, STS-74 in 1995 and STS-100 in 2001. He has served as CAPCOM for both Space Shuttle and International...

 - will be in command of the station. Expedition 35 will also be only the second time an ISS crew is led by neither a NASA

NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...

 astronaut, nor a Roscosmos

Russian Federal Space Agency

The Russian Federal Space Agency , commonly called Roscosmos and abbreviated as FKA and RKA , is the government agency responsible for the Russian space science program and general aerospace research. It was previously the Russian Aviation and Space Agency .Headquarters of Roscosmos are located...

 cosmonaut, after Expedition 21

Expedition 21

Expedition 21 was the 21st long-duration mission to the International Space Station . The expedition began on 30 September 2009, with Frank de Winne becoming the first ESA astronaut to command a space mission....

 in 2009, when ESA astronaut Frank de Winne

Frank De Winne

Frank, Viscount De Winne is a Belgian Air Component officer and an ESA astronaut. He is Belgium's second person in space . He was the first ESA astronaut to command a space mission when he served as commander of ISS Expedition 21.-Education:De Winne graduated in 1979 from the Royal School of Cadets...

 was in command.

Crew

Position	First Part (March 2013)	Second Part (March 2013 to May 2013)
Commander	Chris Hadfield Chris Hadfield Chris Austin "Chris" Hadfield, O.Ont, MSC, CD is a Canadian astronaut from the Canadian Space Agency who was the first Canadian to walk in space. Hadfield has flown two space shuttle missions, STS-74 in 1995 and STS-100 in 2001. He has served as CAPCOM for both Space Shuttle and International... , CSA Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1	Thomas Marshburn Thomas Marshburn Thomas Henry "Tom" Marshburn is an American physician and a NASA astronaut. Marshburn was born in Statesville, North Carolina. He served as a Mission Specialist on STS-127.-Education:... , NASA NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research... Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2	Roman Romanenko Roman Romanenko Roman Yurievich Romanenko is a cosmonaut at the Yu.A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.-Personal life:His parents, Yuri Victorovich Romanenko and Aleftina Ivanovna Romanenko, live in Star City. He is married to Yulia Leonidovna Romanenko . They have one son... , RSA Russian Federal Space Agency The Russian Federal Space Agency , commonly called Roscosmos and abbreviated as FKA and RKA , is the government agency responsible for the Russian space science program and general aerospace research. It was previously the Russian Aviation and Space Agency .Headquarters of Roscosmos are located... Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 3		Christopher Cassidy Christopher Cassidy Christopher John "Chris" Cassidy is a NASA astronaut and Navy SEAL. Chris Cassidy achieved the rank of Commander in the U.S. Navy. Cassidy attended York High School, in York, Maine,. He then graduated from the Naval Academy Prep School in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1989... , NASA Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4		Pavel Vinogradov, RSA Fourth spaceflight
Flight Engineer 5		Aleksandr Misurkin Aleksandr Misurkin Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Misurkin born on September 23, 1977, major of Russian Air Force, is a Russian cosmonaut, selected in 2006.-External links:*... , RSA First spaceflight

Source:
NASA

External links

• NASA's Space Station Expeditions page