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>> Expedition 39 will return
NASA astronaut Steve Swanson

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to the International Space
Station for the third time.

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His previous flights were
aboard Space Shuttles Atlantis

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and Discovery, delivering

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and installing station truss
segments and solar array.

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Steve calls Steamboat
Springs, Colorado home.

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The father of three enjoys
camping, trail running,

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mountain biking, and skiing.

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He will take over as
Expedition 40 commander in May.

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Soyuz commander Aleksandr
Skvotsov spent 176 days in space

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in 2010 when he served as an
Expedition 23 flight engineer

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and as Expedition
24's commander.

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While training for his first
long-duration space mission,

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he was also studying law

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at the Russian Academy
of Civil Service.

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He received his law
degree in 2010.

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This Moscow native's hobbies
include diving, travel, soccer,

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and hunting and fishing.

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He and his wife have
one daughter.

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Latvian-born first-time space
flier Oleg Artmeyev was selected

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as a cosmonaut in 2003
and began his land

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and water survival
training in 2005.

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He's participated in two
isolation experiments

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for the Mars 500 project,
one lasting 105 days.

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Oleg and his wife and son
reside in [inaudible].

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In his spare time, he enjoys
traveling, skiing, and diving.

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The Soyuz spacecraft
carrying Steve, Aleksandr,

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and Oleg to the station
will launch