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the december launch of expedition 4647

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will feature two space veterans and one

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first-time flyer to the international

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space station

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nasa astronaut tim copro will serve as a

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flight engineer for expedition 46 the

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same role the west point graduate served

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in 2009 during expedition 20.

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tim will become the station commander

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for expedition 47.

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esa astronaut tim peake will also serve

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as a flight engineer

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tim is a test pilot with over 3 000

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flight hours on more than 30 types of

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aircraft

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he will be the first british astronaut

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to visit the space station

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the soyuz commander will be veteran

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cosmonaut yuri malenchenko

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yuri has spent

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641 days in space and has spent over a

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day working outside in space during five

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space walks

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yuri first flew in space in 1994 on the

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mir 16 mission

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this crew will spend six months on the