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Expedition 18 was the 18th permanent crew of the International Space Station (ISS).The first two crew members Michael Fincke and Yuri Lonchakov were launched on 12 October 2008 aboard Soyuz TMA-13. With them was astronaut Sandra Magnus who joined the Expedition 18 crew after launching on STS-126 and remained until departing on STS-119 on 25 March 2009. She was replaced by JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata who arrived at the ISS on STS-119 on 17 March 2009.
