CREW 21/22 . ... PRIME CREW . ... From August 1996 to April 1998 he passed general space training at the Johnson Space Center. ... In 1996-1998 he passed a course of general space training at the Johnson Space Center, together with NASA astronauts (16th selection) and was qualified as a Shuttle mission specialist. ... He performed his first space flight from July 26 to August 9, 2005 as mission-1 specialist in the crew of STS-114 Discovery the first flight after the Columbus Shuttle accident. ...