Alpha Centauri: First Landing

Alpha Centauri: First Landing

Chronicles the first interstellar expedition, to the Alpha Centauri system, and the first landings and exploration.

Ships

Ships of the First Expedition

USS Robert A. Heinlein - US, fleet flagship, non-lander

Xing Hua - China, non-lander

Chandrasekhar - India, lander, first landing

Krechet - Russia, lander, second landing

USS Poul Anderson - US, backup lander

Mentioned, but not on first voyage

Jules Verne - EU, lander, not ready in time for expedition

Xinglong Hua - China, Longzi (Dragon) class, Epilog

Tianlong Hua - China, Longzi class, Epilog

Personnell

US

Commodore Franklin Drake - US, fleet commander, Heinlein

Commander Elizabeth Sawyer PhD - US, pilot and geologist, Heinlein

George Darwin, PhD, - US microbiologist, exobiologist, Heinlein, last minute crew replacement (was Director, Lunar Quarantine Facility)

Greg Vukovich, PhD - US, astrophysicist, Anderson

Captain Geoff Tracey, - US, captain/pilot of the Poul Anderson

Fred Tyrell, PhD - US, geologist, Chandrasekhar

China

Captain ?? Lee - China, pilot/captain Xing Hua

Xiaojin Wu, PhD - China, biologist (Heinlein?)

(unnamed) - China, other crew of Xing Hua

Europe

Ulrika Klaar, PhD, - (Russia? Europe?) zoologist

Roger Dejois, PhD, - France, biologist/ecologist, aboard Krechet

India

Captain Ganesh Patel - India, pilot/captain Chandrasekhar

Jennifer Singh, PhD - India, botanist

Russia

Captain Dmitri Tsibliyev - Russia, pilot/captain Krechet

?? Kasynsky MD, Russia, physician, biologist Krechet

TBD

Peter Finley, PhD - (Aus or Cdn?), geologist/hydrologist, Chandrasekhar

?? Simms, PhD - (??) climatologist/meteorologist Anderson

Naomi Maclaren (??) engineer, Anderson