International Space Station
Flight Details 1
ISS Expedition 1
(Soyuz TM-31)
Mission Statistics:
- Date: 10/31/2000
- Flight Time: 138d
17h 39m
- Number of Orbits:
2219 orbits
Astronaut Crew:
- William Shephard
(U.S.) CMDR
- Yuri Gidzenko (Russia)
- Sergei Krikalev (Russia)
EVA's:
Payloads:
Mission Highlights:
The main purpose of the initial ISS mission was to begin setting up the
space station modules already in orbit for permanent (rotating) habitation.
The crew was launched aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft and returned to
Earth aboard the space shuttle Discovery as part of the STS-102 mission
in March 2001.
ISS Expedition 2
(Discovery STS-102)
Mission Statistics:
- Date: 03/08/2001
- Flight Time: 167d
__h __m
- Number of Orbits:
2672 orbits
Astronaut Crew:
- Yuri Usachev (Russia)
CMDR
- James S. Voss (U.S.)
- Susan J. Helms (U.S.)
EVA's:
- 00h 19m internal
spacewalk
Payloads:
Mission Highlights:
The ISS-2 crew continued setting up the Destiny laboratory module with equipment
brought up by STS-102 and later shuttle missions. The crew ran into some
problems with balky command and control computers aboard the space station
that delayed full use of the Canadian-built robotic arm for the station
that was brought up by STS-100 in April 2000. On 06/08/2001, cosmonaut Usachev
and astronaut Voss performed a 19-minute spacewalk inside the Zvesda module
to move a docking port in preparation for the arrival of a Russian docking
compartment later in the year. The two crew members donned Russian EVA suits
while the Zvesda module was decompressed to allow the repositioning of the
docking port. ISS-2 crew returned to Earth in August 2001 as part of the
STS-105 (Discovery) mission that launched the ISS-3 crew.
ISS Expedition 3
(Discovery STS-105)
Mission Statistics:
- Date: 08/10/2001
- Flight Time: 129d
__h __m
- Number of Orbits:
2064 orbits
Astronaut Crew:
- Frank L. Culbertson
(U.S.) CMDR
- Vladimir N. Dezhurov
(Russia)
- Mikhail Turin (Russia)
EVA's:
- 04h 58m spacewalk
- 05h 52m spacewalk
- 05h 04m spacewalk
- 02h 46m spacewalk
Payloads:
Mission Highlights:
Along with continuing to assist with station construction, the ISS-3 crew
began devoting a greater amount of time to scientific experiments aboard
the Space Station. On 09/16/2001, the Russian Pirs module docked with the
Zvesda module of the space staion, providing a another docking port for
Russian spacecraft and an airlock to be used for space walks from the station
using Russian EVA suits. On 10/08/2001, cosmonauts Dezhurov and Tyurin made
a 5-hour spacewalk to attach electrical connections between the Zvezda and
new Pirs modules, as well as to install handholds, an access ladder, and
a cargo boom to Pirs. Dezhurov and Turin performed a second spacewalk on
10/15/2001 to mount three sets of experiment equipment on the outside of
the space station to learn more about the space environment around the station.
One more spacewalk was performed by Culbertson & Dezhurov on 11/12/2001
to complete the activation of Pirs. They also inspected a solar array on
the Zvezda module that had failed to deploy after Zvezda's July 2000 launch
and tested the Strela cargo boom what had been attached to Pirs during an
earlier spacewalk. In 12/02/2001, cosmonauts Dezhurov and Tyurin conducted
a previously unplanned spacewalk to remove a piece of debris from the Zvesda
docking port, which had prevented a Progress supply craft from docking properly.
The Expedition 3 crew was replaced in mid-December 2001 by the Expedition
4 crew, which launched aboard the space shuttle Endeavour.
ISS Expedition 4
(Endeavour STS-108)
Mission Statistics:
- Date: 12/05/2001
- Flight Time: 196d
__h __m
- Number of Orbits:
3136 orbits
Astronaut Crew:
- Yuri Onufrienko (Russia)
CMDR
- Carl E. Walz (U.S.)
- Danel W. Bursch (U.S.)
EVA's:
- 06h 03m space walk
- 05h 59m space walk
- 05h 47m space walk
Payloads:
Mission Highlights:
On 01/14/2002, cosmonaut Onufrienko and astronaut Walz made a 6-hour space
walk from the Russian Pirs docking module to finish installing a second
cargo boom to Pirs. They also installed an amateur radio antenna to the
Zvezda service module. Another 6-hour space walk was performed on 01/25/2002
to install another amateur radio antennae and thruster deflector shields
on Zvezda. This space walk was performed by cosmonaut Onufrienko and astronaut
Bursch. A third almost 6-hour space walk was performed on 02/20/2002 by
astronauts Walz and Bursch from the Quest airlock module to test procedures
and prepare for space walks that were performed as part of the STS-110 shuttle
mission in April 2002 to mount the S0 Truss segment to the station. The
Expedition 4 crew was replaced by the Expedition 5 crew in June 2002.
ISS Expedition 5
(Endeavour STS-111)
Mission Statistics:
- Date: 06/05/2002
- Flight Time: 185d
__h __m
- Number of Orbits:
2960 orbits
Astronaut Crew:
- Valeri G. Korzun
(Russia) CMDR
- Peggy A. Whitson
(U.S.)
- Sergei Y. Treschev
(Russia)
EVA's:
- 04h 25m space walk
- 05h 21m space walk
Payloads:
Mission Highlights:
The ISS-5 crew continued with experiments aboard the space station and prepared for two
planned spacewalks from the Russian Pirs docking module of the station. The start of the first
spacewalk, by cosmonaut Korzun and astronaut Whitson, was delayed by almost 2 hours because of
problems with the primary oxygen bottle on the Russian EVA suits. Once that was corrected, the
two conducted a 4 1/2 hour spacewalk to install six protective panels on the Zvezda service
module. Seventeen additional panels will be brought up to the station on future shuttle missions
for installation. A 5 1/2 hour spacewalk, by cosmonauts Korzun and Treschev, was conducted 10 days
later to swap out samples from a Japanese materials experiment, install two
amateur radio antennas, inspect a condensate collector on Zvezda, and install hardware on the
Zarya module that will make it easier for future construction space walkers to move around the
station. The ISS-5 crew was replaced by the ISS-6 trio in November 2002.
ISS Expedition 6
(Endeavour STS-113)
Mission Statistics:
- Date: 11/23/2002
- Flight Time: 0161d
__h __m
- Number of Orbits:
2576 orbits
Astronaut Crew:
- Kenneth B. Bowersox
(U.S.) CMDR
- Nikolai M. Budarin
(Russia)
- Donald Pettit
(U.S.)
EVA's:
- 06h 51m space walk
- 06h 26m space walk
Payloads:
Mission Highlights:
The ISS-6 crew arrived aboard the station a few days before Thanksgiving and quickly went to work with the
departing ISS-5 crew to transfer supplies and equipment from space shuttle Endeavour. Astronauts Bowersox and
Pettit performed a 7-hour space walk on 01/15/2003 to continue installing equipment on the exterior
of the space station. Primary among the tasks accomplished was the deployment of the radiator on the P1 Truss
segment that was attached to the station during the STS-113 mission. A second space walk was performed by
astronauts Bowersox and Pettit on 04/08/2003 to continue outfitting the exterior of the space station. This
included reconfiguring electrical connections on the Z1, S0, S1, and P1 trusses, replacing an electrical relay
on the modile transporter railcar, and installing upgrades to fluid quick disconnect lines on the Destiny
module. The ISS-6 crew members returned to Earth in the attached Soyuz TMA-1 spacecraft on 05/03/2003 after
161 days in space. However, their return to Earth wasn't without its tense moments. Possibly because of a
software glitch, the Soyuz TMA-1 descent module landed about 275 miles short of the planned landing area, and
it took three hours before rescue aircraft could locate the spacecraft. The ISS-6 crew members, however, were
able to exit the craft and were safely waiting for their rescuers to arrive.
ISS Expedition 7
(Soyuz TMA-2)
Mission Statistics:
- Date: 04/25/2003
- Flight Time:
0185d __h __m
- Number of Orbits: 2960
orbits
Astronaut Crew:
- Yuri Malenchenko (Russia) ISS #7 CMDR
- Ed Lu (United States) ISS #7 ENGR
EVA's:
Payloads:
Mission Highlights:
Due to the Columbia accident, two members of the 3-person ISS-7 crew were launched to the space station
aboard a Soyuz spacecraft. The ISS-7 crew kept the station operational and conducted minimum experiments until
the space shuttle is again operational. They returned to Earth on October 27, 2003 along with ESA astronaut
Pedro Duque, who was launched to the space station aboard Soyuz TMA-3.
ISS Expedition 8
(Soyuz TMA-3)
Mission Statistics:
- Date: 10/18/2003
- Flight Time:
0194d 18h 35m
- Number of Orbits: 3116
orbits
Astronaut Crew:
- Michael Foale (United States) ISS #8 CMDR
- Alexandr Kaleri (Russia) ISS #8 ENGR
EVA's:
Payloads:
Mission Highlights:
The ISS-8 crew, along with ESA astronaut Pedro Duque from Spain, were launched to the space station
aboard a Soyuz spacecraft. The ISS-8 crew will continue to keep the station operational and conduct minimum
experiments until the space shuttle in again operational. Astronaut Duque returned to Earth with the
ISS-7 crew after spending 10 days aboard the space station. During January 2004, the ISS-8 crew had to
hunt down a minor pressure leak that was affecting the station. Using an ultrasound device, they isolated the
cause of the leak to a hose used to vent condensation between panes of glass in a window of the U.S. laboratory
module. The pressure leak stopped once the hose was removed. The crew spent most of their time conducting a
variety of scientific experiments and maintaining station systems. In late-February 2004, a previously-unplanned
spacewalk was performed from the Russian airlock module to maintain experiments on the exterior of the station, but
the spacewalk had to be terminated about 2 hours early because Cosmonaut Kaleri's spacesuit was building up an
excess amount of moisture. Astronaut Foale and Cosmonaut Kaleri were still able to perform about 60% of the planned
tasks, including installing Russian radiation exposure monitor, a Japanese micro-meteorite impact experiment, and an
experiment to measure the effect of long-term exposure on different materials. It was later determined that a kink
in a ventilation hose in Kaleri's spacesuit caused the build up of moisture. On April 29, 2004, Foale and Kaleri
returned to Earth in the Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft, along with ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers, who was launched aboard
Soyuz TMA-4 with the ISS-9 crew 11 days earlier.
ISS Expedition 9
(Soyuz TMA-4)
Mission Statistics:
- Date: 04/18/04
- Flight Time:
0187d 21h 17m
- Number of Orbits: 3006
orbits
Astronaut Crew:
- Gennady Padalka (Russia) ISS #9 CMDR
- Michael Fincke (United States) ISS #9 ENGR
EVA's:
- 00h 14m space walk
- 05h 40m space walk
- 04h 30m space walk
- 05h 21m space walk
Payloads:
Mission Highlights:
The ISS-9 crew, along with ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers from the Netherlands, were launched to the
space station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft in April 2004. ESA Astronaut Kuipers returned to Earth with the
ISS-8 crew after spending about 10 days aboard the space station. The first of three planned spacewalks, on June 24 to
repair the station's stabilzing gyroscopes had to be stopped after only 14 minutes because of pressure loss in the
oxygen bottle of the Russian spacesuit being use by Astronaut Fincke. The spacewalk was rescheduled for June 30, at
which time Fincke and Cosmonaut Padalka completed the repairs during an almost 6-hour spacewalk. Another spacewalk, this
one 4 1/2-hours in length, was conducted on August 3 to switch out experiment packages mounted to the outside of the
station and to prepare the Zvezda module for the plannet late-year arrival of the European Automated Transfer Vehicle.
Yet another spacewalk was performed on September 3 to replace a pump control unit that measures the Zarya module's coolant
level and install tether guides on four handrails. The astronauts then moved to the Zvesda module, where they installed
three communication antennas to complete outfitting the station for the arrival of the first European
Automated Transfer Vehicle, which will supplement the supply shipments brought to the station aboard the unmanned
Russian Progress spacecraft. On October 23, 2004, Fincke and Padalka returned to Earth with Cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, who
launched aboard Soyuz TMA-5 with the ISS-10 crew 9 days earlier.
ISS Expedition 10
(Soyuz TMA-5)
Mission Statistics:
- Date: 10/13/04
- Flight Time:
0192d 19h 02m
- Number of Orbits: 3085
orbits
Astronaut Crew:
- Salizhan Sharipov (Russia) ISS #10 CMDR
- Leroy Chiao (United States) ISS #10 ENGR
EVA's:
- 05h 28m space walk
- 04h 30m space walk
Payloads:
Mission Highlights:
The ISS-10 crew, along with Russian cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, were launched to the
space station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft on October 13, 2004. Cosmonaut Shargin returned to Earth with the
ISS-9 crew after spending about 9 days aboard the space station. On January 26, 2005, the two ISS-10 crew members
performed an 5 1/2 hour space walk to attach a German-built robot arm and an experiment package to the exterior of the
Zvesda module, and to inspect the vents of the module's environmental control system. They were surprised to find an oily
white and brown residue blocking the vents. The source and composition of the residue was a mystery and will be further
investigated. Another space walk was performed on March 28, 2005 to finish outfitting the station
for the future arrival of the European Automated Transfer Vehicle and to deploy a small satellite experiment. During their
almost 193 days in space, the ISS-10 crew conducted a variety of experiments, including ones geared toward developing a
vaccine for AIDS and to test new technology for future manned exploration of the moon and Mars. On April 24, 2005
Sharipov and Chiao returned to Earth with European astronaut Vittori, who launched aboard Soyuz TMA-6 with the ISS-11
crew 10 days earlier.
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