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Missions Have Highly Specialized Skills and Training High-performing personnel are key to International Space Station (ISS) mission success. International crewmembers and ground controllers who support assembly, logistics, and long-duration missions have highly specialized skills and training. They also utilize procedures and tools missions developed especially for the ISS. The experience gained from the ISS Program has improved the interaction between the flight crews and ground-team members and has made missions safer and more effective. Moreover, working with teams from many countries and cultures on the ground and in space has provided (and continues to provide) innovative solutions to critical operational challenges. INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION GUIDE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION GUIDE MISSIONS MISSIONS ISS EXPEDITIONS AND CREWS 76 77 EXPEDITION CREWS ISS Expeditions and Crews Expedition 1 Expedition 8 William Shepherd, U.S. Michael Foale, U.S. Expedition Patch Crew Expedition Patch Crew Yuri Gidzenko, Russia Alexander Kaleri, Russia Sergei Krikalev, Russia Launched: Oct. 2003 Launched: Oct. 2000 Returned: Apr. 2004 Returned: Mar. 2001 193 days on ISS (195 in space) 136 days on ISS (141 in space) Expedition 1 Expedition 8 Expedition 9 Expedition 2 Gennady Padalka, Russia Yuri Usachev, Russia E. Michael Fincke, U.S. Jim Voss, U.S. Launched: Apr. 2004 Susan Helms, U.S. Returned: Oct. 2004 Launched: Mar. 2001 186 days on ISS (188 in space) Returned: Aug. 2001 163 days on ISS (167 in space) Expedition 10 Expedition 2 Expedition 9 Expedition 3 Leroy Chiao, U.S. Salizhan Sharipov, Russia Frank Culbertson, U.S. Launched: Oct. 2004 Vladimir Dezhurov, Russia Returned: Apr. 2005 Mikhail Tyurin, Russia 191 days on ISS (193 in space) Launched: Aug. 2001 Returned: Dec. 2001 Expedition 11 125 days on ISS (129 in space) Sergei Krikalev, Russia Expedition 3 Expedition 10 Expedition 4 John Phillips, U.S. Launched: Apr. 2005 Yury Onufrienko, Russia Returned: Oct. 2005 Carl Walz, U.S. 177 days on ISS (179 in space) Daniel Bursch, U.S. Launched: Dec. 2001 Expedition 12 Returned: June 2002 William McArthur, U.S. 190 days on ISS (196 in space) Valery Tokarev, Russia Expedition 4 Expedition 11 Launched: Sept. 2005 Expedition 5 Returned: Apr. 2006 Valery Korzun, Russia 184 days on ISS (190 in space) Sergei Treschev, Russia Peggy Whitson, U.S. Expedition 13 Launched: June 2002 Pavel Vinogradov, Russia Returned: Dec. 2002 Jeffrey Williams, U.S. 178 days on ISS (185 in space) Thomas Reiter, Germany (start July 2006) Expedition 12 Expedition 5 Launched: Apr. 2006 Expedition 6 Returned: Sept. 2006 (projected) Kenneth Bowersox, U.S. Nikolai Budarin, Russia Expedition 14 Donald Pettit, U.S. Michael Lopez-Alegria, U.S. Launched: Nov. 2002 Mikhail Tyurin, Russia Returned: May 2003 Sunita Williams, U.S. 159 days on ISS (161 in space) Scheduled: Sept. 2006–Mar. 2007 Expedition 6 Expedition 13 Expedition 7 Yuri Malenchenko, Russia Note: Only professional astronauts participating in ISS functions Edward Lu, U.S. are included. See page 83 for Space Flight Participants who have Launched: Apr. 2003 visited the ISS. Returned: Oct. 2003 183 days on ISS (185 in space) Expedition 7 Expedition 14 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION GUIDE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION GUIDE MISSIONS MISSIONS STS MISSIONS AND CREWS 78 79 STS MISSIONS AND CREWS STS Missions and Crews Space Shuttle Missions to the International Space Station Mission Patch Crew Mission Patch Crew Mission Patch Crew Mission Patch Crew STS-88 STS-106 STS-98 STS-105 STS-96 STS-92 STS-102 STS-108 STS-101 STS-97 STS-100 STS-110 STS-88 Endeavour STS-106 Atlantis STS-98 Atlantis STS-104 sts-111 Robert Cabana, U.S. Terrence Wilcutt, U.S. Kenneth Cockrell, U.S. Nancy Currie, U.S. Scott Altman, U.S. Robert Curbeam, U.S. Sergei Krikalev, Russia (Roscosmos) Daniel Burbank, U.S. Marsha Ivins, U.S. James Newman, U.S. Edward Lu, U.S. Thomas Jones, U.S. Jerry Ross, U.S. Yuri Malenchenko, Russia (Roscosmos) Mark Polansky, U.S. Frederick Sturckow, U.S. Richard Mastracchio, U.S. Launched: Feb. 7, 2001 Launched: Dec. 4, 1998 Boris Morukov, Russia (Roscosmos) Returned: Feb. 20, 2001 Returned: Dec. 15, 1998 Launched: Sept. 8, 2000 Returned: Sept. 19, 2000 STS-102 Discovery STS-104 Atlantis STS-108 Endeavour STS-111 Endeavour STS-96 Discovery Michael Gernhardt, U.S. Daniel Tani, U.S. Franklin Chang-Diaz, U.S. James Wetherbee, U.S. STS-92 Discovery Charles Hobaugh, U.S. Linda Godwin, U.S. Kenneth Cockrell, U.S. Kent Rominger, U.S. James Kelly, U.S. Janet Kavandi, U.S. Dominic Gorie, U.S. Paul Lockhart, U.S. Daniel Barry, U.S. Leroy Chiao, U.S. Paul Richards, U.S. Steven Lindsey, U.S. Mark Kelly, U.S. Philippe Perrin, France (CNES) Rick Husband, U.S. Brian Duffy, U.S. Andrew Thomas, U.S. James Reilly, U.S. Daniel Bursch, U.S., up* Valery Korzun, Russia (Roscosmos), up* Tamara Jernigan, U.S. Michael Lopez-Alegria, U.S. Yuri Usachev, Russia (Roscosmos), up* Launched: July 12, 2001 Yuri Onufrienko, Russia (Roscosmos), up* Sergei Treschev, Russia (Roscosmos), up* Ellen Ochoa, U.S. William McArthur, U.S. James Voss, U.S., up* Returned: July 24, 2001 Carl Walz, U.S., up* Peggy Whitson, U.S., up* Julie Payette, Canada (CSA) Pamela Melroy, U.S. Susan Helms, U.S., up* Frank Culbertson, U.S., down* Daniel Bursch, U.S., down* Valery Tokarev, Russia (Roscosmos) Koichi Wakata, Japan (NASDA) William Shepherd, U.S., down* Vladimir Dezhurov, Russia (Roscosmos), down* Yuri Onufrienko, Russia (Roscosmos), down* Launched: May 27, 1999 Peter Wisoff, U.S. Yuri Gidzenko, Russia (Roscosmos), down* STS-105 Discovery Mikhail Turin, Russia (Roscosmos), down* Carl Walz, U.S., down* Returned: June 6, 1999 Launched: Oct. 11, 2000 Sergei Krikalev, Russia (Roscosmos), down* Daniel Barry, U.S. Launched: Dec. 5, 2001 Launched: June 5, 2002 Returned: Oct. 24, 2000 Launched: Mar. 8, 2001 Patrick Forrester, U.S. Returned: Dec. 17, 2001 Returned: June 19, 2002 STS-101 Atlantis Returned: Mar. 21, 2001 Scott Horowitz, U.S. STS-97 Endeavour Frederick Sturckow, U.S. James Halsell, U.S. STS-110 Atlantis STS-100 Endeavour Frank Culbertson, U.S., up* Susan Helms, U.S. Michael Bloomfield, U.S. * “Up” means that the crewmember launched on this Vladimir Dezhurov, Russia (Roscosmos), up* Michael Bloomfield, U.S. Scott Horowitz, U.S. Marc Garneau, Canada (CSA) Jeffrey Ashby, U.S. flight; “down” means that the crewmember returned Mikhail Turin, Russia (Roscosmos), up* Stephen Frick, U.S. on this flight. Yury Usachev, Russia (Roscosmos) Brent Jett, U.S. Umberto Guidoni, Italy (ESA) Yuri Usachev, Russia (Roscosmos), down* Lee Morin, U.S. James Voss, U.S. Carlos Noriega, U.S. Chris Hadfield, Canada (CSA) James Voss, U.S., down* Ellen Ochoa, U.S. Mary Weber, U.S. Joseph Tanner, U.S. Scott Parazynski, U.S. Susan Helms, U.S., down* Jerry Ross, U.S. (continued on page 80) Jeffrey Williams, U.S. Launched: Nov. 30, 2000 John Phillips, U.S. Launched: Aug. 10, 2001 Steven Smith, U.S. Launched: May 19, 2000 Returned: Dec. 11, 2000 Kent Rominger, U.S. Returned: Aug. 22, 2001 Rex Walheim, U.S. Returned: May 29, 2000 Yuri Lonchakov, Russia (Roscosmos) Launched: Apr. 8, 2002 Launched: Apr. 19, 2001 Returned: Apr. 19, 2002 Returned: May 1, 2001 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION GUIDE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION GUIDE MISSIONS MISSIONS STS MISSIONS AND CREWS 80 81 ESXPHUTTLEDITIONE ISS C MREISSIONSWS STS Missions and Crews (continued from page 79) Shuttle ISS Missions STS-112 Atlantis STS-114 Discovery Mission Patch Crew Jeffrey Ashby, U.S. Eileen Collins, U.S. Shuttle Flight/ ISS Sequence No. Launched Landed Docked Sandra Magnus, U.S. James Kelly, U.S. Pamela Melroy, U.S. Soichi Noguchi, Japan (JAXA) STS-88/2A 12/04/98 12/15/98 6 d, 20 h, 38 m Piers Sellers, U.S. Stephen Robinson, U.S. STS-112 David Wolf, U.S. Andrew Thomas, U.S. Fyodor Yurchikhin, Russia Wendy Lawrence, U.S. STS-96/2A.1 05/27/99 06/06/99 5 d, 18 h, 17 m (Roscosmos) Charles Camarda, U.S. Launched: Oct. 7, 2002 Launched: July 26, 2005 STS-101/2A.2a 05/19/00 05/29/00 5 d, 18 h, 32 m Returned: Oct. 18, 2002 Returned: Aug. 9, 2005 STS-113 Endeavour STS-121 Discovery STS-106/2A.2b 09/08/00 09/19/00 7 d, 21 h, 54 m STS-113 John Herrington, U.S. Steven Lindsey, U.S. STS-92/3A 10/11/00 10/24/00 6 d, 21 h, 24 m Paul Lockhart, U.S. Mark Kelly, U.S. Michael Lopez-Alegria, U.S. Michael Fossum, U.S. James Wetherbee, U.S. Piers Sellers, U.S. STS-97/4A 11/30/00 12/11/00 6 d, 23 h, 13 m Kenneth Bowersox, U.S., up* Lisa Nowak, U.S. Nikolai Budarin, Russia Stephenie Wilson, U.S. STS-98/5A 02/07/01 02/20/01 6 d, 21 h, 15 m (Roscosmos), up* Thomas Reiter, Germany STS-114 Donald Pettit, U.S., up* (ESA), up* STS-102/5A.1 03/08/01 03/21/01 8 d, 21 h, 54 m Valery Korzun, Russia Launched: July 4, 2006 (Roscosmos), down* Returned: July 17, 2006 Sergei Treschev, Russia STS-100/6A 04/19/01 05/01/01 8 d, 3 h, 35 m (Roscosmos), down* STS-115 Atlantis Peggy Whitson, U.S., down* Brent Jett, U.S. STS-104/7A 07/12/01 07/24/01 8 d, 1 h, 46 m Launched: Nov. 23, 2002 Christopher Ferguson, U.S. STS-121 Returned: Dec. 7, 2002 Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, U.S. STS-105/7A.1 08/10/01 08/22/01 7 d, 20 h, 10 m Joseph Tanner, U.S.
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