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Exp 15 Visiting Vehicles

May 15, 2007 – ISS Progress 25 Docks

June 10, 2007 – STS-117 Arrives

June 19, 2007 – STS-117 Departs

Aug. 01, 2007 – ISS Progress 24 Undocks

08.05, 2007 – ISS Progress 26 Docks

Aug. 10, 2007 – STS-118 Arrives

Aug. 19, 2007 – STS-118 Departs

Sept. 18, 2007 – ISS Progress 25 Undocks

Previous/Next Expeditions

‹ Expedition 14 Expedition 16 ›

Expedition 15

Expedition 15 landed on October 21, 2007. For the latest news and information on the International Space Station, visit the main station page. › Read more

iss015-s-002c -- Expedition 15 crew portrait

Image above: Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin (center), Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov (right) and Flight Engineer Clayton Anderson. Photo credit: NASA
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Crew Profiles

Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin

Yurchikhin is the Expedition 15 commander and a Russian cosmonaut representing the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos. He last visited the station in Oct. 2002 on mission STS-112.
› Interview
› Biography →
Flight Engineer Clayton Anderson

Anderson joined Expedition 15 as flight engineer after launching to the station aboard Atlantis on mission STS-117 and also served as a flight engineer for Expedition 16. He returned home aboard Discovery on mission STS-120.
› Biography →
› Interview
› Profile
› ISS In-Flight Journals
Flight Engineer Sunita Williams

Williams remained on the station as an Expedition 15 flight engineer after Expedition 14 left the station and returned to Earth with the STS-117 crew.
› Interview
› Biography →
› Profile
› Journals
Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi

Born in Budapest, Hungary, Simonyi studied mathematics and computer science in the United States. He runs his own software engineering firm and contributes frequently to education and the arts.
› Biography
Expedition 15 Backup Crew

The backup crew for Expedition 15 consists of Commander Roman Romanenko and flight engineers Mikhail Kornienko, Gregory Chamitoff and Sandra Magnus.
› Backup Commander Roman Romanenko (Bio)  →
› Backup Soyuz Commander/Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko (Bio)  →
› Backup Flight Engineer Gregory Chamitoff (Bio)  →
› Backup Flight Engineer Sandra Magnus (Bio)  →

Overview

iss015s001d -- Expedition 15 crew insignia

Launch Vehicle:
ISS Soyuz 14 (TMA-10)

Launch:
April 7, 2007, 1:31 p.m. EDT

Docking:
› April 9, 2007, 3:10 p.m. EDT

Spacewalks:
› May 30, 2007
› June 6, 2007

Undocking:
October 21, 2007, 3:14 a.m. EDT

Landing:
› October 21, 2007, 6:36 a.m. EDT

› Expedition 15 Press Kit (4 Mb PDF)

Multimedia

Expedition 15 Gallery →

Visit the Expedition 15 photo gallery.
Final Farewells

The Expedition 15 and STS-117 crews bid each other farewell.
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Astronaut Suni Williams Bids Farewell to Station

At the end of her six-month stay aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Suni Williams shares her thoughts on exploration and sends heartfelt thanks to all the people that make the journey possible.
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