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Expedition 16 Crew Insignia

Expedition 16

Occurred 16 years ago

The Expedition 16 crew researched how blood vessels supply the brain in microgravity and how astronauts use station hardware for improved space ergonomics. The crew members also studied ways to increase the strength of materials and measured how the station vibrates when vehicles dock and undock or when astronauts exercise. Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle arrived for the first time to resupply the orbital outpost.

Mission Type

Humans in Space

meet the crew

Peggy Whitson, Yuri Malenchenko, Clayton Anderson, Daniel Tani, Léopold Eyharts, Garrett Reisman

Launch

Oct. 10, 2007

Landing

April 19, 2008

Crew Members

Peggy Whitson, Commander
Yuri Malenchenko, Flight Engineer
Clayton Anderson, Flight Engineer
Daniel Tani, Flight Engineer
Léopold Eyharts, Flight Engineer
Garrett Reisman, Flight Engineer

Crew and Cargo Missions

4/19/08 – Expedition 16 Undock/Land
4/10/08 – Expedition 17 Dock
4/8/08 – Expedition 17 Launch
4/7/08 – ISS Progress 28 Undock
4/3/08 – ATV-1 Dock
3/24/08 – STS-123 Undock
3/12/08 – STS-123 Dock
2/18/08 – STS-122 Undock
2/9/08 – STS-122 Dock
2/7/08 – ISS Progress 28 Dock
2/5/08 – ISS Progress 28 Launch
2/4/08 – ISS Progress 27 Undock
12/26/07 – ISS Progress 27 Dock
12/23/07 – ISS Progress 27 Launch
12/21/07 – ISS Progress 26 Undock
11/5/07 – STS-120 Undock
10/25/07 – STS-120 Dock

Spacewalks

Date: March 23, 2008
Duration: 6 hours, 2 minutes
Spacewalks: Michael Foreman, Robert Behnken

Date:
March 21, 2008
Duration: 6 hours, 24 minutes
Spacewalks: Michael Foreman, Robert Behnken

Date:
March 18, 2008
Duration: 6 hours, 53 minutes
Spacewalks: Richard Linnehan, Robert Behnken

Date:
March 16, 2008
Duration: 7 hours, 8 minutes
Spacewalks: Richard Linnehan, Michael Foreman

Date:
March 14, 2008
Duration: 7 hours, 1 minute
Spacewalks: Richard Linnehan, Garret Reisman

Date: Feb. 15, 2008
Duration: 7 hours, 25 minutes
Spacewalks: Rex Walheim, Stanley Love

Date:
Feb. 13, 2008
Duration: 6 hours, 45 minutes
Spacewalks: Rex Walheim, Hans Schlegel

Date:
Feb. 11, 2008
Duration: 7 hours, 58 minutes
Spacewalks: Rex Walheim, Stanley Love

Date: Jan. 30, 2008
Duration: 7 hours, 10 minutes
Spacewalks: Peggy Whitson, Dan Tani

Date:
Dec. 18, 2007
Duration: 6 hours, 56 minutes
Spacewalks: Peggy Whitson, Dan Tani

Date:
Nov. 24, 2007
Duration: 7 hours, 4 minutes
Spacewalks: Peggy Whitson, Dan Tani

Date:
Nov. 20, 2007
Duration: 7 hours, 16 minutes
Spacewalks: Peggy Whitson, Dan Tani

Date:
Nov. 9, 2007
Duration: 6 hours, 55 minutes
Spacewalks: Peggy Whitson, Yuri Malenchenko

Date: Nov. 3, 2007
Duration: 7 hours, 19 minutes
Spacewalkers: Scott Parazynski, Doug Wheelock

Date:
Oct. 30, 2007
Duration: 7 hours, 8 minutes
Spacewalkers: Scott Parazynski, Dan Tani

Date:
Oct. 28, 2007
Duration: 5 hours, 33 minutes
Spacewalkers: Scott Parazynski, Salizhan Sharipov

Date:
Oct. 26, 2007
Duration: 6 hours, 14 minutes
Spacewalkers: Scott Parazynski, Doug Wheelock