Expedition 17

Occurred 17 years ago

Expedition 17 researched how space affects behavior, tested biological and chemical contamination detectors, and photographed polar phenomena on Earth.

Mission Type

Humans in Space

meet the crew

Sergey Volkov, Oleg Kononenko, Gregory Chamitoff, Garrett Reisman

Launch

March 8, 2008

Landing

Oct. 23, 2008

NASA astronauts Greg Chamitoff (left), Garrett Reisman, both Expedition 17 flight engineers; Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonauts Sergei Volkov, commander; and Oleg Kononenko, flight engineer, take a break from training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center to pose for a portrait.
NASA

The official insignia of the Expedition 17 mission aboard the International Space Station.
NASA

Crew Members

Sergei Volkov, Commander
Oleg Kononenko, Flight Engineer
Gregory Chamitoff, Flight Engineer
Garrett Reisman, Flight Engineer

Crew and Cargo Missions

10/23/08 – Expedition 17 Land
10/14/08 – Expedition 18 Dock
10/12/08 – Expedition 18 Launch
9/17/08 – ISS Progress 30 Dock
9/5/08 – ATV-1 Undock
9/1/08 – 29P Undock
6/11/08 – STS-124 Undock
6/2/08 – STS-124 Dock
5/16/08 – ISS Progress 29 Dock

Spacewalks

Date: July 15, 2008
Duration: 5 hours, 54 minutes
Spacewalks: Sergei Volkov, Oleg Kononenko

Date: July 10, 2008
Duration: 6 hours, 18 minutes
Spacewalks: Sergei Volkov, Oleg Kononenko

Date: June 8, 2008
Duration: 6 hours, 33 minutes
Spacewalks: Mike Fossum, Ron Garan

Date: June 5, 2008
Duration: 7 hours, 11 minutes
Spacewalks: Mike Fossum, Ron Garan

Date: June 3, 2008
Duration: 6 hours, 48 minutes
Spacewalks: Mike Fossum, Ron Garan

Expedition 17 Resources

Earth's Moon, Venus, Jupiter and the crescent of Earth at the top.

Expedition Press Kit

Get an overview of Expedition 17, its crew, and the activities they conducted during their mission to the International Space Station.

Mission Science

Learn more about the range of microgravity science encompassing human research, space phsyics, and more the Expedition 17 crew has conducted.

One of the Expedition 41 crew members aboard the International Space Station, flying at an altitude of 222 nautical miles above a point in the Atlantic Ocean several hundred miles off the coast of Africa near the Tropic of Cancer, photographed this eye-catching panorama of the night sky and the Milky Way on Sept. 27. NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, flight engineer, tweeted the image, which was taken with an electronic still camera, set with a 24mm focal length. In his accompanying comments, Wiseman stated, "Sahara sands make the Earth glow orange."

Mission Imagery

During Expedition 17, the crew took images of the Earth views, the orbiting station, their daily lives aboard and the experiments they conducted during their stay, plus so much more. Check out some of the image highlights from Expedition 17 in the gallery.