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Expedition 17 Crew Insignia

Expedition 17

Occurred 15 years ago

The Expedition 17 crew researched the behavioral effects of living long-term in space and how the central nervous system adapts to weightlessness. They crew also tested the ability to rapidly detect biological and chemical contamination onboard the station and photographed polar phenomena such as icebergs, auroras, and mesospheric clouds.

Mission Type

Humans in Space

meet the crew

Sergey Volkov, Oleg Kononenko, Gregory Chamitoff, Garrett Reisman

Launch

March 8, 2008

Landing

Oct. 23, 2008

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