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Expedition 8 Status Reports

April 29, 2004 – International Space Station Status Report #04-23
Completing more than six months in space, the International Space Station Expedition 8 crew, Commander Mike Foale and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, returned to Earth today, bringing with them European Space Agency Astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands, who had spent nine days aboard the complex conducting research.
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April 23, 2004 – International Space Station Status Report #04-22
New crew members aboard the International Space Station settled into a routine of handover briefings and scientific experiments after their arrival early Wednesday.
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April 21, 2004 – International Space Station Status Report #04-21
New residents arrived at the International Space Station at 12:01 a.m. CDT (0501 GMT, 9:01 a.m. Moscow time) Wednesday.
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April 18, 2004 – International Space Station Status Report #04-20
A new crew is en route to the International Space Station following the launch tonight of the ISS Soyuz 8 spacecraft carrying Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka, NASA Science Officer and Flight Engineer Mike Fincke and visiting researcher European Space Agency Astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands.
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April 16, 2004 – International Space Station Status Report #04-19
Work to prepare for the eighth International Space Station crew exchange continued on schedule this week, both on the Station and at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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April 9, 2004 – International Space Station Status Report #04-18
Three weeks remain in the six-month voyage aboard the International Space Station for Commander Mike Foale and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri as the Expedition 8 crew prepares to return home later this month.
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April 2, 2004 – International Space Station Status Report #04-17
Plans for the next crew rotation on the International Space Station are on schedule this week, as the Expedition 8 crew members moved into their final month on orbit and their successors to within weeks of their scheduled launch.
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March 26, 2004 – International Space Station Status Report #04-16
The oxygen-producing Elektron unit aboard the International Space Station continues to function well, as it has since it was restarted early last Saturday following the replacement of major components.
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March 19, 2004 – International Space Station Status Report #04-14A
Heading into the homestretch of their 6 1/2-month mission aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri spent the week conducting biomedical experiments and performing maintenance on a key Station component.
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March 19, 2004 – International Space Station Status Report #04-14
Heading into the homestretch of their 6 1/2-month mission aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri spent the week conducting biomedical experiments and performing maintenance on a key Station component.
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March 12, 2004 – International Space Station Status Report #04-13
The Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri started the week with a three-day weekend and finished it with a successful treadmill repair.
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March 5, 2004 – International Space Station Status Report #04-12
Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale today reestablished a vacuum between the Destiny Laboratory’s science window’s two panes of optical-quality glass.
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Feb. 26, 2004 – International Space Station Status Report #04-11
The residents of the International Space Station today conducted the first ever two-man spacewalk without a crewmember inside.
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Feb. 20, 2004 – International Space Station Status Report #04-10
All systems remain “go” for the only planned spacewalk by the International Space Station’s Expedition 8 crewmembers.
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Feb. 13, 2004 – International Space Station Status Report #04-9
The Expedition 8 crew aboard the International Space Station spent the week on early preparations for a spacewalk; training and positioning the robotic arm; conducting experiments; and ‘educating’ school children on long duration life in space.
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Feb. 6, 2004 – International Space Station Status Report #04-8
Aboard the International Space Station, Mike Foale and Alexander Kaleri of the Expedition 8 crew spent this week unpacking the first fresh supplies to arrive at the complex since they began their mission more than three and a half months ago.
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Jan. 31, 2004 – International Space Station Status Report #04-7
An unmanned Russian resupply ship smoothly linked up to the International Space Station this morning, delivering 2-1/2 tons of food, fuel, spare parts and supplies to the two residents on board.
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Jan. 29, 2004 – International Space Station Status Report #04-6
An unmanned Russian Progress resupply ship blasted off successfully today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver 2½ tons of food, fuel and supplies to the residents of the International Space Station.
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Jan. 23, 2004 – International Space Station Status Report #04-5
Expedition 8 Commander Mike Foale and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri are preparing for next week’s arrival of their first packages from home in almost three months.
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Jan. 16, 2004 – International Space Station Status Report #04-4
In an effort to gather more data regarding normal air pressure fluctuations onboard the International Space Station, Expedition 8 Commander Mike Foale and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri ended their week by closing several interior hatches.
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Jan. 12, 2004 – International Space Station Status Report #04-3
With the help of Expedition 8 Commander Mike Foale and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, flight controllers traced the apparent cause of a tiny pressure decay on the International Space Station Sunday to a braided flex hose that is part of the window system in the U.S. Destiny Laboratory.
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Jan. 9, 2004 – International Space Station Status Report #04-2
Expedition 8 Commander Mike Foale celebrated his 47th birthday on Wednesday this week while Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri observed the Russian Orthodox Christmas on Thursday as they both continued research work, performed several maintenance activities and conducted troubleshooting efforts to assist ground engineers analyzing a small decay in the Station cabin’s atmospheric pressure.
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Jan. 2, 2004 – International Space Station Status Report #04-1
The International Space Station’s Expedition 8 crew got back to work today after a day off to welcome the new year.
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Dec. 24, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-65
The Expedition 8 crew had a busy three days of science and International Space Station maintenance activities before beginning to wind down Wednesday afternoon for a Christmas day off.
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Dec. 19, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-64
Expedition 8 Commander Mike Foale and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri spent their ninth week in space this week splitting time between systems maintenance, scientific work and some holiday decorating.
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Dec. 12, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-63
Aboard the International Space Station this week the Expedition 8 crew served as scientists, engineers, mechanics and investigators as it approaches two months of life in space aboard the orbiting outpost
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Dec. 5, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-62
Expedition 8 Commander and NASA ISS Science Officer Mike Foale and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri Friday wrapped up a busy week aboard the International Space Station.
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Nov. 28, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-61
The two-person crew living on the International Space Station celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday, tested a modified configuration for an exercise machine and worked on science experiments this week.
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Nov. 21, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-60
The eighth permanent crew to live on the International Space Station completed its first month aboard the complex this week, a week that saw the 16 nations that participate in the Station program celebrate the fifth anniversary of its launch.
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Nov. 14, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-59
The Expedition 8 crew of the International Space Station wound up its week with a busy Friday, getting ready for next week’s practice session for a possible February spacewalk.
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Nov. 7, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-58
The Expedition 8 crew settled into life aboard the International Space Station this week, squaring away their new home in orbit and beginning work with several different experiments.
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Oct. 31, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-57
International Space Station Expedition 8 Commander and NASA ISS Science Officer Michael Foale and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri wound up their first full workweek in space Friday.
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Oct. 27, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-56
The Expedition 7 crew touched down in northern Kazakhstan in its Soyuz spacecraft about 8:41 p.m. CST, concluding a 183-day mission aboard the International Space Station and 185 days in space.
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Oct. 24, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-55
Final handover activities are underway aboard the International Space Station as the Expedition 7 crew prepares to return to Earth Monday, following six months aboard the orbiting complex.
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Oct. 20, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-54
The International Space Station’s newest crew of Expedition 8 Commander Mike Foale and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri officially boarded the complex when hatches between its Soyuz spacecraft swung open at 5:19 a.m. CDT ( 1019 GMT, 2:19 p.m. Moscow time).
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Oct. 20, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-53
New residents arrived at the International Space Station Monday with the ISS Soyuz 7 spacecraft docking to the Station at 2:16 a.m. CDT (0716 GMT, 11:16am Moscow time).
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Oct. 18, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-52
A new crew rocketed toward the International Space Station early today, leaving the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Soyuz booster that lifted off at 12:38 a.m. CDT and flawlessly sped into Earth orbit.
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