Expedition 11

Occurred 18 years ago

The Expedition 11 crew learned to operate an ultrasound device with assistance from doctor's on Earth advancing telemedicine and studied chromosomal changes caused by cosmic radiation before and after a spaceflight. The crewmates also studied ways to lessen the risk of fires in space and set up EarthKAM, a camera remotely-controlled by students to photograph Earth landmarks.

Mission Type

Humans in Space

meet the crew

Sergei Krikalev, John Phillips, Roberto Vittori

Launch

April 14, 2005

Landing

Oct. 10, 2005

Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (left), Expedition 11 commander representing Russia’s Federal Space Agency; and astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, pause from their training schedule for a crew portrait at Johnson Space Center (JSC).
NASA

The official insignia of the Expedition 11 mission aboard the International Space Station.
NASA

Crew Members

Sergei Krikalev, Commander
John Phillips, Flight Engineer

Crew and Cargo Missions

10/10/05 – Expedition 11 Land
10/3/05 – Expedition 12 Dock
9/30/05 – Expedition 12 Launch
9/10/05 – ISS Progress 19 Dock
9/8/05 – ISS Progress 19 Launch
9/7/05 – ISS Progress 18 Undock
8/6/05 – STS-114 Undock
7/28/05 – STS-114 Dock
7/19/05 – Soyuz TMA-6 Relocation
6/18/05 – ISS Progress 18 Dock
6/16/05 – ISS Progress 18 Launch
6/15/05 – ISS Progress 17 Undock

Spacewalks

Date: Aug. 18, 2005
Duration: 4 hours, 58 minutes
Spacewalkers: Sergei Krikalev, John Phillips

Date: Aug. 3, 2005
Duration: 6 hours, 1 minute
Spacewalkers: Soichi Noguchi, Stephen Robinson

Date: Aug. 1, 2005
Duration: 7 hours, 14 minutes
Spacewalkers: Soichi Noguchi, Stephen Robinson

Date: July 30, 2005
Duration: 6 hours, 50 minutes
Spacewalkers: Soichi Noguchi, Stephen Robinson

Expedition 11 Resources

Status Reports

Expedition 11 Status Reports from April 2005 through October 2005.

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

Expedition Press Kit

Get an overview of the Expedition, its crew and the activities they are working on during this mission to the International Space Station.

Mission Science

Explore hands-on activities, interactive, lesson plans, educator guides, and other downloadable content about this topic.

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 11, 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 11 in the gallery.