Expedition 13

Occurred 17 years ago

The Expedition 13 crew measured brain electrical activity in conjunction with radiation exposure to determine the risks of spaceflight and explored how the immune system is affected by weightlessness. Sensors recorded the vibrations the station experiences during vehicle dockings and undockings and crew activities possibly affecting critical science experiments.

Mission Type

Humans in Space

Meet the Crew

Pavel Vinogradov, Jeff Williams, Thomas Reiter

Launch

March 29, 2006

Landing

Sept. 28, 2006

Cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov (center), Expedition 13 commander representing Russia’s Federal Space Agency, astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams (right), NASA space station science officer and flight engineer, and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Reiter of Germany pause from their training schedule to pose for their official crew portrait.
Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center/NASA

The official insignia of the Expedition 13 mission aboard the International Space Station.
NASA

Crew Members

Pavel Vinogradov, Commander
Jeffrey Williams, Flight Engineer
Thomas Reiter, Flight Engineer

Crew and Cargo Missions

9/28/06 – Expedition 13 Land
9/20/06 – Expedition 14 Dock
9/17/06 – Expedition 14 Launch
9/18/06 – ISS Progress 21 Undock
9/17/06 – STS-115 Undock
9/11/06 – STS-115 Dock
7/15/06 – STS-121 Undock
7/6/06 – STS-121 Dock
6/26/06 – ISS Progress 22 Dock
6/24/06 – ISS Progress 22 Launch
4/26/06 – ISS Progress 21 Dock
4/24/06 – ISS Progress 21 Launch

Spacewalks

Date: Sept. 15, 2006
Duration: 6 hours, 42 minutes
Spacewalkers: Joe Tanner, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper

Date: Sept. 13, 2006
Duration: 7 hours, 11 minutes
Spacewalkers: Dan Burbank, Steve MacLean

Date: Sept. 12, 2006
Duration: 6 hours, 26 minutes
Spacewalkers: Joe Tanner, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper

Date: Aug. 3, 2006
Duration: 5 hours, 54 minutes
Spacewalkers: Jeff Williams, Thomas Reiter

Date: June 1, 2006
Duration: 6 hours, 31 minutes
Spacewalkers: Pavel Vinogradov, Jeff Williams

Date: July 12, 2006
Duration: 7 hours, 11 minutes
Spacewalkers: Piers Sellers, Mike Fossum

Date: July 10, 2006
Duration: 6 hours, 47 minutes
Spacewalkers: Piers Sellers, Mike Fossum

Date: July 8, 2006
Duration: 7 hours, 31 minutes
Spacewalkers: Piers Sellers, Mike Fossum

Expedition 13 Resources

Status Reports

Expedition 13 Status Reports from March 2006 through September 2006.

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 13, 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 13 in the gallery.