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Expedition 18 Crew Insignia

Expedition 18

Occurred 16 years ago

Expedition 18 studied medicines and vitamins for crew health. The crew also explored fire suppression techniques, air monitoring, and new solar cell technologies.

Mission Type

Humans in Space

meet the crew

Michael Fincke, Yury Lonchakov, Gregory Chamitoff, Sandra Magnus, Koichi Wakata

Launch

Oct. 12, 2008

Landing

April 8, 2009

Crew Members

Michael Fincke, Commander
Yury Lonchakov, Flight Engineer
Gregory Chamitoff, Flight Engineer
Sandra Magnus, Flight Engineer
Koichi Wakata, Flight Engineer

Crew and Cargo Missions

4/8/09 – Expedition 18 Land
4/7/09 – Expedition 18 Undock
3/25/09 – STS-119 Undock
2/17/09 – STS-119 Dock
2/13/09 – ISS Progress 32 Dock
2/10/09 – ISS Progress 32 Launch
2/5/09 – ISS Progress 31 Undock
11/30/08 – ISS Progress 31 Dock
11/28/08 – STS-126 undock
11/16/08 – STS-126 Dock
11/14/08 – ISS Progress 30 Undock

Spacewalks

Date: March 23, 2009
Duration: 6 hours, 27 minutes
Spacewalks: Joseph Acaba, Richard Arnold

Date:
March 21, 2009
Duration: 6 hours, 30 minutes
Spacewalks: Steve Swanson, Joseph Acaba

Date:
March 19, 2009
Duration: 6 hours, 7 minutes
Spacewalks: Steve Swanson, Richard Arnold

Date:
March 10, 2009
Duration: 4 hours, 49 minutes
Spacewalks: Yury Lonchakov, Mike Fincke

Date:
Dec. 23, 2008
Duration: 5 hours, 38 minutes
Spacewalks: Yury Lonchakov, Mike Fincke

Date:
Nov. 24, 2008
Duration: 6 hours, 7 minutes
Spacewalks: Stephen Bowen, Shane Kimbrough

Date:
Nov. 22, 2008
Duration: 6 hours, 57 minutes
Spacewalks: Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Stephen Bowen

Date:
Nov. 20, 2008
Duration: 6 hours, 45 minutes
Spacewalks: Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Shane Kimbrough

Date:
Nov. 18, 2008
Duration: 6 hours, 52 minutes
Spacewalks: Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Stephen Bowen