Expedition 30

Occurred 12 years ago

The Expedition 30 and 31 crews explored the space-caused changes of blood vessels and bone structure to sustain astronaut health during long-duration space missions. A space investigation wrapped up that monitored over 1,000 X-ray sources in outer space. A fire investigation observed how fuels burn and extinguish in microgravity advancing fire detection and suppression techniques.

Mission Type

ISS Expedition

meet the crew

Dan Burbank, Oleg Kononenko, Anatoly Ivanishin, Andre Kuiper, Don Pettit, Anton Shkaplerov

Launch

Nov. 13, 2011

Landing

April 27, 2012

Expedition 30 Official Crew Portrait — Expedition 30 crew members take a break from training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center to pose for a crew portrait. Pictured on the front row are NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, commander; and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, flight engineer. Pictured from the left (back row) are Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin; along with European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers and NASA astronaut Don Pettit, all flight engineers.
NASA

Expedition 30 Official Crew Insignia — The official insignia of the Expedition 30 mission aboard the International Space Station.
NASA

Crew Members

Dan Burbank, Commander
Oleg Kononenko, Flight Engineer
Anatoly Ivanishin, Flight Engineer
André Kuipers, Flight Engineer
Don Pettit, Flight Engineer
Anton Shkaplerov, Flight Engineer

Crew and Cargo Missions

4/27/12 – Expedition 29/30 Land
4/22/12 – ISS Progress 47 Dock
4/20/12 – ISS Progress 47 Launch
4/19/12 – ISS Progress 46 Undock
3/28/12 – ATV-3 Dock
3/23/12 – ATV-3 Launch
1/27/12 – ISS Progress 46 Dock
1/25/12 – ISS Progress 46 Launch
1/23/12 – ISS Progress 45 Undock
12/23/11 – Expedition 30/31 Dock
12/21/11 – Expedition 30/31 Launch

Spacewalks

Date: Feb. 16, 2012
Duration: 6 hours, 15 minutes
Spacewalkers: Oleg Kononenko, Anton Shkaplerov

Expedition 30 Resources

News Releases

The news releases for Expedition 30 covering a variety of mission events and other activities both on Earth and in space.

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.

The Solid Fuel Ignition and Extinction (SoFIE) Growth and Extinction Limits (GEL) experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS) studies flame growth and extinction in an effort to improve fire safety in space. This image shows a sequence of snapshots taken about 3 seconds apart. During this test point, the ambient oxygen concentration starts relatively high (28%). Initially, the flame is seen as yellow and sooty. As the ambient pressure is reduced, the flame becomes bluer and continues to shrink until fully extinguished. This gives researchers pressure limit data points for flame extinction that could help improve crew and spacecraft safety for future exploration missions.

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 30, 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 30 in the gallery.