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Expedition 9 Official Crew Insignia

Expedition 9

Occurred 20 years ago

Expedition 9 trained to use ultrasound technology, investigated space-caused muscle structure changes, researched cell biology, and photographed Earth landmarks.

Mission Type

Humans in Space

meet the crew

Gennady Padalka, Mike Fincke

Launch

April 18, 2004

Landing

Oct. 23, 2004

Crew

Gennady Padalka, Commander
Mike Fincke, Flight Engineer

Mission Overview

10/23/04 – Expedition 9 Land
10/16/04 – Expedition 10 Dock
10/13/04 – Expedition 10 Launch
8/14/04 – ISS Progress 15 Dock
7/30/04 – ISS Progress 14 Undock
5/27/04 – ISS Progress 14 Dock
5/25/04 – ISS Progress 14 Launch
5/24/04 – ISS Progress 13 Undock

Spacewalks

Date: Sept. 3, 2004
Duration: 5 hours, 21 minutes
Spacewalkers: Gennady Padalka, Mike Fincke

Date:
Aug. 3, 2004
Duration: 4 hours, 30 minutes
Spacewalkers: Gennady Padalka, Mike Fincke

Date:
June 30, 2004
Duration: 5 hours, 40 minutes
Spacewalkers: Gennady Padalka, Mike Fincke

Date:
June 24, 2004
Duration: 0 hours, 14 minutes
Spacewalkers: Gennady Padalka, Mike Fincke