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Expedition 51

Occurred 7 years ago

The Expedition 51 crew studied the types of microbes that can survive in extreme environments, such as outer space, and investigated ways to preserve food and drugs to support long-term space missions. An external experiment was installed on the station to observe cosmic rays and answer fundamental questions about the Universe.

Mission Type

ISS Expedition

meet the crew

Jack Fischer, Fyodor Yurchikhin, Thomas Pesquet, Peggy Whitson, Oleg Novitskiy

Launch

Nov. 17, 2016

Landing

June 2, 2017

Crew Members

Peggy Whitson, Commander
Jack Fischer, Flight Engineer
Fyodor Yurchikhin, Flight Engineer
Thomas Pesquet, Flight Engineer
Oleg Novitskiy, Flight Engineer

Crew and Cargo Missions

6/2/17 – Exp 50/51 Land
4/22/17 – Orbital ATK CRS-7 Capture
4/20/17 – Exp 51/52 Launch/Dock
4/18/17 – Orbital ATK CRS-7 Launch

Spacewalks

Date: May 23, 2017
Duration: 2 hours, 46 minutes
Spacewalkers: Peggy WhitsonJack Fischer

Date:
 May 12, 2017
Duration: 4 hours, 13 minutes
Spacewalkers: Peggy WhitsonJack Fischer