Expedition 15
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| Mission name: | Expedition 15 | ||||
| Call sign: | Expedition 15 | ||||
| Number of crew: | 3 | ||||
| Launch Date: | April 7, 2007 (Soyuz TMA-10), June 8, 2007 (STS-117) | ||||
| Launch Spacecraft: | Soyuz TMA-10 (Yurchikhin/Kotov), Atlantis STS-117 (Anderson) | ||||
| Landing Date: | October 21, 2007 (Soyuz TMA-10), November 3, 2007 (STS-120) | ||||
| Landing Spacecraft: | Soyuz TMA-10 (Yurchikhin/Kotov), Discovery STS-120 (Anderson) | ||||
| Landing Site: | Ballistic Trajectory Landing Site northwest of Arkalyk | ||||
| Time Docked: | April 9, 2007 07:10 UTC - October 21, 2007 07:14 UTC | ||||
| EVA Duration: | 11 hours 2 minutes | ||||
| Mission Duration: | 196 days, 17 hours, 17 minutes | ||||
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Expedition 15 was the 15th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). Four crew members participated in the expedition, although for most of the expedition's duration only three were on the station at any one time. During Expedition 15, the ISS Integrated Truss Structure was expanded twice: STS-117 brought the S3/S4 truss, and STS-118 brought the S5 truss.
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[edit] Crew
[edit] First part (April to June 2007)
- Fyodor Yurchikhin (2)* Commander[1] -
RSA - Oleg Kotov (1) Flight Engineer - RSA
- Sunita Williams (1) Flight Engineer -
NASA
[edit] Second part (June to October 2007)
- Fyodor Yurchikhin (2) Commander - RSA
- Oleg Kotov (1) Flight Engineer - RSA
- Clayton Anderson (1) Flight Engineer - NASA
(*) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission.
Flight Engineer Sunita Williams was the first Expedition 15 crew member to arrive. She participated in Expedition 14, until Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin assumed command of the station. Williams arrived at the station on December 11, 2006, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery flight STS-116. Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov arrived the station on 9 April 2007 aboard Soyuz TMA-10.
On 26 April 2007, NASA announced that Williams would return to Earth on STS-117, flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis, instead of STS-118 as originally planned.[2] Williams was replaced by Clayton Anderson, who arrived at the station aboard Atlantis, which docked on June 10.
Expedition 15 ended officially after Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson arrived at the station aboard Soyuz TMA-11, and the official change of command ceremony took place on Friday, October 19, 2007.
[edit] Back-up crew
- Roman Romanenko Commander - RSA
- Mikhail Korniyenko Flight Engineer - RSA
- Gregory Chamitoff Flight Engineer - NASA (for Anderson)
[edit] Mission details
- Launch: April 7, 2007 17:31 UTC
- Docking: April 9, 2007 07:10 UTC
- Undocking: October 21, 2007 07:14 UTC
- Landing: October 21, 2007 10:46 UTC
- LandingSite: Ballistic Trajectory Landing Site northwest of Arkalyk
On October 21, 2007, after the separation of the Soyuz TMA-10 capsule, Moscow Mission Control reported that the Soyuz had entered into a ballistic trajectory, which resulted in a landing that was 340 kilometers (211 mi) short of the intended Kazakhstan landing site.[3][4] Landing occurred without incident, and by 10:55 UTC, all crew members were out of the capsule, and the vehicle was secured. The only other time a Soyuz landing has resulted in a ballistic trajectory was the landing of Soyuz TMA-1, for Expedition 6.[3]
[edit] EVAs
- EVA 1: May 30, 2007 - Yurchikhin/Kotov, 5 hours, 25 minutes.[5]
- EVA 2: June 6, 2007 - Yurchikhin/Kotov, 5 hours, 37 minutes.[6]
- Total Expedition 15 EVA time: 11 hours, 2 minutes.
[edit] References
- ^ NASA (2006). NASA Announces New International Space Station Crew (English). NASA. Retrieved on October 21, 2007.
- ^ NASA. NASA to Rotate Station Astronauts on Next Shuttle Mission. NASA.
- ^ a b William Harwood (2007). Soyuz capsule makes 'ballistic' descent to Earth (English). CBS News - Spaceflight Now. Retrieved on October 21, 2007.
- ^ Associated Press (2007). Soyuz Craft Lands Safely in Kazakhstan (English). ABC News. Retrieved on October 21, 2007.
- ^ NASA (2007). Spacewalk Complete, Debris Panels Installed (English). National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Retrieved on October 21, 2007.
- ^ NASA (2007). Cosmonauts Wrap Up Debris-Panel Spacewalk (English). NASA. Retrieved on October 21, 2007.
[edit] External links
- NASA - International Space Station Expedition 15. NASA.
- EXPEDITION FIFTEEN (ISS-15). S.P.Korolev RSC Energia.
- ISS: Expedition 15. SPACEFACTS.
- 04/04/07: Soyuz Assembly Complete: Expedition 15 to Launch on April 7. Site includes all ISS Status Reports since 2003.
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