Expedition 17
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| Mission name: | Expedition 17 | ||||
| Call sign: | Expedition 17 | ||||
| Number of crew: | 3 | ||||
| Launch Date: | April 8, 2008 (Soyuz TMA-12), May 31, 2008 (STS-124),[1] |
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| Launch Spacecraft: | Soyuz TMA-12 (Volkov/Kononenko), Discovery STS-124 (Chamitoff) |
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| Landing Date: | October, 2008 (Soyuz TMA-12), June 11, 2008 (STS-124), TBD (STS-126) |
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| Landing Spacecraft: | Soyuz TMA-12 (Volkov/Kononenko), Discovery STS-124 (Reisman), Endeavour STS-126 (Chamitoff) |
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Expedition 17 is the 17th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS).
The first two crew members, Sergey Volkov, and Oleg Kononenko were launched on April 8, 2008, aboard Soyuz TMA-12. Once at the ISS, they joined Garrett Reisman, who transfered from Expedition 16 to join the Expedition 17 crew.
Reisman was replaced by Gregory Chamitoff, who was launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-124 on May 31, 2008.
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[edit] Crew
[edit] First part: April 2008 to June 2008
- Sergei Volkov (1) Commander[2] - RSA
- Oleg Kononenko (1) Flight Engineer - RSA
- Garrett Reisman (1) - Flight Engineer - NASA
[edit] Second part: June 2008 to October 2008
- Sergei Volkov (1) Commander - RSA
- Oleg Kononenko (1) Flight Engineer - RSA
- Gregory Chamitoff (1) - Flight Engineer - NASA
(#) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission.
[edit] Back-up crew
- Maksim Surayev - Commander - RSA
- Oleg Skripochka - Flight Engineer - RSA
- Timothy Kopra - Flight Engineer - NASA (for Chamitoff)
[edit] Crew notes
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- Sergei Volkov, 35, is the youngest person to command the ISS.
- Garrett Reismen is the first Jewish resident to live aboard the ISS.
- Gregory Chamitoff, brought the first bagels into space, 3 bags (18 sesame seed bagels) with him. [3] [4]
[edit] References
- ^ NASA (2007). STS-124. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Retrieved on November 8, 2007.
- ^ NASA (2007). NASA Announces Three International Space Station Crews. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Retrieved on November 8, 2007.
- ^ CTV.ca Montreal-born astronaut brings bagels into space Sun. Jun. 1 2008 7:29 PM ET ; CTV National News - 1 June 2008 - 11pm TV newscast
- ^ The Gazette (Montreal), Here's proof: Montreal bagels are out of this world, IRWIN BLOCK, Tuesday June 3 2008, Section A, Page A2
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