Expedition

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An expedition typically refers to a long journey or voyage undertaken for a specific purpose, often exploratory, scientific, geographic, military or political in nature. Expedition may also refer to:

Adventure racing, a combination of two or more endurance disciplines, long adventure races are called expedition races
Bicycle touring, a long-distance type of bicycling that includes expedition bicycling, which are typically long journeys over tough terrain
Expedition (book), a science-fiction novel by Wayne Douglas Barlowe
Expeditions (book), a collection of poetry by Margaret Atwood
Expedition 360, a successful attempt by Briton Jason Lewis to be the first person to circumnavigate the Earth using only human power
Expedition Act, legislation passed in 1903 by the United States Congress to break up trusts by the steel, meatpacking, oil and railroad industries
Expedition Airways, a defunct airline based in Zimbabwe
Expedition Island a park in Green River, Wyoming that marks where Major John Wesley Powell started an expedition down the Green River
Expedition National Park, a national park in Queensland, Australia named for the Expedition Range
Expedition Range, a mountain range within the Central Highlands sandstone region of Queensland, Australia
Expedition Robinson, a popular Swedish reality television program debuting in 1997
Expedition to Earth, a collection of science fiction short stories by Arthur C. Clarke
Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, a 1980 adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game written by Gary Gygax
Expedition to the Hairier Peaks, the fourth album by the noise rock band Mindflayer released in 2006
Expedition Trophy, the world's longest winter motor rally, it runs 12,500 km from Murmansk to Vladivostok, Russia
Ford Expedition, a full-size sport utility vehicle made by Ford Motor Company
List of Pokémon Trading Card Game sets, Pokémon trading card sets, including the Expedition set
Punitive expedition, a military journey undertaken to punish a state or any group of persons, often for actions seen as immoral or barbaric
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, the last of the picaresque novels of Scottish author Tobias Smollett
Touring bicycle, a long-distance type of bicycle that includes expedition bicycles, which are made for long journeys over rough terrain

Military and exploratory expeditions

Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition, an expedition to Norway's Svalbard archipelago in 2006 to test equipment for a future Mars mission
Austin Expedition of 1854 an expedition undertaken in Western Australia by Robert Austin
Benin Expedition of 1897, a British force of 1,200 under Admiral Sir Harry Rawson that captured, burned, and looted the city of Benin
Boleslaw I's intervention in the Kievan succession crisis, 1018, a Polish intervention into who would be ruler of Kiev and the state of Kievan Rus'
British Expedition to Ceylon, a British expedition took Ceylon, now called Sri Lanka, in 1803, lost it, took it again in 1804 and lost it again
British Expedition to Tibet, an invasion of Tibet by British Indian forces in 1903-1904, seeking to prevent Russian influence in Tibetan affairs
China Relief Expedition, the United States military term for the rescue of foreign nationals during the Boxer Rebellion
DSE-Alpha (Deep Space Expedition Alpha), the name given to the mission planned to take the first space tourists to fly around the moon
Expedition of the Thousand, a military campaign in what would become Italy led by general Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1860
First Manchu invasion of Korea (First Manchu expedition to Korea), a 1627 expedition of the Manchu Army against Korea
Formosan Expedition a punitive expedition launched in 1867 by the United States against Formosa for the massacre of American sailors
Indochina Expedition order of battle, battles between China and Japan from 1937 to 1945
John's first expedition to Ireland, the 1185 expedition of the future King John of England to Ireland, founding castles and establishing laws
Joint Expedition Against Franklin, a planned attack by land and water by the Union during the American Civil War in Franklin, Virginia
Kanchenjunga Expedition, a 1905 Himalayan mountaineering expedition up Kanchenjunga, led by Aleister Crowley
King Expedition of 1817, an expedition to survey of the northern and north-west coasts of Australia led by Phillip Parker King
Pancho Villa Expedition (Mexican Expedition), an operation conducted by the United States Army against Pancho Villa from 1916 to 1917
Persian Expedition of 1796, a Russian force sent as a belated gesture of protection after Agha Mohammad Khan ravaged Georgia
Powell Geographic Expedition, an 1869 expedition of the American West, including the Colorado River, led by John Wesley Powell
Russian Москва-Чукотка Expedition, a expedition across the North Asian Arctic in 2006, which used three Ford Expedition 4x4 sport utility vehicles
Russo-Persian War (1722–1723) (Persian Expedition of 1722), Persian Expedition of 1722), a war between Russia and Persia
Saurian Expedition of 1905, a noted paleontological research mission in northern Nevada in the United States
Second Manchu invasion of Korea (Second Manchu expedition to Korea), a 1636 expedition of the Manchu Army against Korea
Taiwan Expedition of 1874, a punitive Japanese expedition launched in retaliation for the murder of 54 Ryukyuan sailors by Paiwan aborigines
United States Antarctic Expedition Medal, a United States award for citizens who explored Antarctica between 1939 and 1945
United States expedition to Korea, an 1871 diplomatic expedition that turned into a punitive expedition when Korea fired on American ships
1868 Expedition to Abyssinia, a punitive expedition by the British Empire against the Ethiopian Empire for perceived wrongful imprisonments
1952 Swiss Mount Everest Expedition, opening a new route to the summit.

Expeditions to the International Space Station

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