ISS Expedition 17 | |
Insignia: | ISS Expedition 17 Patch.svg |
Insignia Caption: | Expedition 17 mission patch |
Mission Type: | ISS Expedition |
Crew Size: | 3 |
Crew Members: | Sergei Volkov
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Crew Photo: | Expedition 17 crew portrait B.jpg |
Crew Photo Caption: | (Left to right) Greg Chamitoff, Garrett Reisman, Sergei Volkov, Oleg Kononenko |
Space Station: | International Space Station |
Arrival Craft: | Soyuz TMA-12 Reisman: STS-123 Chamitoff: STS-124[1] |
Departure Craft: | Soyuz TMA-12 Reisman: STS-124 Chamitoff: STS-126 |
Previous Mission: | Expedition 16 |
Next Mission: | Expedition 18 |
Programme: | ISS expeditions |
Expedition 17 was the 17th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS).The first two crew members, Sergey Volkov, and Oleg Kononenko were launched on 8 April 2008, aboard the Soyuz TMA-12. Once aboard the station, they joined Garrett Reisman, who transferred from Expedition 16 to join the Expedition 17 crew.
Reisman was replaced by Gregory Chamitoff, who launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-124 on 31 May 2008. Volkov and Kononenko landed safely on 24 October 2008, while Chamitoff remained aboard the station as an Expedition 18 crewmember.
Position[2] | First Part (April 2008 to June 2008) | Second Part (June 2008 to October 2008) | |
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Commander | Sergei Volkov, RSA First spaceflight Soyuz TMA-12 Commander | ||
Flight Engineer 1 | Oleg Kononenko, RSA First spaceflight | ||
Flight Engineer 2 | Garrett Reisman, NASA First spaceflight | Gregory Chamitoff, NASA First spaceflight |