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 * Category 4 – Space Station **
 * Skylab missions || NASA Past ||
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NASA PAST Missions http://www.nasa.gov/missions/past/index.html NASA CURRENT Missions http://www.nasa.gov/missions/current/index.html

=**Expedition 17:**= Expedition 17 launched on April 8, 2008 for new news on their mission Image above: Cosmonaut Oleg D. Kononenko, Expedition 17 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, participates in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit fit check in the Space Station Airlock Test Article (SSATA) in the Crew Systems Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center. Cosmonaut Sergei A. Volkov, commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, assisted Kononenko. Image credit: NASA (Above: for the presentation, put that in own words)

Crew consists of Commander Sergei Volkov, Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko, Flight Engineer Garrett E. Reisman, Flight Engineer Gregory E. Chamitoff, Spaceflight Participant So-yeon Yi

=Expedition 16:=

on October 10, 2007, they launched to the international space station The Expedition 16 crew members pose for a portrait at the Johnson Space Center. From the left (front row) are Russia's Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, flight engineer and Soyuz commander; astronaut Peggy Whitson, commander; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor. From the left (back row) are European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Léopold Eyharts, astronaut Garrett Reisman and astronaut Dan Tani, all flight engineers (Put in own words)

Crew consisted of Commander Peggy A. Whitson, Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko, Flight Engineer Clayton Anderson, Flight Engineer Daniel M. Tani, Flight Engineer Léopold Eyharts, Flight Engineer Garrett E. Reisman, Spaceflight Participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor

=**Expedition 15:**= Expedition 15 landed on October 21, 2007. For the latest news and information on the International Space Station

Image above: Fyodor Yurchikhin (center), Oleg Kotov (right) Clayton Anderson. Photo credit: NASA

the crew consisted of: Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov, Flight Engineer Clayton Anderson, Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, Expedition 15 Backup Crew (consisted of: Commander Roman Romanenko and flight engineers Mikhail Kornienko, Gregory Chamitoff and Sandra Magnus)

=**Expedition 14:**= Expedition 14 landed on April 21, 2007. For the latest news and information on the International Space Station

Image above: Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin. Photo credit: NASA

Crew Consisted of: Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin, Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, Flight Engineer Thomas Reiter (ESA), Spaceflight Participant Anousheh Ansari, Expedition 14 Backup Crew (consisted of: Astronaut Peggy Whitson is the backup commander for Expedition 14. Astronaut Clay Anderson is backup flight engineer. Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko is the backup Soyuz commander and flight engineer.)

=**Expedition 13:**= Expedition 13 landed on Sept. 28, 2006. For the latest news and information on the International Space Station

Image above: From left are Expedition 13 Flight Engineer and European Space Agency Astronaut Thomas Reiter, Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer Jeffrey Williams. Reiter joined the Expedition 14 crew on Sept. 20, 2006. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center

Crew consisted of: Commander Pavel Vinogradov**,** Flight Engineer Jeffrey Williams**,** Flight Engineer Thomas Reiter (ESA)**,** Brazilian Astronaut Marcos Pontes, Expedition 13 Backup Crew (consisted of: Commander and NASA Science Officer Michael Fincke and Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin.)

=**Expedition 12:**= Expedition 12 landed on April 8, 2006. For the latest news and information on the International Space Station

Image above: From left are Expedition 12 Commander William McArthur and Expedition 12 Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev. Photo Credit: NASA

Crew consisted of: Commander Bill McArthur, Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev, Spaceflight Participant Gregory Olsen, Expedition 12 Backup Crew (consisted of: Commander and NASA Science Officer Jeffrey Williams and Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin.)

=**Expedition 11:**= Image above: Expedition 11 crew, from left, Commander Sergei Krikalev and NASA ISS Science Officer and Flight Engineer John Phillips. Photo Credit: NASA

Crew consists of: Commander Sergei Krikalev, Flight Engineer John Phillips, European Astronaut Roberto Vittori

=**Expedition 10:**=   Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao, left, and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov.

Crew consisted of: **ISS Commander Leroy Chaio**     **Flight Engineer**  **[| Salizhan Sharipov],**  <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**Flight Engineer***  **<span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">[|Yuri Shargin]  ** =<span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> = =**<span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Expedition 9:**= <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> Expedition 9 Flight Engineer Mike Fincke, left, and Commander Gennady Padalka. =<span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> = Crew consisted of: Commander Gennady Padalka, Flight Engineer Mike Fincke, Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers

=**Expedition 8:**=

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> **Expedition 8 Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, left, and Commander Michael Foale Crew consists of:** <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Commander**  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**[|Michael Foale],**  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Flight Engineer**  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**[|Alexander Kaleri],**  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Flight Engineer**  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**[|Pedro Duque]**

= **<span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">Expedition 7: ** = <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> **Expedition 7 Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Flight Engineer Ed Lu.** <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Crew consisted of:** <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Commander**  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**[|Yuri Malenchenko],**  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> **Flight Engineer Ed Lu**

=**Expedition 6:**=

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> **Expedition Six Commander Kenneth Bowersox, center, is flanked by Flight Engineers Donald Pettit, left, and Nikolai Budarin.** <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Crew consisted of:** <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Commander**  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**[|Kenneth Bowersox],**  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Flight Engineer**  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**[|Donald Pettit],**  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Flight Engineer**  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**[|Nikolai Budarin]** <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> =<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Expedition 5: = <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> **Expedition Five Commander Valery Korzun, left, and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev.** Crew consisted of: <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Commander** <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**[|Valery Korzun],**  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Flight Engineer**  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**[|Peggy Whitson],**  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Flight Engineer**  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**[|Sergei Treschev]**

=**Expedition 4:**=

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> **Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (center), commander, is flanked by Cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin (left), flight engineer, and Vladimir Dezhurov, Soyuz commander, representing Rosaviakosmos.** Crew consisted of: <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Commander** <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**[|Frank Culbertson],** <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Soyuz Commander**  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**[|Vladimir Dezhurov]**, <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Flight Engineer**  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**[|Mikhail Tyurin]**

=**Expedition 3:**= Expedition 3 is the same as expedition 4

=**Expedition 2:**=

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> **From the left are Flight Engineer James Voss, Commander Yury Usachev and Flight Engineer Susan Helms.** Crew consisted of: <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Commander** <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**[|Yury Usachev],** <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Flight Engineer**  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**[|James Voss],** <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Flight Engineer**  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**[|Susan Helms]**

=<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**<span style="font-size: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">Expedition 1: ** =

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> **From the left are Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev, Expedition One Commander Bill Shepherd and Soyuz Commander Yuri Gidzenko.** Crew consisted of: <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Commander** <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**William M. (Bill) Shepherd,** <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Soyuz Commander**  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Yuri Pavolich Gidzenko,** <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Flight Engineer**  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**Sergei K. Krikalev**

1.** How many expeditions were/are there? **Answer: 17 2. 3. 4. 5.**
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