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Expedition 9 (2004) is the 9th expedition to the International Space Station. // Michael Foale (6), ISS Commander - United States Alexander Kaleri (4), ISS Flight Engineer - Russia (1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission. ... Expedition 10 (2004â€“2005) was the 10th expedition to the International Space Station, using the Soyuz TMA-5, which stayed during the expedition for emergency evacuation. ... International Space Station insignia ISS Statistics Crew: 3 As of December 19, 2006 Perigee: 352. ...

Crew

(1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission. Gennady Ivanovich Padalka (Russian: Геннадий Иванович Падалка) was born June 21, 1958, in Krasnodar, Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia_(bordered). ... Edward Fincke Edward Michael Fincke (born March 14, 1967 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American astronaut, who spent April to October, 2004, on board the International Space Station as flight engineer. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

Mission parameters

Perigee is the point at which an object in orbit around the Earth makes its closest approach to the Earth. ... This article is about several astronomical terms (apogee & perigee, aphelion & perihelion, generic equivalents based on apsis, and related but rarer terms. ... Inclination in general is the angle between a reference plane and another plane or axis of direction. ... The orbital period is the time it takes a planet (or another object) to make one full orbit. ... April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Edward M. (Mike) Fincke, Expedition 9 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, is pictured near fresh fruit floating freely in the Zvezda Service Module. ... Edward M. (Mike) Fincke, Expedition 9 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, is pictured near fresh fruit floating freely in the Zvezda Service Module. ...

Mission Objectives

Padalka and Fincke arrived at the Station on April 21 aboard the ISS Soyuz TMA-4 spacecraft with European Space Agency (ESA) Astronaut André Kuipers. After more than a week of joint operations and handover activities, Padalka and Fincke officially took command of the Station on April 29 when Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri left the Station. Soyuz TMA-4 launch Crew Launched ISS Expedition 9 Crew: Gennady Padalka (2) Edward Fincke (1) - U.S.A. Andre Kuipers (1) - ESA (Netherlands) Landed ISS Expedition 9 Crew: Gennady Padalka (2) Edward Fincke (1) - U.S.A. Yuri Shargin (1) Mission Parameters Mass: ? kg Perigee: 200 km Apogee: 252...

Expedition 8 and Kuipers returned to Earth that same day aboard the ISS Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft. Kuipers' 11-day mission to the ISS was part of a commercial agreement between ESA and the Federal Space Agency of Russia. Soyuz TMA-3 launch Crew Launched ISS Expedition 8 Crew: Alexander Kaleri (4) Michael Foale (6) - U.S.A. Pedro Duque (2) - ESA Spain Landed ISS Expedition 8 Crew: Alexander Kaleri (4) Michael Foale (6) - U.S.A. Andre Kuipers (1) - ESA Netherlands (1) number of spaceflights each crew member...

Spacewalks

The Expedition 9 crew has conducted four spacewalks during its stay at the International Space Station. The four spacewalks were devoted to ISS maintenance and assembly. All four will be based out of the Pirs Docking Compartment and will use Russian Orlan spacesuits.

Before these four extravehicular activities (EVAs), 52 spacewalks had been performed at the ISS, with 27 based out of the Station.

Learn more about the spacewalks required to build the International Space Station.

EVA Cosmonauts and Astronauts and Suit ID Gennady Padalka (EV1): red stripes Mike Fincke (EV2): blue stripes

Spacewalk 1 Gennady Padalka, Mike Fincke Time: 14 minutes, 22 seconds Start time: 4:56 p.m. CDT (2156 GMT) June 24, 2004 End time: 5:10 p.m. CDT (2210 GMT) June 24, 2004 June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The spacewalk was cut short due to a pressure problem in Fincke's prime oxygen tank in his spacesuit. Mission managers decided to reschedule the spacewalk for June 30. June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 184 days remaining. ...

Spacewalk 2 Gennady Padalka, Mike Fincke Time: 5 hours, 40 minutes Start time: 4:19 p.m. CDT (2119 GMT) June 29, 2004 End time: 9:59 p.m. CDT June 29, 2004 (0259 GMT June 30, 2004) June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 184 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Padalka and Fincke replaced a Remote Power Controller (RPCM) that failed in late April, causing a loss of power in Control Moment Gyroscope No. 2 (CMG 2). A failed Remote Power Controller Module is responsible for the temporary loss of CMG 2 in April. The gyroscope is one of four that control the ISS' orientation.

Spacewalk 3 Gennady Padalka, Mike Fincke Time: 4 hours, 30 minutes Start time: 1:58 a.m. CDT (0658 GMT) 3 August 2004 End time: 6:28 a.m. CDT (1128 GMT) 3 August 2004 August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In preparation for the arrival of the European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), Padalka and Fincke removed laser retro reflectors from the Zvezda Service Module assembly compartment and installed three updated laser retro reflectors and one internal videometer target. They installed two antennas.

The spacewalkers removed Kromka Panel No. 2 and installed Kromka Panel No. 3. The Kromka experiment exposes various materials to the space environment. They also replaced another materials science experiment.

Spacewalk 4 Gennady Padalka, Mike Fincke Time: 5 hours, 20 minutes Start time: 16:43 UTC, September 3, 2004 End time: 22:04 UTC, September 3, 2004 September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Expedition 9's fourth scheduled EVA will continue preparing the Station for future assembly operations and the arrival of the ATV. The spacewalkers will replace the Zarya Control Module flow control panel and install four safety tether fairleads on Zarya's handrails. A fairlead is a device to guide a line, rope or cable around an object or out of the way, or to stop it from moving laterally. ...

ATV support operations will include installing equipment for the air-to-air radio link antennas and removing all covers from antennas.

Other tasks include installing a Pressure Control and Exposure Monitor Sensor on Pirs and installing protective components on the brackets of Pirs' ring handrails on EVA Hatch No. 2, time permitting.

Mission patch

The design of the Expedition 9 mission patch includes a tribute to astronauts and cosmonauts who gave their lives in space exploration. The outspread wings of the eagle have 16 stars and 1 star of David. They represent the Apollo 1 crew Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee. Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51L crew Francis "Dick" Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Gregory Jarvis, Judith Resnick and Christa McAuliffe. Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 crew Rick D. Husband, William C. McCool, David M. Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Michael P. Anderson, Laurel Clark and Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut. Around the eagles neck are 4 small red stars and one larger red star. The large star is for Yuri Gagarin the first man in space during Vostok 1, he was killed during training for Soyuz 3. The other 4 are for Soyuz 1 cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov, Soyuz 11 crew Georgi Dobrovolski, Viktor Patsayev and Vladislav Volkov. Apollo One is the official name given to the Apollo/Saturn 204 (AS-204) spacecraft, destroyed by fire during a training exercise on January 27, 1967, at Pad 34 (Launch Complex 34 at Cape Canaveral - then known as Cape Kennedy) atop a Saturn IB rocket. ... Virgil Ivan Gus Grissom (April 3, 1926 â€“ January 27, 1967) was a United States Air Force pilot who became the second American astronaut and one of the first to die in the U.S. space program. ... Edward Higgins White, II (Lt. ... Roger Chaffee Roger Bruce Chaffee (February 15, 1935 - January 27, 1967) was a U.S. Navy pilot who became an American astronaut in the Apollo program. ... STS-51-L was the 25th launch of a Space Shuttle and the tenth launch of the Challenger. ... Francis Richard Dick Scobee (May 19, 1939 - January 28, 1986) was an American astronaut who died commanding the Space Shuttle Challenger, which suffered catastrophic booster failure during launch of the STS-51-L mission. ... Michael John Smith (April 30, 1945 â€“ January 28, 1986) was an American astronaut, pilot of the Space Shuttle Challenger when it was destroyed during the STS-51-L mission. ... Ronald Erwin McNair, Ph. ... Ellison Shoji Onizuka (June 24, 1946 - January 28, 1986) was an American astronaut from Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii who died during the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger, where he was serving as mission specialist on mission STS-51-L. // Early life Ellison Onizuka was the oldest son and second... Gregory Jarvis Memorial at Hermosa Beach Gregory Bruce Jarvis (August 24, 1944 - January 28, 1986) was an American astronaut who died during the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where he was serving as payload specialist. ... Judith Resnik Judith Arlene Resnik (April 5, 1949 - January 28, 1986) was an astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion during the launch of the mission STS-51-L. Born in Akron, Ohio, Resnik, who was Jewish, received a B.S. in electrical engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The STS-107 crewmembers strike a â€˜flyingâ€™ pose for their traditional in-flight crew portrait in the SPACEHAB aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. ... Rick D. Husband (larger image) Richard Douglas Husband (July 12, 1957 â€“ February 1, 2003) was an astronaut and the space shuttle commander of STS-107 (Columbia) who was killed when the craft disintegrated after reentry into the Earths atmosphere. ... William C. McCool William Cameron Willie McCool (September 23, 1961 â€“ February 1, 2003) was an United States Navy Commander, NASA astronaut and the Space Shuttle pilot of Columbia mission STS-107 who was killed when the craft disintegrated after re-entry into the Earths atmosphere. ... David M. Brown David M. Brown (April 16, 1956 â€“ February 1, 2003) was a United States Naval Captain, NASA astronaut and space shuttle mission specialist. ... Kalpana Chawla (Hindi: à¤•à¤²à¥â€à¤ªà¤¨à¤¾ à¤šà¤¾à¤µà¤²à¤¾) (July 1, 1961 â€“ 1 February 2003), was an Indian-born American astronaut and space shuttle mission specialist. ... Michael P. Anderson Michael Phillip Anderson (December 25, 1959 â€“ February 1, 2003) was a Lieutenant Colonel (USAF), a NASA astronaut and the Space Shuttle payload commander of STS-107 (Columbia) who was killed when the craft disintegrated after reentry into the Earths atmosphere. ... Laurel Clark Laurel Blair Salton Clark (March 10, 1961 â€“ February 1, 2003) was a medical doctor, United States Navy Captain, NASA astronaut and Space Shuttle mission specialist of STS-107 (Columbia) who was killed when the craft disintegrated after re-entry into the Earths atmosphere. ... Ilan Ramon (Hebrew: ××™×œ×Ÿ ×¨×ž×•×Ÿ) (June 20, 1954 â€“ February 1, 2003) was a combat pilot in the Israeli Air Force and later the first Israeli astronaut. ... Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: , Jurij AlekseeviÄ Gagarin; March 9, 1934 â€“ March 27, 1968), Hero of the Soviet Union, was a Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 became the first person in space and the first human to orbit the Earth. ... Vostok 1 was the first manned space mission. ... Soyuz 3 was the first manned launch of a Soyuz spacecraft since the accident that killed cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov on Soyuz 1. ... Soyuz 1 (Russian Ð¡Ð¾ÑŽÐ· 1, Union 1) was part of the Soviet Unions space program and was launched into orbit on April 23, 1967, carrying a single cosmonaut, Colonel Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov, who was killed when the spacecraft crashed after its return to Earth. ... Vladimir Komarov Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov (Russian: Ð’Ð»Ð°Ð´Ð¸Ð¼Ð¸Ñ€ ÐœÐ¸Ñ…Ð°Ð¹Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐšÐ¾Ð¼Ð°Ñ€Ð¾Ð²; March 16, 1927 â€“ April 24, 1967) was a Soviet cosmonaut. ... Soyuz 11 was the second attempted and the first successful visit to the worlds first space station, Salyut 1. ... Georgi Dobrovolski Georgi Timofeyevich Dobrovolski (Russian: Ð“ÐµÐ¾Ñ€Ð³Ð¸Ð¹ Ð¢Ð¸Ð¼Ð¾Ñ„ÐµÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð”Ð¾Ð±Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¾Ð»ÑŒÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹; June 1, 1928 â€“ June 30, 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut. ... Viktor Patsayev Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev (Russian: Ð’Ð¸ÐºÑ‚Ð¾Ñ€ Ð˜Ð²Ð°Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐŸÐ°Ñ†Ð°ÐµÐ²; June 19, 1933, Aktuybinsk â€“ June 30, 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 11 mission and had the unfortunate distinction of being part of the second crew to die during a space flight. ... Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov (Russian: Ð’Ð»Ð°Ð´Ð¸ÑÐ»Ð°Ð² ÐÐ¸ÐºÐ¾Ð»Ð°ÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð’Ð¾Ð»ÐºÐ¾Ð²; born November 23, 1935, Moscow â€“ June 30, 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 11 missions. ...

Category: Expeditions to the International Space Station International Space Station Insignia File links The following pages link to this file: International Space Station Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 2 Talk:November 2 Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/All Categories: NASA images ... International Space Station insignia ISS Statistics Crew: 3 As of December 19, 2006 Perigee: 352. ... Expedition 1 was the first expedition to the International Space Station. ... Expedition 2 was the second expedition to the International Space Station. ... Expedition 3 was the third expedition to the International Space Station. ... Expedition 4 was the fourth expedition to the International Space Station. ... // Crew Valery Korzun (2), Commander - Russia Peggy Whitson (1), Flight Engineer - U.S.A. Sergei Treschev (1), Flight Engineer - Russia (1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission. ... // Crew Kenneth Bowersox (5), Commander - U.S.A. Nikolai Budarin (3), Flight Engineer - Russia Donald Pettit (1), Flight Engineer - U.S.A. (1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission. ... This is the seventh expedition to the International Space Station. ... // Michael Foale (6), ISS Commander - United States Alexander Kaleri (4), ISS Flight Engineer - Russia (1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission. ... Expedition 10 (2004â€“2005) was the 10th expedition to the International Space Station, using the Soyuz TMA-5, which stayed during the expedition for emergency evacuation. ... Expedition 11 (2005) is the 11th expedition to the International Space Station, using the Soyuz TMA-6, which stayed during the expedition for emergency evacuation. ... Expedition 12 (2005) was the 12th expedition to the International Space Station, launched from Kazakhstan using the Russian Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft. ... Expedition 13 (2006), the 13th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), launched at 02:30 UTC on March 30, 2006, using the Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft, which will stay during the entirety of the expedition for emergency evacuation. ... Expedition 14 is the 14th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). ... Expedition 15 is the 15th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). ... Expedition 16 is the 16th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). ... Expedition 17 is the 17th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). ... Expedition 18 is the 18th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). ...

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Mission parameters

Mission Objectives

Spacewalks

Mission patch

Crew