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.
Mission type | ISS Expedition |
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Expedition | |
Space station | International Space Station |
Began | 8 April 2008 |
Ended | 24 October 2008 |
Arrived aboard | Soyuz TMA-12 Reisman: STS-123 Space Shuttle Endeavour Chamitoff: STS-124[1] Space Shuttle Discovery |
Departed aboard | Soyuz TMA-12 Reisman: STS-124[1] Space Shuttle Discovery Chamitoff: STS-126 Space Shuttle Endeavour |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Sergei Volkov* Oleg Kononenko Garrett Reisman* (to June) Gregory Chamitoff† (from June) * – transferred from Expedition 16 † – transferred to Expedition 18 |
Expedition 17 mission patch (Left to right) Greg Chamitoff, Garrett Reisman, Sergei Volkov, Oleg Kononenko |
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 |
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