- Expedition 17
ISS Expedition
Name = Expedition 17
Insignia = Iss17 .jpg
CallSign = Expedition 17
NumberOfCrew = 3
LaunchDate =April 8 ,2008 (Soyuz TMA-12 ),May 31 ,2008 (STS-124 ),Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts124/index.html|title=STS-124|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=November 8|publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration|year=2007|author=NASA]
LaunchSite =Baikonur ,Cape Canaveral
LaunchVehicle =Soyuz TMA-12 (Volkov/Kononenko),
"Discovery"STS-124 (Chamitoff)
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LandingDate = October,2008 (Soyuz TMA-12 ),June 11 ,2008 (STS-124 ),
TBD (STS-126 )
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LandingVehicle =Soyuz TMA-12 (Volkov/Kononenko),
"Discovery"STS-124 (Reisman),
"Endeavour"STS-126 (Chamitoff)
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CrewPhoto = Expedition 17 crew portrait B.jpg
CrewCaption =(Left to right) Greg Chamitoff, Garrett Reisman, Sergei Volkov, Oleg Kononenko
previous =Expedition 16
next =Expedition 18 Expedition 17 is the 17th expedition to the
International Space Station (ISS).The first two crew members, Sergey Volkov, andOleg Kononenko were launched onApril 8 2008 , aboardSoyuz TMA-12 . Once at the ISS, they joinedGarrett Reisman , who transfered fromExpedition 16 to join the Expedition 17 crew.Reisman was replaced by
Gregory Chamitoff , who was launched aboard theSpace Shuttle Discovery missionSTS-124 onMay 31 ,2008 .Crew
First part: April 2008 to June 2008
*"Sergei Volkov (1)" CommanderCite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/feb/HQ_0739_Three_ISS_Crews.html|title=NASA Announces Three International Space Station Crews|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=November 8|publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration|year=2007|author=NASA] - RSA
*Oleg Kononenko (1) Flight Engineer - RSA
*Garrett Reisman (1) - Flight Engineer -NASA econd part: June 2008 to October 2008
*"Sergei Volkov (1)" Commander - RSA
*Oleg Kononenko (1) Flight Engineer - RSA
*Gregory Chamitoff (1) - Flight Engineer - NASA(#) indicates the number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission.
Crew Notes
*Sergei Volkov, 35, is the youngest person to command the ISS.
*Garrett Reisman is the first Jewish resident to live aboard the ISS.Fact|date=September 2008
*Gregory Chamitoff was the first crewmember to takebagels with him to the station; 3 bags of (18sesame seed bagels). [ CTV.ca [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080601/montreal_space_bagels_080601/20080601?hub=TopStories Montreal-born astronaut brings bagels into space] Sun. Jun. 1 2008 7:29 PM ET ; CTV National News - 1 June 2008 - 11pm TV newscast] [ The Gazette (Montreal), [http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=6924c3b3-a4e3-4c05-b279-025fc9650627 Here's proof: Montreal bagels are out of this world] , "IRWIN BLOCK", Tuesday June 3 2008, Section A, Page A2 ]Back-up crew
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Maksim Surayev - Commander - RSA
*Oleg Skripochka - Flight Engineer - RSA
* Timothy Kopra - Flight Engineer - NASA (for Chamitoff)References
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