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Expedition 15

2007 International Space Station expedition

Field	Value
name	Expedition 15
image	Expedition 15 crew poster.jpg
image_caption	Promotional Poster
insignia	ISS Expedition 15 Patch.svg
insignia_caption	Expedition 15 mission patch
mission_type	Long-duration expedition
mission_duration	(at ISS) (launch to landing) (Soyuz TMA-10)
crew_size	3
crew_members	Fyodor Yurchikhin
Oleg Kotov
Sunita Williams* (to June)
Clayton Anderson† (from June)
* - transferred from Expedition 14
† - transferred to Expedition 16
crew_EVAs	2
crew_EVA_duration	11 hours, 2 minutes
crew_photo	Expedition 15.jpg
crew_photo_caption	Second part crew from left to right: Clayton Anderson, Fyodor Yurchikhin, Oleg Kotov
space_station	International Space Station
start_date
end_date
arrival_craft	Soyuz TMA-10
Williams: STS-116
Anderson: STS-117

departure_craft	Soyuz TMA-10
Williams: STS-117
Anderson: STS-120

previous_mission	Expedition 14
next_mission	Expedition 16
programme	ISS expeditions

Oleg Kotov Sunita Williams* (to June) Clayton Anderson† (from June)

- transferred from Expedition 14 † - transferred to Expedition 16 Williams: STS-116

Anderson: STS-117

Williams: STS-117

Anderson: STS-120

Expedition 15 was the 15th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). Four crew members participated in the expedition, although for most of the expedition's duration only three were on the station at any one time. During Expedition 15, the ISS Integrated Truss Structure was expanded twice: STS-117 brought the S3/S4 truss, and STS-118 brought the S5 truss.

Crew

url=http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/oct/HQ_06337_new_station_crew.html	title=NASA Announces New International Space Station Crew	access-date=21 October 2007	publisher=NASA
(April to June 2007)	Second Part
(June to October 2007)	Commander	Flight Engineer 1	Flight Engineer 2
RUS Fyodor Yurchikhin, RSA
Second spaceflight
RUS Oleg Kotov, RSA
First spaceflight
USA Sunita Williams, NASA
First Spaceflight	USA Clayton Anderson, NASA
First spaceflight

Crew Notes

Flight engineer Sunita Williams was the first Expedition 15 crew member to arrive. She participated in Expedition 14 until Expedition 15 commander Fyodor Yurchikhin assumed command of the station. Williams arrived at the station on 11 December 2006 aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery flight STS-116. Yurchikhin and flight engineer Oleg Kotov arrived the station on 9 April 2007 aboard Soyuz TMA-10.

On 26 April 2007, NASA announced that Williams would return to Earth on STS-117, flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis, instead of STS-118 as originally planned. Williams was replaced by Clayton Anderson, who arrived at the station aboard Atlantis, which docked on 10 June 2007.

Expedition 15 ended officially after Expedition 16 commander Peggy Whitson arrived at the station aboard Soyuz TMA-11 and the official change of command ceremony took place on 19 October 2007.

Backup crew

Roman Romanenko Commander – RSA
Mikhail Korniyenko Flight Engineer – RSA
Gregory Chamitoff Flight Engineer – NASA (for Anderson)

Mission details

Launch: 7 April 2007 17:31 UTC
Docking: 9 April 2007 07:10 UTC
Undocking: 21 October 2007 07:14 UTC
Landing: 21 October 2007 10:46 UTC
LandingSite: Ballistic Trajectory Landing Site northwest of Arkalyk

On 21 October 2007, after the separation of the Soyuz TMA-10 capsule, Moscow Mission Control reported that the Soyuz had entered into a ballistic trajectory, which resulted in a landing that was 340 km short of the intended Kazakhstan landing site. Landing occurred without incident, and by 10:55 UTC, all crew members were out of the capsule, and the vehicle was secured. Until then, the only other time a Soyuz landing had resulted in a ballistic trajectory was the landing of Soyuz TMA-1, for Expedition 6. Another ballistic trajectory occurred with the landing of Soyuz TMA-11 on 19 April 2008 for Expedition 16.

EVAs

EVA 1: 30 May 2007 – Yurchikhin/Kotov, 5 hours, 25 minutes.
EVA 2: 6 June 2007 – Yurchikhin/Kotov, 5 hours, 37 minutes.
EVA 3: 23 July 2007 – Yurchikhin/Anderson 7 hours, 41 minutes.

References

NASA. (2006). "NASA Announces New International Space Station Crew". NASA.
NASA. "NASA to Rotate Station Astronauts on Next Shuttle Mission". NASA.
William Harwood. (2007). "Soyuz capsule makes 'ballistic' descent to Earth". CBS News – Spaceflight Now.
(2007). "Soyuz Craft Lands Safely in Kazakhstan". [[ABC News (United States).
William Harwood. (2008). "Whitson describes rough Soyuz entry and landing". Spaceflight Now.
NASA. (2007). "Spacewalk Complete, Debris Panels Installed". [[NASA.
NASA. (2007). "Cosmonauts Wrap Up Debris-Panel Spacewalk". NASA.
NASA. "Station Crew Winds Up Ammonia Reservoir Jettison Spacewalk". NASA.
spaceflightnow.com. (24 July 2007). "Expedition 15: EVA highlights".

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