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Expedition 18
Long-duration mission to the International Space Station
Long-duration mission to the International Space Station
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Expedition 18 |
| image | Expedition 18 crew poster.jpg |
| image_caption | Promotional poster |
| insignia | ISS Expedition 18 Patch.svg |
| insignia_caption | Expedition 18 mission patch |
| mission_type | Long-duration expedition |
| crew_size | 3 |
| crew_members | Michael Fincke |
| Yuri Lonchakov | |
| Gregory Chamitoff* (October–November) | |
| Sandra Magnus (November–March) | |
| Koichi Wakata† (March–April) | |
| * – transferred from Expedition 17 | |
| † – transferred to Expedition 19 | |
| crew_EVAs | 2 |
| crew_EVA_duration | 10 hours, 27 minutes |
| crew_photo | Expedition 18 crew portrait.jpg |
| crew_photo_caption | (Left to right) Koichi Wakata, Michael Fincke, Sandra Magnus, Yuri Lonchakov, Gregory Chamitoff |
| space_station | International Space Station |
| start_date | |
| end_date | |
| arrival_craft | Soyuz TMA-13 |
| Chamitoff: STS-124 | |
| Magnus: STS-126 | |
| Wakata: STS-119 | |
| departure_craft | Soyuz TMA-13 |
| Chamitoff: STS-126 | |
| Magnus: STS-119 | |
| Wakata: STS-127 | |
| previous_mission | Expedition 17 |
| next_mission | Expedition 19 |
| programme | ISS expeditions |
Yuri Lonchakov Gregory Chamitoff* (October–November) Sandra Magnus (November–March) Koichi Wakata† (March–April)
- – transferred from Expedition 17 † – transferred to Expedition 19
Chamitoff: STS-124
Magnus: STS-126
Wakata: STS-119
Chamitoff: STS-126
Magnus: STS-119
Wakata: STS-127
Expedition 18 was the 18th permanent crew of the International Space Station (ISS). The first two crew members, Michael Fincke, and Yuri Lonchakov were launched on 12 October 2008, aboard Soyuz TMA-13. With them was astronaut Sandra Magnus, who joined the Expedition 18 crew after launching on STS-126 and remained until departing on STS-119 on 25 March 2009. She was replaced by JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata, who arrived at the ISS on STS-119 on 17 March 2009. Gregory Chamitoff, who joined Expedition 18 after Expedition 17 left the station, ended his stay aboard ISS and returned to Earth with the STS-126 crew.
Crew
| url=http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/feb/HQ_0739_Three_ISS_Crews.html | title=NASA Announces Three International Space Station Crews | access-date=3 November 2007 | publisher=NASA | year=2007 | author=NASA | archive-date=26 May 2012 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120526234647/http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/feb/HQ_0739_Three_ISS_Crews.html | url-status=dead}} | First part |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (October 2008 to November 2008) | Second part | ||||||||
| (November 2008 to March 2009) | Third part | ||||||||
| (March 2009 to April 2009) | Commander | Flight Engineer 1 | Flight Engineer 2 | ||||||
| USA Michael Fincke, NASA | |||||||||
| Second spaceflight | |||||||||
| RUS Yuri Lonchakov, RSA | |||||||||
| Third and last spaceflight | |||||||||
| USA Gregory Chamitoff, NASA | |||||||||
| First Spaceflight | USA Sandra Magnus, NASA | ||||||||
| Second spaceflight | JPN Koichi Wakata, JAXA | ||||||||
| Third spaceflight |
Crew notes
Salizhan Sharipov was originally slated to be the Soyuz commander and Expedition 18 Flight Engineer 1, but was replaced by his back-up, Yuri Lonchakov.
Backup crew
- Gennady Padalka – Commander – RSA (for Lonchakov)
- Michael Barratt – Flight Engineer – NASA (for Fincke)
- Timothy Kopra – Flight Engineer – NASA (for Chamitoff)
- Nicole Stott – Flight Engineer – NASA (for Magnus)
- Soichi Noguchi – Flight Engineer – JAXA (for Wakata)
Mission plan
- Launch vehicle: Soyuz TMA-13
- Launch date: 12 October 2008 3:01 a.m. EDT
- Docking: 14 October 2008
- Spacewalks: 22 December 2008 (completed 23 December) and 10 March 2009
- Landing: 8 April 2009
March 2009 debris incident
On 12 March 2009, a piece of debris from the upper stage of a Delta II rocket used to launch a GPS satellite in 1993, passed close to the ISS. The conjunction between the debris and the Space Station was not detected until it was too late to perform a collision avoidance manoeuvre. The crew prepared to evacuate the station by closing hatches between modules, and boarding the Soyuz spacecraft that was docked to provide emergency crew escape. The debris did not hit the station, instead it passed by at 16:38 UTC, and the crew were cleared to resume operations about five minutes later.
Extra-vehicular activity
| **Mission** | **Spacewalkers** | **Start (UTC)** | **End (UTC)** | **Duration** |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVA 1 | Yuri Lonchakov | |||
| Michael Fincke | 23 December 2008 | |||
| 00:51 | 23 December 2008 | |||
| 06:29 | 5 hours, 38 minutes | |||
| Installed an electromagnetic energy measuring device, (Langmuir probe) on *Pirs*, removed the Russian Biorisk long-duration experiment, installed the Expose-R experiment package on *Zvezda*, but subsequently removed it after it failed to activate and transmit telemetry on ground command. Installed the Impulse experiment. EVA conducted from *Pirs* airlock in Russian Orlan space suits. | ||||
| EVA 2 | Yuri Lonchakov | |||
| Michael Fincke | 10 March 2009 | |||
| 16:22 | 10 March 2009 | |||
| 21:11 | 4 hours, 49 minutes | |||
| Installed the EXPOSE-R onto the universal science platform of the *Zvezda* module, removed tape straps from the area of the docking target on the *Pirs* airlock and docking compartment, inspected and photographed the exterior of the Russian portion of the station. EVA conducted from *Pirs* airlock in Russian Orlan space suits. |
References
References
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (2008). "Expedition 18 Launch Preparations". [[NASA]].
- NASA. (2007). "NASA Announces Three International Space Station Crews". NASA.
- Bergin, Chris. (12 March 2009). "RED threshold late notice conjunction threat misses ISS – Crew egress Soyuz". NASASpaceflight.com.
- NASA. (2008). "ISS On-Orbit Status 12/23/08". NASA.
- (2008). "US, Russian space station crew conduct spacewalk". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
- Brian Wagner. (10 March 2009). "Space Station Astronauts Complete Space Walk Ahead of Shuttle Launch". Voice of America.
- NASA}}{{dead link. (June 2021). "ISS On-Orbit Status 03/11/09". NASA.
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