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Expedition 11

Expedition 11
Space Shuttle Discovery photographed by Expedition 11 as it performed the first-ever rendezvous pitch maneuver.
Mission typeLong-duration expedition
Mission duration176 days, 19 hours and 30 minutes
Orbits completed2,817
Expedition
Space stationInternational Space Station
Began17 April 2005, 02:19 (2005-04-17UTC02:19Z) UTC[1]
Ended10 October 2005, 21:49 (2005-10-10UTC21:50Z) UTC[2]
Arrived aboardSoyuz TMA-6
Departed aboardSoyuz TMA-6
Crew
Crew size2
MembersSergei Krikalev
John Phillips
EVAs1
EVA duration4 hours and 58 minutes

Expedition 11 mission patch

Krikalev and Phillips

Expedition 11 was the 11th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station. The crew arrived and departed aboard Soyuz TMA-6, which stayed at the station for the duration of the expedition in case it was needed for emergency evacuation.

European Space Agency Italian Astronaut Roberto Vittori launched with Expedition 11 on the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft and returned 24 April 2005 with Expedition 10 on Soyuz TMA-5.

Expedition 11 became the first ISS crew since Expedition 6 to be visited by a Space Shuttle, following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference missionrep20 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Petty, John Ira (10 October 2005). "Eleventh Space Station Crew Back on Earth". NASA News. NASA. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

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