Expedition 15


Expedition 15 was the 15th expedition to the International Space Station. 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

Backup crew

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 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.