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Expedition 7
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| Mission Name: | Expedition 7 | |
| Call Sign: | Expedition 7 | |
| Number of Crew: | 2 | |
| Launch: | April 26, 2003 03:53:52 UTC Baikonur LC1 | |
| Apogee: | 396 km | |
| Perigee: | 384 km | |
| Period: | 92 min | |
| Inclination: | 51.6 deg | |
| Station visit length: | 182 days, 16 h, 20 min, 49 s | |
| Station EVA length: | 0 h 0 min | |
| Landing: | October 28, 2003 02:40:20 UTC via Soyuz in Kazakhstan | |
| Duration: | 184 days, 22 h, 46 min, 28 s | |
| Number of Orbits: | 2,895 | |
| Distance Traveled: | ~123,133,253 km | |
| ISS Mass at end of mission: | 187,016 kg | |
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| Expedition 7 Crew | ||
Crew
- Yuri Malenchenko (3), Commander - Russia
- Ed Lu (3), Flight Engineer - U.S.A.
(1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission.
Mission Parameters
- Perigee: 384 km
- Apogee: 396 km
- Inclination: 51.6°
- Period: 92 min
- Docked: April 28, 2003 - 05:56:20 UTC
- Undocked: October 27, 2003 - 22:17:09 UTC
- Time Docked: 182 days, 16 h, 20 min, 49 s
Mission objectives
The seventh crew of the International Space Station lifted off in Soyuz TMA-2 from the Russian Space Agency's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 25, 2003, at 10:54 p.m. CDT. The Soyuz docked on April 28, 2003 and took over command of the ISS. The Expedition Seven crew landed back on Earth on October 27, 2003 at Kazahkstan at 9:41 p.m. EST after spending over six months in space.
From Houston, ISS Spacecraft Communicator Mike Fossum informed Expedition 7 Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Science Officer Edward Lu on Wednesday, October 15 of the successful launch of the Long March rocket carrying the Shenzhou 5 spacecraft and Chinese taikonaut Yang Liwei. "It's really some exciting news to share. The world's spacefaring nations have been joined by a new member tonight: China."
"First off, we want to congratulate them," Lu replied. "The more people that go into space, the better off we all are. This is a great achievement and good for everyone in the long run."
In Chinese, he later added, "Welcome to space. Have a safe journey."
"I would also like to say I love to have somebody else in space instead of me and Ed," said Malenchenko. "I also know this is great for thousands and thousands of people from China. I congratulate all of them."
Expedition 7 Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA Station Science Officer Ed Lu landed after after six months in space.
Malenchenko and Lu -- along with European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque -- landed safely in Kazakhstan at 9:41 p.m. EST on Monday, October 27, after undocking from the International Space Station in their Soyuz spacecraft at 6:17 p.m. EST.
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