Expedition 5
Expedition 5 was the fifth long-duration stay on the International Space Station (ISS). The crew, consisting of three people, remained in space for 184 days, 178 of which were spent aboard the ISS. Expedition 5 was a continuation of an uninterrupted human presence in space, as of November 2022, which was begun by Expedition 1 in 2000–2001.
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| Mission type | ISS Expedition |
|---|---|
| Mission duration | 178 days, 3 hours, 10 minutes (at ISS) 184 days, 22 hours, 14 minutes and 23 seconds (launch to landing) |
| Expedition | |
| Space station | International Space Station |
| Began | 7 June 2002, 16:25 UTC |
| Ended | 2 December 2002, 20:05 UTC |
| Arrived aboard | STS-111 Space Shuttle Endeavour |
| Departed aboard | STS-113 Space Shuttle Endeavour |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Valery Korzun Peggy Whitson Sergei Treshchev |
| EVAs | 2 |
| EVA duration | 9 hours, 46 minutes |
Expedition 5 mission patch L-R: Valery G. Korzun, Peggy Whitson, and Sergei Y. Treshchev | |
The crew of Expedition 5 launched to space aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour aboard the STS-111 mission on 5 June 2002. Their tenure aboard the station, however, did not begin until they docked with the ISS two days later on 7 June.
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