International Space Station expedition

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The International Space Station expedition is a long-duration mission program in which rotating crews of astronauts and cosmonauts live and work aboard the ISS to conduct scientific research and maintain the orbiting laboratory.

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International Space Station missions 2

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instanceOf human spaceflight mission
long-duration spaceflight mission program
space station crew rotation program
hasCrew astronauts
cosmonauts
hasCrewSizeRange typically 3 to 10 people
hasDuration typically several months
hasEnvironment low Earth orbit
hasFeature continuous human presence in space
hasLanguageOfOperation English
Russian
hasPurpose conduct scientific research in microgravity
maintain and operate the International Space Station
perform technology demonstrations
support international cooperation in space
hasResearchField Earth and space science
biology
fluid physics
human physiology
materials science
technology development
involvesActivity Earth observation
cargo transfer operations
crew medical monitoring
educational outreach
microgravity experiments
spacewalks
station maintenance
isCooperativeProgramOf multiple international space agencies
operatedBy CSA NERFINISHED
ESA NERFINISHED
JAXA NERFINISHED
NASA
Roscosmos NERFINISHED
orbitsBody Earth NERFINISHED
partOf International Space Station program NERFINISHED
startedWith Expedition 1 NERFINISHED
supportsProgram commercial crew program
commercial resupply services
usesFacility International Space Station NERFINISHED
usesModule Columbus laboratory module NERFINISHED
Destiny laboratory module NERFINISHED
Kibo laboratory module NERFINISHED
Zvezda service module NERFINISHED
various ISS research racks
usesSpacecraft Boeing CST-100 Starliner NERFINISHED
Soyuz spacecraft NERFINISHED
SpaceX Crew Dragon NERFINISHED

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Gagarin's Start associatedWith International Space Station expedition
this entity surface form: International Space Station missions
Andrew J. Feustel notableWork International Space Station expedition
this entity surface form: International Space Station missions
Barry Wilmore participantIn International Space Station expedition
Christina Koch participantIn International Space Station expedition