Expedition 18

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Expedition 18 was a long-duration International Space Station mission during which a multinational crew conducted scientific research and station maintenance in low Earth orbit.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf International Space Station expedition
space mission
commander Michael Fincke NERFINISHED
countryInvolved Japan
Russia NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
crewSize 3
durationDays 178
endDate 2009-04-08
flightEngineer Koichi Wakata NERFINISHED
Sandra Magnus NERFINISHED
Yury Lonchakov NERFINISHED
followedBy Expedition 19 NERFINISHED
launchVehicle Soyuz TMA-13 NERFINISHED
missionType long-duration ISS expedition
notableEvent continued assembly and maintenance of the International Space Station
participation of spaceflight participants Richard Garriott and Charles Simonyi
transition of ISS crew rotation via Soyuz TMA-13 and Soyuz TMA-14
numberOfSpacewalks 5
orbit low Earth orbit
precededBy Expedition 17 NERFINISHED
primaryActivities scientific research
station maintenance
program International Space Station program NERFINISHED
researchField Earth observation
biology
human physiology
materials science
microgravity science
returnVehicle Soyuz TMA-13 NERFINISHED
Soyuz TMA-14 NERFINISHED
spaceAgencyInvolved ESA NERFINISHED
JAXA NERFINISHED
NASA NERFINISHED
Roscosmos NERFINISHED
spacecraftDockedDuringMission Space Shuttle Discovery STS-119 NERFINISHED
Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-126 NERFINISHED
spaceStation International Space Station NERFINISHED
spacewalkConducted yes
spacewalkFrom Pirs docking compartment NERFINISHED
Quest airlock NERFINISHED
startDate 2008-10-12
visitingCrewMember Charles Simonyi NERFINISHED
Edward Michael Fincke NERFINISHED
Gregory Chamitoff NERFINISHED
Oleg Kononenko NERFINISHED
Richard Garriott NERFINISHED
Sergei Volkov NERFINISHED

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Sandra Magnus spaceMission Expedition 18