Expedition 11
| Mission type | ISS Expedition |
|---|---|
| Mission duration | 176 days, 19 hours, 30 minutes (at ISS) 179 days, 23 minutes (launch to landing) |
| Orbits completed | 2,817 |
| Expedition | |
| Space Station | International Space Station |
| Began | 17 April 2005, 02:19 UTC |
| Ended | 10 October 2005, 21:49 UTC |
| Arrived aboard | Soyuz TMA-6 |
| Departed aboard | Soyuz TMA-6 |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 2 |
| Members |
Sergei K. Krikalev John L. Phillips |
| EVAs | 1 |
| EVA duration | 4 hours and 58 minutes |
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 L-R: Sergei K. Krikalev and John L. Phillips |
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Expedition 11 (2005) was the 11th expedition to the International Space Station, using the Soyuz TMA-6, which stayed during the expedition for emergency evacuation.
European Space Agency Italian Astronaut Roberto Vittori launched with Expedition 11 on the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft and returned 24 April 2005 with Expedition 10 on Soyuz TMA-5.
The mission was to have conducted space walks on several occasions, using both NASA and Russian space suits.
On 28 July 2005 at 11:18 UTC, during mission STS-114, the Space Shuttle Discovery, docked to the Station, and delivered a Control Moment Gyroscope to replace one failed unit and the External stowage platform 2 as part of the approximately 4.100 kg cargo carried in Discovery's payload bay and inside the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello. On 6 August 2005 the Orbiter undocked from the ISS taking the MPLM back.
During the Expedition 11 mission, Russian Commander Sergei Krikalev exceeded the record for total time in space (formerly held by Sergei Avdeyev with 747.593 days). Krikalev at launch had spent 624.387 days in space. He passed the record on the 123rd day of the mission, on 16 August 2005. His cumulative time in space was 803 days and 9 hours and 39 minutes upon landing.
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