Expedition 28
Encyclopedia
Expedition 28 was the 28th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station
, starting on 23 May 2011 with the departure of the members of Expedition 27
. The first three members of the expedition arrived on the ISS aboard the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft on 4 April 2011, and were joined on 9 June 2011 by the three other crew members, who arrived aboard Soyuz TMA-02M
. The expedition saw a number of significant events, including the final Space Shuttle
mission, STS-135
, in July 2011. Expedition 28 was superseded by Expedition 29
on 16 September 2011.
Source: NASA
on May 23, 2011 at 21:35 UTC
. The crew of Soyuz TMA-20
landed safely with Expedition 27 crew members Dmitri Kondratyev, Catherine Coleman
and Paolo Nespoli
aboard at 2:27 UTC on May 24.
Before departing the vicinity of the International Space Station, the crew of TMA-20 photographed the exterior of the station during a fly-around, capturing photos of the Space Shuttle Endeavour
docked with the ISS on its final mission, STS-134
.
. During this mission, the crew of Endeavour installed on the station's exterior the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
and several spare parts to aid in station operations after the retirement of the Space Shuttle
. STS-134 was the 36th Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station.
Endeavour and her crew, consisting of Mark Kelly, Gregory Johnson, Michael Fincke, Roberto Vittori
, Andrew Feustel
, and Gregory Chamitoff
, returned to Earth on June 1, 2011, at 6:34 UTC. STS-134 was the second-to-last mission of the Space Shuttle
.
, and Satoshi Furukawa
) launched aboard Soyuz TMA-02M from the Baikonur Cosmodrome
in Kazakhstan at 20:12 UTC on June 7, 2011. Originally scheduled to dock to the ISS on June 9 at approximately 21:22 UTC, the Soyuz did so several minutes early at 21:18.
.
launched on the STS-135 mission, the final mission in NASA's Space Shuttle program
. Atlantis docked to the ISS on 10 July 2011 at 11:07 EST. The mission was crewed by NASA astronauts Christopher Ferguson
, Douglas Hurley, Sandra Magnus
, and Rex Walheim, and departed from the ISS on 19 July 2011. The purpose of the mission was to deliver the Raffaello MPLM
, stocked with supplies, to the space station.
. Their landing marked the beginning of Expedition 29.
International Space Station
The International Space Station is a habitable, artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS follows the Salyut, Almaz, Cosmos, Skylab, and Mir space stations, as the 11th space station launched, not including the Genesis I and II prototypes...
, starting on 23 May 2011 with the departure of the members of Expedition 27
Expedition 27
Expedition 27 was the 27th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station , starting on 16 March 2011. Expedition 27 saw numerous notable events, including the undocking of the Progress M-09M and Kounotori 2 spacecraft, the arrival of the Soyuz TMA-21 and Progress M-10M spacecraft, and...
. The first three members of the expedition arrived on the ISS aboard the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft on 4 April 2011, and were joined on 9 June 2011 by the three other crew members, who arrived aboard Soyuz TMA-02M
Soyuz TMA-02M
Soyuz TMA-21 was a Soyuz flight to the International Space Station . It transported three members of the Expedition 27 crew to the ISS, and docked at the station on 6 April 2011. TMA-21 is the 109th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, the first of which launched in 1967...
. The expedition saw a number of significant events, including the final Space Shuttle
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle was a manned orbital rocket and spacecraft system operated by NASA on 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. The system combined rocket launch, orbital spacecraft, and re-entry spaceplane with modular add-ons...
mission, STS-135
STS-135
STS-135 was the final mission of the American Space Shuttle program. It used the orbiter Atlantis and hardware originally processed for the STS-335 contingency mission, which was not flown. STS-135 launched on 8 July and was originally scheduled to land on 20 July 2011, but the mission was...
, in July 2011. Expedition 28 was superseded by Expedition 29
Expedition 29
Expedition 29 was the 29th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station . The expedition formally began with the departure from the ISS of the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft at 00:38 UTC on on 16 September 2011...
on 16 September 2011.
Crew
| Position | First Part (May 2011) |
Second Part (June 2011 to September 2011) |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Andrei Borisenko Andrei Borisenko Andrei Ivanovich Borisenko is a Russian cosmonaut. He was selected to be a cosmonaut in May 2003, and since 2008 he has been training as a back-up crew member for a long-duration mission to the International Space Station... , RSA Russian Federal Space Agency The Russian Federal Space Agency , commonly called Roscosmos and abbreviated as FKA and RKA , is the government agency responsible for the Russian space science program and general aerospace research. It was previously the Russian Aviation and Space Agency .Headquarters of Roscosmos are located... First spaceflight |
|
| Flight Engineer 1 | Aleksandr Samokutyayev Aleksandr Samokutyayev Aleksandr Mikhailovich Samokutyayev is a Russian cosmonaut. Samokutyayev served as a Flight Engineer for the International Space Station long duration Expedition 27/28 missions. He also served as the Soyuz TMA-21 commander... , RSA First spaceflight |
|
| Flight Engineer 2 | Ron Garan, NASA NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research... Second spaceflight |
|
| Flight Engineer 3 | Sergey Volkov, RSA Second spaceflight |
|
| Flight Engineer 4 | Mike Fossum, NASA Third spaceflight |
|
| Flight Engineer 5 | Satoshi Furukawa Satoshi Furukawa is a Japanese surgeon and a JAXA astronaut.-Personal:Furukawa was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He enjoys baseball, bowling, music and traveling... , JAXA First spaceflight |
|
Source: NASA
Soyuz TMA-20 undocking
Expedition 28 began with the undocking and departure of the crew of Expedition 27Expedition 27
Expedition 27 was the 27th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station , starting on 16 March 2011. Expedition 27 saw numerous notable events, including the undocking of the Progress M-09M and Kounotori 2 spacecraft, the arrival of the Soyuz TMA-21 and Progress M-10M spacecraft, and...
on May 23, 2011 at 21:35 UTC
Coordinated Universal Time
Coordinated Universal Time is the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time. It is one of several closely related successors to Greenwich Mean Time. Computer servers, online services and other entities that rely on having a universally accepted time use UTC for that purpose...
. The crew of Soyuz TMA-20
Soyuz TMA-20
Soyuz TMA-20 was a manned spaceflight to the International Space Station and was part of the Soyuz programme. It lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on December 15, 2010, and docked with the ISS two days later...
landed safely with Expedition 27 crew members Dmitri Kondratyev, Catherine Coleman
Catherine Coleman
Catherine Grace "Cady" Coleman is an American chemist, a former United States Air Force officer, and a current NASA astronaut...
and Paolo Nespoli
Paolo A. Nespoli
Paolo Angelo Nespoli is an Italian astronaut. In 2007, he first traveled into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as a mission specialist of STS-120. In the December of 2010 he again traveled into space aboard the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft as an Expedition 26/27 flight...
aboard at 2:27 UTC on May 24.
Before departing the vicinity of the International Space Station, the crew of TMA-20 photographed the exterior of the station during a fly-around, capturing photos of the Space Shuttle Endeavour
Space Shuttle Endeavour
Space Shuttle Endeavour is one of the retired orbiters of the Space Shuttle program of NASA, the space agency of the United States. Endeavour was the fifth and final spaceworthy NASA space shuttle to be built, constructed as a replacement for Challenger...
docked with the ISS on its final mission, STS-134
STS-134
STS-134 was the penultimate mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program. The mission marked the 25th and final flight of . This flight delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier to the International Space Station. Mark Kelly served as the mission commander...
.
STS-134
At the time Expedition 28 began, Space Shuttle Endeavour was docked to the ISS on her final mission, STS-134STS-134
STS-134 was the penultimate mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program. The mission marked the 25th and final flight of . This flight delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier to the International Space Station. Mark Kelly served as the mission commander...
. During this mission, the crew of Endeavour installed on the station's exterior the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, also designated AMS-02, is a particle physics experiment module that is mounted on the International Space Station. It is designed to search for various types of unusual matter by measuring cosmic rays. Its experiments will help researchers study the formation of...
and several spare parts to aid in station operations after the retirement of the Space Shuttle
Space Shuttle retirement
The retirement of NASA's Space Shuttle fleet took place from March to July 2011. Discovery was the first of the three active space shuttles to be retired, completing its final mission on March 9, 2011; Space Shuttle Endeavour did so on June 1...
. STS-134 was the 36th Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station.
Endeavour and her crew, consisting of Mark Kelly, Gregory Johnson, Michael Fincke, Roberto Vittori
Roberto Vittori
Roberto Vittori is an Italian air force officer and an ESA astronaut. After graduating from the Italian Air Force Academy in 1989, Vittori flew in the Italian Air Force. He then trained as a test pilot in the United States....
, Andrew Feustel
Andrew J. Feustel
Andrew J. Feustel is an American Geophysicist and a NASA astronaut. His first spaceflight in May 2009, named STS-125, lasted just under 13 days . This was a mission with six other astronauts to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis. Feustel performed three spacewalks...
, and Gregory Chamitoff
Gregory Chamitoff
Gregory Errol Chamitoff is an engineer and NASA astronaut. He was assigned to Expedition 17 and flew to the International Space Station on STS-124, launching 31 May 2008. He was in space 198 days, joining Expedition 18 after Expedition 17 left the station, and returned to Earth 30 November 2008 on...
, returned to Earth on June 1, 2011, at 6:34 UTC. STS-134 was the second-to-last mission of the Space Shuttle
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle was a manned orbital rocket and spacecraft system operated by NASA on 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. The system combined rocket launch, orbital spacecraft, and re-entry spaceplane with modular add-ons...
.
Soyuz TMA-02M docking
The remainder of the Expedition 28 crew (Sergey Volkov, Michael E. FossumMichael E. Fossum
Michael Edward Fossum is an American astronaut. He flew into space on board the NASA Space Shuttle missions STS-121 and STS-124 as a mission specialist and is currently aboard the international space station as commander of Expedition 29.-Education:Michael Fossum spent his early life in McAllen,...
, and Satoshi Furukawa
Satoshi Furukawa
is a Japanese surgeon and a JAXA astronaut.-Personal:Furukawa was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He enjoys baseball, bowling, music and traveling...
) launched aboard Soyuz TMA-02M from the Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur Cosmodrome
The Baikonur Cosmodrome , also called Tyuratam, is the world's first and largest operational space launch facility. It is located in the desert steppe of Kazakhstan, about east of the Aral Sea, north of the Syr Darya river, near Tyuratam railway station, at 90 meters above sea level...
in Kazakhstan at 20:12 UTC on June 7, 2011. Originally scheduled to dock to the ISS on June 9 at approximately 21:22 UTC, the Soyuz did so several minutes early at 21:18.
ATV-2 undocking
On 20 June 2011, European Space Agency's cargo ship Johannes Kepler (ATV-2) undocked from the ISS. On 21 June 2011, the ATV was deorbited, burning up in the atmosphere over the South Pacific Ocean at around 22:44 CETCentral European Time
Central European Time , used in most parts of the European Union, is a standard time that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time . The time offset from UTC can be written as +01:00...
.
Progress M-11M docking
A Russian Progress cargo ship, designated M-11M (Progress 42 or 42P by NASA) was launched on 21 June 2011 to resupply and deliver equipment to the International Space Station. Progress M-11M transferred more than 2.5 tons of cargo to the Space Station, including food, water, scientific hardware, propellant, and cargo. The cargo ship docked with the Zvezda service module of the Space Station at 16:37 GMT on 23 June 2011. The docking occurred 245 miles above eastern Kazakhstan.STS-135—final space shuttle mission
On 8 July 2011, Space Shuttle AtlantisSpace Shuttle Atlantis
The Space Shuttle Atlantis is a retired Space Shuttle orbiter in the Space Shuttle fleet belonging to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration , the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the United States...
launched on the STS-135 mission, the final mission in NASA's Space Shuttle program
Space Shuttle program
NASA's Space Shuttle program, officially called Space Transportation System , was the United States government's manned launch vehicle program from 1981 to 2011...
. Atlantis docked to the ISS on 10 July 2011 at 11:07 EST. The mission was crewed by NASA astronauts Christopher Ferguson
Christopher Ferguson
Christopher J. Ferguson is a United States Navy captain and a NASA astronaut. He was the pilot of Space Shuttle Atlantis on his first mission to space, STS-115, which launched on September 9, 2006 and returned to Earth on September 21, 2006...
, Douglas Hurley, Sandra Magnus
Sandra Magnus
Sandra Hall Magnus is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She returned to Earth with the crew of STS-119 Discovery on March 28, 2009, after having spent 134 days in orbit. She was assigned to the crew of STS-135, the final mission of the Space Shuttle...
, and Rex Walheim, and departed from the ISS on 19 July 2011. The purpose of the mission was to deliver the Raffaello MPLM
Raffaello MPLM
The Raffaello MPLM, also known as MPLM-2, was one of three Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules which were operated by NASA to transfer supplies and equipment to and from the International Space Station. Raffaello was used for three of eleven MPLM flights to the space station, with Leonardo being used...
, stocked with supplies, to the space station.
Soyuz TMA-21 undocking
The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft departed from the International Space Station on 16 September 2011 at 00:38 UTC. Soyuz Commander Aleksandr Samokutyayev and Flight Engineers Andrei Borisenko and Ronald Garan returned to Earth on 16 September at 03:59 UTC, landing safely in central KazakhstanKazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
. Their landing marked the beginning of Expedition 29.
Spacewalks
| Mission | Spacewalkers | Start (UTC Coordinated Universal Time Coordinated Universal Time is the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time. It is one of several closely related successors to Greenwich Mean Time. Computer servers, online services and other entities that rely on having a universally accepted time use UTC for that purpose... ) |
End (UTC) | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expedition 28 EVA 1 |
Michael FossumRonald Garan | 12 July 2011 13:22 |
12 July 2011 19:53 |
6 hours and 31 minutes |
| Expedition 28 Russian EVA #29 |
Sergey VolkovAleksandr Samokutyayev Aleksandr Samokutyayev Aleksandr Mikhailovich Samokutyayev is a Russian cosmonaut. Samokutyayev served as a Flight Engineer for the International Space Station long duration Expedition 27/28 missions. He also served as the Soyuz TMA-21 commander... |
3 August 2011 14:50 |
3 August 2011 21:13 |
6 hours and 23 minutes |