Flight Engineer Greg Chamitoff's Space Station Journals

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    Image above: Expedition 17 Flight Engineer Greg Chamitoff (foreground) and Commander Sergei Volkov, train in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center, Houston. Image credit: NASA

Journal Entries

  • Expedition 17 crew

    Message 2

    "I’m sealed inside the descent capsule of the Soyuz vehicle, while my crew-mates perform their first Russian spacewalk (EVA). At this moment Sergei and Oleg are in their spacesuits and going through their checkouts before opening the hatch."

  • Expedition 17 Flight Engineer Greg Chamitoff

    Message 1

    "The past three weeks have been a blur of new sensations, out-of-this-world experiences, and hard work."

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