Commander Oleg Kotov and flight engineers Soichi Noguchi, Timothy J. (T.J.) Creamer, Alexander Kaleri, Tracy Caldwell and Mikhail Kornienko will serve aboard the International Space Station as the Expedition 23 crew.
Commander Jeffrey Williams and flight engineers Maxim Suraev, Oleg Kotov, Soichi Noguchi and Timothy J. (T.J.) Creamer will serve as the Expedition 22 crew aboard the International Space Station.
ESA Astronaut Frank De Winne, the first European commander of the International Space Station, and flight engineers Robert Thirsk, Roman Romanenko, Nicole Stott, Maxim Suraev and Jeffrey Williams will serve as the Expedition 21 crew.
Commander Gennady Padalka and flight engineers Michael Barratt, Koichi Wakata, Tim Kopra, Roman Romanenko, Frank De Winne, Robert Thirsk and Nicole P. Stott will serve aboard the International Space Station as the Expedition 20 crew.
Commander Gennady Padalka and flight engineers Michael Barratt and Koichi Wakata will serve aboard the International Space Station as the Expedition 19 crew.
Commander E. Michael Fincke, Flight Engineer Yury V. Lonchakov and spaceflight participant Richard Garriott launched to the station on Oct. 12, 2008. Gregory E. Chamitoff, Sandra H. Magnus and Koichi Wakata served as flight engineers during Expedition 18.
Commander Sergei Volkov, Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko and spaceflight participant So-yeon Yi launched to the station on April 8, 2008. Garrett E. Reisman and Gregory E. Chamitoff served as flight engineers during Expedition 17.
Commander Peggy A. Whitson, Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko and spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor launched to the station on October 10, 2007. Clayton Anderson, Daniel M. Tani, LĂ©opold Eyharts and Garrett E. Reisman served as flight engineers during Expedition 16.
Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov began Expedition 15 on April 7, 2007. Sunita Williams and Clayton Anderson served as flight engineers during Expedition 15.
Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin began their Expedition in September 2006. European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Reiter remained with Expedition 14 after Expedition 13 departed from the station. Flight Engineer Sunita Williams replaced Reiter when Space Shuttle Discovery dropped her off on mission STS-116.
Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Jeff Williams lived in space for 183 days. They began their mission in March 2006 and returned to Earth in September 2006. European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Reiter joined the crew in July 2006 returning the station to a three-person crew.
Commander William McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev served aboard the International Space Station from October 2005 through April 2006. McArthur had visited the station in October 2000 during shuttle mission STS-92.
Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer John Phillips lived and worked aboard the International Space Station from April 2005 through October 2005. Krikalev had served on the station previously as part of the Expedition 1 crew, and Phillips visited the station as part of the STS-100 crew.
Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov began their mission aboard the International Space Station in October 2004. They returned to Earth in April 2005.
Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Mike Fincke performed four spacewalks during their mission. They stayed aboard the International Space Station from April 2004 through October 2004.
Commander Michael Foale and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri lived in space for 195 days. They began their mission in October 2003 and returned to Earth in April 2004.
Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Flight Engineer Ed Lu journeyed to the International Space Station aboard a Soyuz rocket. They became the first two-person station crew and stayed in orbit from April 2003 until October 2003.
Commander Kenneth Bowersox and Flight Engineers Donald Pettit and Nikolai Budarin lived and worked aboard the International Space Station from November 2002 through May 2003. Space Shuttle Columbia and the STS-107 crew were lost in February 2003.
Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev resided aboard the International Space Station from June 2002 through December 2002. Whitson became the first NASA Space Station Science Officer.
Expedition 4 was Commander Yury Onufrienko's second long-duration flight. Flight Engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch broke the U.S. space flight endurance record with 196 days in space. Their mission lasted from December 2001 until June 2002.
Commander Frank Culbertson and Flight Engineers Vladimir Dezhurov and Mikhail Tyurin occupied the International Space Station for 117 days from August 2001 through December 2001.
Commander Yury Usachev and Flight Engineers James Voss and Susan Helms occupied the International Space Station for 148 days. They began their mission in March 2001 and returned to Earth in August 2001.
Commander William Shepherd and Flight Engineers Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev were the first residents of the International Space Station. Their mission lasted from October 2000 to March 2001.
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Exterior photos show the Station's growth as new components are added.