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Expedition 5
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Mission typeLong-duration expedition
Mission duration178 days, 3 hours, 10 minutes[NASA 1] (at ISS)
184 days, 22 hours, 14 minutes and 23 seconds[NASA 1] (launch to landing)
Expedition
Space stationInternational Space Station
Began7 June 2002, 16:25 (2002-06-07UTC16:25Z) UTC
Ended2 December 2002, 20:05 (2002-12-02UTC20:06Z) UTC
Arrived aboardSTS-111[NASA 2]
Space Shuttle Endeavour
Departed aboardSTS-113
Space Shuttle Endeavour
Crew
Crew size3
MembersValery Korzun
Peggy Whitson
Sergei Treshchev
EVAs2
EVA duration9 hours, 46 minutes

Expedition 5 mission patch

L-R: Valery G. Korzun, Peggy Whitson, and Sergei Y. Treshchev

Expedition 5 was the fifth long-duration stay on the International Space Station (ISS). The crew, consisting of three people, remained in space for 184 days, 178 of which were spent aboard the ISS. Expedition 5 was a continuation of an uninterrupted human presence in space, as of November 2022, which was begun by Expedition 1 in 2000–2001.

The crew of Expedition 5 launched to space aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour aboard the STS-111 mission on 5 June 2002.[NASA 2] Their tenure aboard the station, however, did not begin until they docked with the ISS two days later on 7 June.[NASA 1][1]

Crew

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Prime crew
Position Crew
Commander Russia Valery Korzun, RSA
Second and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer United States Peggy Whitson, NASA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer Russia Sergei Treshchev, RSA
Only spaceflight
Backup crew
Position Crew
Commander Russia Aleksandr Kaleri, RSA
Flight Engineer United States Scott J. Kelly, NASA
Flight Engineer Russia Dmitri Kondratyev, RSA

Mission parameters

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Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition Five flight engineer, wears a Russian Orlan spacesuit as she prepares for an EVA. (NASA)

Mission objectives

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The Expedition 5 crew took charge of ISS operations on 7 June 2002. An official ceremony between expedition crews took place 10 June, with the ceremonial ringing of the station's brass bell, symbolizing the transfer of command. The Expedition Five crew carried out approximately 25 new investigations on board the ISS, as well as continued with various science investigations begun before their stay. The crew wrapped up a 184-day stay in space when they returned home on STS-113 7 December 2002.

Space Shuttle Endeavour delivered the Expedition 5 crew during mission STS-111, which launched 5 June 2002. The fifth crew to live aboard the International Space Station was led by Russian Valery Korzun and joined by fellow cosmonaut Sergey Treshchev and U.S. astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, both flight engineers. While on board, Dr. Whitson was named NASA's first ISS science officer by NASA administrator O'Keefe.

Spacewalks

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The Expedition Five crewmembers conducted two spacewalks during their stay at the International Space Station. Both were based out of the Pirs Docking Compartment and used Russian Orlan space suits.[2]

Mission Spacewalkers Start (UTC) End (UTC) Duration
Expedition 5
EVA 1
 Valery Korzun
Peggy Whitson 		16 August 2002
09:23 		16 August 2002
13:48 		4 hours, 25 minutes
Korzun and Whitson installed six debris panels onto the Zvezda Service Module. They removed the panels from their temporary location on the station's Pressurized Mating Adapter 1 prior to attachment to Zvezda. The panels are designed to shield Zvezda from potential space debris impacts. A total of 23 shields will eventually be installed onto the Service Module.[3]
Expedition 5
EVA 2
 Korzun
Sergei Treshchev 		26 August 2002
05:27 		26 August 2002
10:48 		5 hours, 21 minutes
During Expedition Five's second spacewalk, Korzun and Treshchev installed a frame on the outside of the Zarya Module to house components for future spacewalk assembly tasks. They installed new material samples on a pair of Japanese Space Agency materials exposure experiments housed on the outside of Zvezda. Korzun and Treshchev also installed devices on Zvezda that will simplify the routing of tethers during future assembly spacewalks. They improved future station amateur radio operations by adding two ham radio antennas on Zvezda. Also, Korzun and Treshchev installed the Kromka hardware that was originally slated to take place during Expedition Five's first spacewalk. Kromka measures residue emissions from Zvezda's jet thrusters.[4]

References

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

  1. ^ "STS-111". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  2. ^ "International Space Station – Expedition 5 Spacewalks". NASA. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  3. ^ "International Space Station Status Report #02-36". NASA. Archived from the original on 21 August 2002. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  4. ^ "International Space Station Status Report #02-38". NASA. Archived from the original on 3 September 2002. Retrieved 13 February 2012.

NASA

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  1. ^ a b c "ISS Expedition Five Crew". NASA. Archived from the original on 9 June 2002. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  2. ^ a b "NASA – STS-111". NASA. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
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