ISS-7 is the seventh long-term crew of the International Space Station . The crew worked on board the ISS from April 28 to October 27, 2003 .
| ISS-7 | |
|---|---|
 Expedition emblem | |
| Expedition Master Data | |
| Title | Seventh ISS long-term crew |
| Crew members | 2 |
| Expedition dates | since 04/28. 2003 to 10.27. 2003 |
| Expedition Duration | 182 days 16 hours 20 minutes 49 seconds |
| Number of turns | 2,895 |
| Distance traveled | ~ 123 133 253 km |
| Apogee | 396 km |
| Perigee | 384 km |
| Mood | 51.6 ° |
| Circulation period | 92 min |
| Weight | 187 016 kg |
| Expedition Flight Data | |
| Shipping ship | Soyuz TMA-2 |
| Ship launch | April 26, 2003 03:53:52 UTC [1] |
| Launch pad | Baikonur , Kazakhstan |
| Docking with the ISS | April 28, 2003 05:56:20 UTC |
| Return ship | Soyuz TMA-2 |
| Docking from the ISS | October 27, 2003 23:17:00 UTC |
| Landing | October 28, 2003 02:40:01 UTC |
| Landing place | near Arkalyk , Kazakhstan |
| Total duration | 184 days 22 hours 46 minutes 9 seconds |
| Crew photo | |
 (From left to right): Yu. Malenchenko and E. Lou | |
| Expedition Navigation | |
During the seventh expedition, maintenance and unloading of TKG Progress M1-10 (undocking and docking), Progress M-47 (undocking), Progress M-48 (docking) and Soyuz TMA-3 were carried out . Scientific research and experiments were conducted on the Russian and American programs [2] . Upon completion, the station was transferred to the crew of the 8th main expedition .
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Crew
Initially, flight engineer Sergei Moshchenko was being trained as part of the ISS-7 main crew, but was replaced by Alexander Kaleri by a decision of the Interdepartmental Commission (MVK) on October 1, 2002 .
The crew’s start was scheduled for March 1, 2003 on the Shuttle STS-114 (and return to the Shuttle STS-116 ) [3] , but after the Columbia disaster, all planned crews were reorganized (ISS-7 crew was reduced from three to two people), and flights were postponed indefinitely [4] .
The ISS-7 crew included:
- (Roscosmos) : Yuri Malenchenko (3) [5] - commander;
- (NASA) : Edward Lou (3) - Flight Engineer .
Duplicate Crew
- (Roscosmos) : Alexander Kaleri (4) - commander;
- (NASA) : Michael Fole (6) - Flight Engineer [6] .
Return crew
- (Roscosmos) : Yuri Malenchenko (3) - commander;
- (NASA) : Edward Lou (3) - Flight Engineer 1;
- (ESA) : Pedro Duque (2) [7] - ISS scientific specialist, flight engineer-2 (participant in the program of the expedition visiting EP-5).
Flight Options
- Orbital inclination - 51.6 °;
- Period of circulation - 92.0 min ;
- Perigee - 384 km ;
- Apogee - 396 km.
Emblem
Depicted on the ISS-7 emblem, two ellipses symbolize the history of space programs of two countries, and two stars on the border symbolize both scientific and commercial tasks performed by crews aboard the ISS.
Due to the reorganization of the crew, the appearance of the emblem underwent repeated changes:
- The initial version was approved in May 2002: the names of Yu. Malenchenko , S. Moshchenko and E. Lu were featured on the emblem;
- In November 2002, in connection with the replacement of Moshchenko, the name A. Kaleri appeared on the emblem.
- On the final version of the emblem, approved in March 2003, the names of Yu. Malenchenko and E. Lu were placed [8] .
Interesting Facts
- ISS-7 crew member Edward Lu, in memory of the lost Colombia STS-107 crew, besides the main emblem, wore the STS-107 mission emblem on the sleeve of his spacesuit. This was the first time in history when an astronaut puts on a patch of another mission [8] .
- Members of the 7th main expedition did not make any spacewalks .
- During the operation of the ISS-7 expedition, the first manned flight of a Chinese spacecraft was completed. Upon learning of this, Edward Lu, who has Chinese roots (his parents were born in China ), sent a message in Chinese to the earth - “Welcome to space. I wish you success. ”
Notes
- ↑ Afanasyev I. Launch of the Soyuz TMA-2 (Russian) // Cosmonautics News: Journal. - 2003. - No. 6 .
- ↑ Istomin V. Chronicle of the flight of the ISS-6 / ISS-7 crews (Russian) // Cosmonautics News: Journal. - 2003. - No. 7 .
- ↑ Shamsutdinov S. The ISS-7 crews completed training at the RGNII TsPK (Russian) // Cosmonautics News: Journal. - 2003. - No. 3 .
- ↑ Shamsutdinov S. New ISS crews formed (Russian) // Cosmonautics News: Journal. - 2003. - No. 4 .
- ↑ (3) - the number in brackets shows the number of completed space flights, including this one, which this crew member has already completed.
- ↑ Crews of the seventh long expedition . RSC "ENERGY" . Date of treatment January 28, 2010. Archived March 28, 2012.
- ↑ Biography of Pedro Duque on the ESA website. (Spanish)
- ↑ 1 2 Rosenblum L. The emblem of the 7th main expedition to the ISS (Russian) // Cosmonautics News: Journal. - 2003. - No. 6 .
Links
- Expedition ISS-7 to the RSC "ENERGY". (Russian)
- Istomin V. Chronicle of the flight of the ISS-7 crews (Russian) // Cosmonautics News: Journal. - 2003. - No. 12 .