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Expedition 11
11th trip to the International Space Station / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Expedition 11 (2005) was the 11th expedition to the International Space Station,[3] using the Soyuz TMA-6, which stayed during the expedition for emergency evacuation.[4]
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![]() Space Shuttle Discovery photographed by Expedition 11 as it performed the first ever Rendezvous pitch manoeuvre. | |
Mission type | ISS Expedition |
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Mission duration | 176 days, 19 hours, 30 minutes (at ISS) 179 days, 23 minutes (launch to landing) |
Orbits completed | 2,817 |
Expedition | |
Space station | International Space Station |
Began | 17 April 2005, 02:19 (2005-04-17UTC02:19Z) UTC[1] |
Ended | 10 October 2005, 21:49 (2005-10-10UTC21:50Z) UTC[2] |
Arrived aboard | Soyuz TMA-6 |
Departed aboard | Soyuz TMA-6 |
Crew | |
Crew size | 2 |
Members | Sergei K. Krikalev John L. Phillips |
EVAs | 1 |
EVA duration | 4 hours and 58 minutes |
![]() Expedition 11 mission patch ![]() L-R: Sergei K. Krikalev and John L. Phillips |
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European Space Agency Italian Astronaut Roberto Vittori launched with Expedition 11 on the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft and returned 24 April 2005 with Expedition 10 on Soyuz TMA-5.[4]