Expedition 27
Expeditions 27 and 28 installed a dark matter experiment, tested the Robonaut astronaut helper, and explored how space affects vision, the body, and the mind.
Mission Type
meet the crew
Launch
Landing
Crew Members
Dmitry Kondratyev, Commander
Andrey Borisenko, Flight Engineer
Alexander Samokutyaev, Flight Engineer
Paolo Nespoli, Flight Engineer
Catherine Coleman, Flight Engineer
Ronald Garan, Flight Engineer
Crew and Cargo Missions
5/23/11 – Expedition 26/27 Land
4/6/11 – Expedition 27/28 Dock
4/29/11 – ISS Progress 42 Dock
4/27/11 – ISS Progress 42 Launch
4/22/11 – ISS Progress 41 Undock
4/4/11 – Expedition 27/28 Launch
5/18/11 – STS-134 Dock
3/28/11 – HTV-2 Kounotori Release
Spacewalks
Date: March 2, 2011
Duration: 6 hours, 14 minutes
Spacewalkers: Stephen Bowen, Alvin Drew
Date: Feb 28, 2011
Duration: 6 hours, 34 minutes
Spacewalkers: Stephen Bowen, Alvin Drew
Expedition 27 Resources
News Releases
The news releases for Expedition 27 covering a variety of mission events and other activities both on Earth and in space.
Expedition Press Kit
Get an overview of the Expedition, its crew and the activities they are working on during this mission to the International Space Station.
Mission Science
Learn more about the range of microgravity science encompassing human research, space phsyics, and more the Expedition 27 crew has conducted.
Mission Imagery
During Expedition 27, the crew took images of the Earth views, the orbiting station, their daily lives aboard and the experiments they conducted during their stay, plus so much more. Check out some of the image highlights from Expedition 27 in the gallery.
Space Station Imagery
View imagery taken from the International Space Station since 1999 of daily crew activities, spacewalks, visiting vehicles, and the Earth below.
