Expedition 3
Expedition 3 studied protein crystals, space exercise, and radiation detection on orbit. The crew also observed the Earth and researched space phsyics.
Mission Type
meet the crew
Launch
Landing
Crew Members
Frank Culbertson, Commander
Mikhail Tyurin, Flight Engineer
Vladimir Dezhurov, Flight Engineer
Crew and Cargo Missions
12/15/01 – STS-108 Undock
12/7/01 – STS-108 Dock
11/28/01 – ISS Progress 6 Dock
11/26/01 – ISS Progress 6 Launch
11/22/01 – ISS Progress 5 Undock
10/30/01 – Soyuz TM-32 Undock
10/23/01 – Soyuz TM-33 Dock
10/19/01 – Soyuz TM-32 Relocation
9/26/01 – R4 Undock
9/16/01 – Pirs Delivered
8/23/01 – ISS Progress 5 Dock
8/22/01 – ISS Progress 4 Undock
8/21/01 – ISS Progress 5 Launch
Spacewalks
Date: Dec. 10, 2001
Duration: 4 hours, 12 minutes
Spacewalkers: Linda Godwin, Dan Tani
Date: Dec. 3, 2001
Duration: 2 hours, 46 minutes
Spacewalkers: Vladimir Dezhurov, Mikhail Tyurin
Date: Nov. 12, 2001
Duration: 5 hours, 4 minutes
Spacewalkers: Vladimir Dezhurov, Frank Culbertson
Date: Oct. 15, 2001
Duration: 5 hours, 52 minutes
Spacewalkers: Vladimir Dezhurov, Mikhail Tyurin
Date: Oct. 8, 2001
Duration: 4 hours, 58 minutes
Spacewalkers: Vladimir Dezhurov, Mikhail Tyurin
Expedition 3 Image Gallery
Expedition 3 Resources
Status Reports
Expedition 3 Status Reports from August 2001 through December 2001.
Expedition Press Kit
Get an overview of Expedition 3, its crew, and the activities they were conducting during their 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 3 crew has conducted.
Mission Imagery
During Expedition 3, 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 3 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.
