Expedition 6
Expedition 6 led space experiments to gain new insights in the fields of medicine, materials, plant science, commercial biotechnology, and manufacturing.
Mission Type
meet the crew
Launch
Landing
Crew Members
Kenneth Bowersox, Commander
Nikolai Budarin, Flight Engineer
Don Pettit, Flight Engineer
Crew and Cargo Missions
5/3/03 – Expedition 6 Land
4/28/03 – Expedition 7 Dock
4/25/03 – Expedition 7 Launch
2/4/03– ISS Progress 10 Dock
2/2/03– ISS Progress 10 Launch
2/1/03– ISS Progress 9 Undock
Spacewalks
Date: April 8, 2003
Duration: 6 hours, 26 minutes
Spacewalkers: Ken Bowersox, Don Pettit
Date: Jan. 15, 2003
Duration: 6 hours, 51 minutes
Spacewalkers: Ken Bowersox, Don Pettit
Expedition 6 Resources
Status Reports
Expedition 6 Status Reports from October 2002 through May 2003.
Expedition Press Kit
Get an overview of Expedition 6, 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 6 crew has conducted.
Mission Imagery
During Expedition 6, 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 6 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.
