Expedition 13

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Expedition 13
 

Expedition 13 was the 13th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), and launched at 02:30 UTC on March 30, 2006.[1] The expedition used the Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft, which stayed at the station for the duration of the expedition for emergency evacuation.

Astronaut Marcos Pontes launched with Expedition 13 on the Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft and became the first Brazilian in space. He returned with Expedition 12 on Soyuz TMA-7 after a nine-day mission.

Thomas Reiter, from the European Space Agency, became part of the Expedition 13 crew in July 2006. Reiter was launched with the second Return to Flight mission on Discovery (STS-121) on July 4, 2006. Reiter became the first European long-duration crew member on the International Space Station when he officially joined the crew of the ISS at 19:13 UTC on July 6, 2006 upon the complete installation of his Soyuz spacecraft seat liner, allowing him to return to Earth aboard the docked Soyuz craft.

Reiter's arrival restored the station crew to three members for the first time since May of 2003. The station's crew size was reduced to two when shuttle flights were put on hold after the Space Shuttle Columbia accident on February 1, 2003.

Crew

First part (March to July 2006)

Second part (July to September 2006)

  • Pavel Vinogradov (2) Commander - RSA
  • Jeffrey Williams (2) Flight Engineer - NASA
  • Thomas Reiter (2) Flight Engineer - Germany ESA

(#) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission

Back-up Crew

Original Expedition 13 Patch before the addition of Thomas Reiter

Mission milestones

  • Docked: April 1, 2006 - 04:19 UTC
  • EVA 1: June 1-2, 2006
  • EVA 2: August 3, 2006
  • Undocked: September 28, 2006 - 5:53 p.m. EDT

Spacewalks

EVA 1

The first spacewalk for Expedition 13 began on June 1, and ended on June 2, 2006.

It was originally scheduled to include a golf shot off the space station but the event was postponed to Expedition 14, as NASA was still evaluating the risks.[2]

The spacewalk ran behind schedule, requiring an extra 50 minutes to be added to the length in order to complete the camera replacement. The EVA began June 1, at 23:48 UTC and ended June 2 at 06:19 UTC, lasting 6 hours and 31 minutes. Other tasks during the walk included repair of a vent for the station's oxygen-producing Elektron unit, and retrieval of experiment packages.[3]

EVA 2

The second spacewalk for Expedition 13 occurred on August 3, 2006. The spacewalk was performed by Jeffrey Williams and Thomas Reiter, it began at 14:04 UTC and ended at 19:58 UTC, for a duration of 5 hours and 54 minutes.

During the spacewalk the astronauts installed the Floating Potential Measurement Unit (FPMU), installed two Materials on Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE) containers, installed a controller for a thermal radiator rotary joint, replaced a computer and installed a starboard jumper and spool positioning device (SPD), inspected a radiator beam valve module and installed another, installed a port jumper and SPD, tested an infrared camera, installed a light on the truss railway handcart, replaced a malfunctioning GPS antenna, installed a vacuum system valve, moved two articulated portable foot restraints, photographed a scratch on the airlock hatch, and retrieved a ball stack for inspection from PMA-1.[4]

References

  1. ^ NASA (2006). "Expedition 13". NASA. Retrieved December 25 2008. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Cowing, Keith (February 28, 2006). "Golf or Science: What is NASA's Plan for the Space Station?". SpaceRef.com. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ NASA (June 2, 2006). "Station Crew Winds Up Successful Spacewalk". NASA. Retrieved December 25 2008. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)
  4. ^ NASA (August 3, 2006). "Station Crewmen Back Inside After Spacewalk". NASA. Retrieved December 25 2008. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)

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