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Exp 6 Visiting Vehicles
Feb. 01, 2003 – ISS Progress 9 Undocks
Feb. 04, 2003 – ISS Progress 10 Docks
* Space shuttle Columbia was lost on Feb. 7, 2003. The next shuttle to visit the station was Discovery in July 2005 on the STS-114 mission during Expedition 11.
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Expedition 6
Image above: Astronauts Donald Pettit (left), Expedition Six flight engineer; Kenneth Bowersox, mission commander; and cosmonaut Nikolai Budarin, flight engineer, attired in training versions of the shuttle launch and entry suit, pause from their training schedule for a crew portrait. Photo credit: NASA› View hi-res
Crew Profiles
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Commander Kenneth Bowersox
Kenneth Bowersox served as commander of Expedition 6 and conducted two spacewalks during his 5-1/2 month stay aboard the Intenrational Space Station. He also participated as a crew member on four previous space shuttle missions.
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Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin
Nikolai Budarin served as flight engineer during Expedition 6. He launched with his crewmates aboard space shuttle Endeavour and returned to Earth aboard the Soyuz TMA-1. Budarin also lived and worked aboard the Russian Space Station Mir during two missions.
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Flight Engineer Donald Pettit
Donald Pettit served Expedition 6 as flight engineer and conducted two spacewalks. He returned to the International Space Station as a mission specialist during STS-126 aboard space shuttle Endeavour.
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Overview
Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Endeavour
Launch:
Nov. 23, 2002, 7:50 p.m. EST
Docking:
Nov. 25, 2002, 4:59 p.m.
Spacewalks:
Jan. 15, 2002
April 8, 2002
Return Vehicle: Soyuz TMA-1
Undocking:
May 3, 2003, 6:40 p.m.
Landing:
May 3, 2003, 10:07 p.m.
Duration:
On ISS: 159 days
On orbit: 161 days
› Expedition 6 Press Kit (1.7 Mb PDF)
Expedition 6 Multimedia
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Expedition 6 Gallery →
Visit the Expedition 6 photo gallery.