ISS: Expedition 14

Launch from Baikonur (Lopez-Alegria and Tyurin); Williams arrived with STS-116.

First EVA by Tyurin and Lopez-Alegria on 23.11.2006 (5h 38m) to retrieve equipment and photograph the station's Russian Zvezda Service Module's docking port, Tyurin also hit a golf ball from a specially designed tee mounted on the Pirs airlock as part of a Russian commercial activity.

Common work with the visiting crew of STS-116 (11. - 19.12.2006).

Second EVA by Lopez-Alegria and Williams on 31.01.2007 (7h 55m) to complete the activation of the lab complex's permanent ammonia cooling system. They made several of electrical and fluid line connections to tie the heat exchangers into coolant loop A; most of the work was carried out in the so-called "rat's nest," a confined area between the Destiny laboratory module, the Unity connecting module and the Z1 truss that extends upward and supports the P6 solar array that provided the station's interim power.

Third EVA by Lopez-Alegria and Williams on 04.02.2007 (7h 11m) to reconfigure the second of two cooling loops for the Destiny module, securing the aft radiator of the P6 truss after retraction and preparing the obsolete Early Ammonia Servicer for removal this summer; several of the tasks were similar to those of the second spacewalk.

Fourth EVA by Lopez-Alegria and Williams on 08.02.2007 (6h 40m) to remove shrouds, which provide thermal shading and which are larger than king-size bed sheets; they also made groundwork for attachment of a cargo carrier and preparing work for the relocation of the P6 Truss.

Fifths and final spacewalk by Lopez-Alegria and Tyurin on 22.02.2007 (6h 18m). Five EVA’s by one crew is a new record for ISS-Crews, and Michael Lopez-Alegria made his tenth’s spacewalk, also a new record for a U.S. astronaut. They successfully attempted to free a stuck antenna on the ISS Progress 23 cargo craft docked at the aft end of the station. They also surveyed docking navigation systems for the European Automated Transfer Vehicle, a cargo craft planned to make its maiden voyage in summer 2007.