Resident Crews of the International Space Station (ISS)

ISS: Expedition 7

Crew, launch- and landing data

No.:	1	2
Nation:
Surname:	Malenchenko	Lu
Given names:	Yuri Ivanovich	Edward Tsang
Position:	ISS-CDR	Flight Engineer
Spacecraft (Launch):	Soyuz TMA-2	Soyuz TMA-2
Launch date:	26.04.2003	26.04.2003
Launchtime:	03:54 UTC	03:54 UTC
Spacecraft (Landing):	Soyuz TMA-2	Soyuz TMA-2
Landingdate:	28.10.2003	28.10.2003
Landingtime:	02:40 UTC	02:40 UTC
Mission duration:	184d 22h 46m	184d 22h 46m
Orbits:	2890	2890

Backup Crew

No.:	1	2
Nation:
Surname:	Kaleri	Foale
Given names:	Aleksandr Yuriyevich	Colin Michael
Position:	ISS-CDR	Flight Engineer

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Expedition Report

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing 42 km south of Arkalyk in Kazakhstan.

The ISS expedition 7 was called a "caretaker" crew. Following a two day solo flight the Soyuz docked to ISS on 28.04.2003. Malenchenko and Lu replaced the Expedition 6 crew.

Only 15 experiments on different scientific fields. Periodic maintenance work (for example the station's toilet system, windows, spacesuits and more), upgrade work, training for spacewalks, although no spacewalk was planned. The cargo ship Progress 11 docked with the station in June and Progress 12 in August with food, fuel, water, supplies and scientific gear, which had to be stowed.