ISS Expedition 1 - Mission Overview

Vehicle: Russian Soyuz Rocket
International Space Station Flight 2R
Launch Pad: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launch: Oct. 31, 2000
Docking: Nov. 2, 2000
Undocking: March 18, 2001
STS-102
Increment Duration: 136 days, 17 hours, 9 minutes
Landing: March 21, 2001
ISS Flight 5A.1

Expedition 1 crew: From the left are Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev, Expedition One Commander Bill Shepherd and Soyuz Commander Yuri Gidzenko. Photo Credit: NASA

October 2000 --- The first International Space Station crew patch is a simplified graphic of the station complex when fully completed. The station is seen with solar arrays turned forward. The last names of the Expedition One crew, Soyuz pilot Yuri Gidzenko, flight engineer Sergei Krikalev, and expedition commander William (Bill) Shepherd, appear under the station symbol.