Expedition 30

Expedition 30
Mission typeLong-duration expedition
Expedition
Space stationInternational Space Station
Began21 November 2011, 23:00 (2011-11-21UTC23Z) UTC[1]
Ended27 April 2012, 08:15 (2012-04-27UTC08:16Z) UTC[2]
Arrived aboardSoyuz TMA-22
Soyuz TMA-03M
Departed aboardSoyuz TMA-22
Soyuz TMA-03M
Crew
Crew size6
MembersExpedition 29/30:
Dan Burbank
Anton Shkaplerov
Anatoli Ivanishin

Expedition 30/31:
Oleg Kononenko
André Kuipers
Don Pettit

Expedition 30 mission patch

(l-r) Shkaplerov, Burbank, Ivanishin, Kuipers, Kononenko and Pettit

Expedition 30 was the 30th long-duration mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The expedition's first three crew members – Dan Burbank, Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoli Ivanishin – arrived on the ISS aboard Soyuz TMA-22 on 16 November 2011,[3] during the last phase of Expedition 29. Expedition 30 formally began on 21 November 2011, with the departure from the ISS of the Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft. The expedition ended on 27 April 2012, as Burbank, Shkaplerov and Ivanishin departed from the ISS aboard Soyuz TMA-22, marking the beginning of Expedition 31.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ex28 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Soyuz TMA-22 returns to Earth with three outbound ISS crewmembers". NASASpaceflight.com, 27 April 2012.
  3. ^ Alissa de Carbonnel (16 November 2011). "Russian, U.S. crew safely dock with space station". Reuters. Retrieved 23 December 2011.