Expedition 6

Expedition 6
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Mission typeLong-duration expedition
Mission duration159 days, 44 minutes (at ISS)
161 days, 1 hour, 14 minutes, 38 seconds (launch to landing)
Distance travelled~107,824,795 kilometres (66,999,221 mi)
Orbits completed2,536
Expedition
Space stationInternational Space Station
Began25 November 2002, 21:59 (2002-11-25UTC21:59Z) UTC
Ended3 May 2003, 22:43 (2003-05-03UTC22:44Z) UTC
Arrived aboardSTS-113
Space Shuttle Endeavour
Departed aboardSoyuz TMA-1[1]
Crew
Crew size3
MembersKenneth Bowersox
Nikolai Budarin
Donald Pettit
EVAs2
EVA duration13 hours, 17 minutes

Expedition 6 mission patch

L-R: Donald Pettit, Ken Bowersox and Nikolai Budarin

Expedition 6 was the sixth expedition to the International Space Station (25 November 2002 – 3 May 2003). It was the last three-man crew to reside on the station until the arrival of STS-121 in 2006, delivering the final astronaut of Expedition 13. The crew performed two spacewalks in support of maintenance and assembly of the International Space Station.