Expedition 7

Crew

Yuri Malenchenko (3), Commander - Russia

Ed Lu (3), Flight Engineer - U.S.A.

(1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission.

Mission Parameters

Perigee: 384 km

Apogee: 396 km

Inclination: 51.6°

Period: 92 min

Docked: April 28, 2003 - 05:56:20 UTC

Undocked: October 27, 2003 - 22:17:09 UTC

Time Docked: 182 days, 16 h, 20 min, 49 s
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Mission objectives

The seventh crew of the International Space Station lifted off in Soyuz TMA-2 from the Russian Space Agency's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 25, 2003, at 10:54 p.m. CDT. The Soyuz docked on April 28, 2003 and took over command of the ISS. The Expedition Seven crew landed back on Earth on October 27, 2003 at Kazahkstan at 9:41 p.m. EST after spending over six months in space.

From Houston, ISS Spacecraft Communicator Mike Fossum informed Expedition 7 Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Science Officer Edward Lu on Wednesday, October 15 of the successful launch of the Long March rocket carrying the Shenzhou 5 spacecraft and Chinese taikonaut Yang Liwei. "It's really some exciting news to share. The world's spacefaring nations have been joined by a new member tonight: China."

"First off, we want to congratulate them," Lu replied. "The more people that go into space, the better off we all are. This is a great achievement and good for everyone in the long run."

In Chinese, he later added, "Welcome to space. Have a safe journey."

"I would also like to say I love to have somebody else in space instead of me and Ed," said Malenchenko. "I also know this is great for thousands and thousands of people from China. I congratulate all of them."

Expedition 7 Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA Station Science Officer Ed Lu landed after after six months in space.

Malenchenko and Lu -- along with European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque -- landed safely in Kazakhstan at 9:41 p.m. EST on Monday, October 27, after undocking from the International Space Station in their Soyuz spacecraft at 6:17 p.m. EST.

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