Expedition 4

Expedition 4 was the fourth expedition to the International Space Station (7 December 2001 - 15 June 2002).

ISS Expedition 4

Mission type	ISS Expedition
Mission duration	190 days, 5 hours, 31 minutes (at ISS) 195 days, 11 hours, 38 minutes, 13 seconds (launch to landing)
Orbits completed	3,068
Expedition
Space Station	International Space Station
Began	7 December 2001, 20:03 (2001-12-07UTC20:03Z) UTC
Ended	15 June 2002, 14:32 (2002-06-15UTC14:33Z) UTC
Arrived aboard	STS-108 Space Shuttle Endeavour
Departed aboard	STS-111 Space Shuttle Endeavour
Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Yury Onufrienko Daniel W. Bursch Carl E. Walz
EVAs	3
EVA duration	17 hours, 51 minutes
L-R: Daniel W. Bursch, Yuri I. Onufrienko, and Carl E. Walz ISS expeditions

Crew

Position	Astronaut
Commander	Yury Onufrienko, RSA Second and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1	Daniel W. Bursch, NASA Fourth and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2	Carl E. Walz, NASA Fourth and last spaceflight

Backup crew

Position	Astronaut
Commander	Gennady Padalka, RSA Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1	Stephen K. Robinson, NASA Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2	Michael Fincke, NASA First spaceflight

Mission parameters

• Perigee: 384 km
• Apogee: 396 km
• Inclination: 51.6°
• Period: 92 min

ISS as seen from Shuttle Endeavour during Expedition Four. (NASA)

Mission objectives

The International Space Station expanded its science investigations, almost doubling the previous amount of experiments performed during the Expedition Four mission. The fourth resident crew launched on 5 December 2001 on board Space Shuttle Endeavour during mission STS-108. They became official station residents at 20:03 UTC on 7 December 2001, and remained on board until June 2002, when they landed on STS-111.

An international crew of three were the fourth crew to live aboard the International Space Station. The team was led by Russian Yuri I. Onufrienko and joined by American crewmates Daniel W. Bursch and Carl E. Walz, both flight engineers. As a part of the STS-108 mission, Endeavour delivered the Expedition 4 crew to the station. They returned to Earth 19 June 2002, aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour following the STS-111 mission.

Spacewalks

The Expedition Four crew conducted three spacewalks during its stay on board the International Space Station. The crew spent a total of 17 hours and 51 minutes outside the station. These spacewalks brought the total up to 34—nine station-based and 25 shuttle-based—that have been conducted at the station for total of 208 hours and 5 minutes.

Mission	Spacewalkers	Start (UTC)	End (UTC)	Duration
Expedition 4 EVA 1	Yury Onufrienko Carl Walz	14 January 2002 20:59	15 January 2002 03:02	6 hours 3 minutes
	Onufrienko and Walz relocated the cargo boom for the Russian Strela crane. They moved the boom from Pressurized Mating Adapter 1 to the exterior of the Pirs Docking Compartment. The crew also installed an amateur radio antenna onto the end of the Zvezda Service Module. The space walk was based out of the Pirs Airlock and used Russian Orlan space suits.
Expedition 4 EVA 2	Onufrienko Daniel Bursch	25 January 2002 15:19	25 January 2002 21:18	5 hours 59 minutes
	During Expedition Four's second spacewalk, Onufrienko and Bursch installed six deflector shields for the Zvezda Service Module's jet thrusters. Also, they installed an amateur radio antenna, attached four science experiments, and retrieved and replaced a device to measure material from the thrusters. Like the first EVA, this one was based out of Pirs, and the spacewalkers used Orlan suits.
Expedition 4 EVA 3	Walz Bursch	20 February 2002 15:19	20 February 2002 17:25	5 hours 49 minutes
	This spacewalk was based out of the Quest Airlock, using U.S. spacesuits. Walz and Bursch tested the airlock and prepared for the four spacewalks that were to be performed during STS-110 in April. The STS-110 crew were to install the S0 Truss onto the station. This spacewalk was the first spacewalk to be based out of Quest without a space shuttle at the station.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

External links

• Expedition 4 Photography