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

Crew

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Position First part
(November 2011 to December 2011) 		Second part
(December 2011 to April 2012)
Commander United StatesDan Burbank,NASA
Third and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 RussiaAnton Shkaplerov,RSA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 RussiaAnatoli Ivanishin,RSA
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 3 RussiaOleg Kononenko,RSA
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4 NetherlandsAndré Kuipers,ESA
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 5 United StatesDon Pettit,NASA
Third spaceflight
Source
NASA, ESA[4][5]

Mission highlights

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Soyuz TMA-02M departure

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Expedition 30 began with the departure of theExpedition 28/29crew on board theSoyuz TMA-02Mspacecraft, on 21 November 2011 at 23:00UTC.[1]This left the Expedition 29/30 crew, who had docked with the ISS in theSoyuz TMA-22spacecraft on 16 November 2011 at 05:24 UTC,[6]on board the station. Soyuz TMA-22 launched on 14 November 2011 at 04:14 UTC, fromBaikonur CosmodromeinKazakhstan.[7]

Comet Lovejoy,as seen from the ISS on 21 December 2011.

Soyuz TMA-03M arrival

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The ISS was crewed by the first three Expedition 30 crewmembers for approximately five and a half weeks. They were joined on 23 December 2011 by the Expedition 30/31crew,[8]who were carried to the ISS by theSoyuz TMA-03Mspacecraft. Soyuz TMA-03M was launched on 21 December 2011 at 13:16 UTC[9]and docked on 23 December at 15:19 UTC.[10]

Comet Lovejoy observation

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On 21 December 2011, Expedition 30 commanderDan Burbankobserved a pass of the cometC/2011 W3 Lovejoy.The comet was initially thought to be in a destructive orbit around the Sun, and passed within 140,000 km (87,000 mi) of the Sun's surface.[11]However, the comet ultimately survived its encounter with the Sun.

Spacewalk

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On 16 February 2012, Russian crew membersOleg KononenkoandAnton Shkaplerovperformed the firstspacewalkof 2012, moving one of the station'sStrelacranes from thePirsmodule to thePoiskmodule. The astronauts also installed new debris shields and materials experiments on the exterior of the ISS.[12]

Fiftieth anniversary ofFriendship 7

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On 20 February 2012, the ISS crew commemorated the fiftieth anniversary ofJohn Glenn's first orbital flight in theProject MercuryspacecraftFriendship 7.The crew surprised the 90-year-old Glenn by speaking to him via video link while he was on-stage withNASA AdministratorCharlie BoldenatOhio State University.[13]

Edoardo AmaldiATV docking

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TheEuropean Space Agency's thirdAutomated Transfer Vehicle(ATV),Edoardo Amaldi,was launched on 23 March 2012, and docked successfully with the ISS on 28 March. The robotic ATV carried around 6,595 kilograms (14,539 lb) of propellants, water and dry cargo to the Expedition 30 crew, and also helped boost the station's altitude with its thrusters.[14]The ATV ultimately remained docked until September 2012, whereafter it deorbited and burned up in Earth's atmosphere as planned.[15]

Progress M-15M docking

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Progress M-15M,a Russian unmanned resupply spacecraft, was launched to the ISS fromBaikonur Cosmodromeon 20 April 2012. It successfully docked with the station on 22 April.[16]In preparation for the spacecraft's arrival, its predecessor,Progress M-14M,undocked from the ISS on 19 April, having been docked since 28 January.[17]

Soyuz TMA-22 departure

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Expedition 30 ended on 27 April 2012 with the departure of Soyuz TMA-22 from the ISS, carrying astronauts Burbank, Shkaplerov and Ivanishin. The three astronauts landed safely inKazakhstanat 11:45 AM (GMT), while Kononenko, Kuipers and Pettit remained aboard the station to beginExpedition 31.[2]

References

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Public DomainThis article incorporatespublic domain materialfrom websites or documents of theNational Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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  11. ^Mike Wall (15 December 2011)."Comet Lovejoy Survives Fiery Plunge Through Sun, NASA Says".space.Retrieved13 May2023.
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