Expedition 17

ISS Expedition 17
	Promotional Poster
Mission type	ISS Expedition
Expedition
Space station	International Space Station
Began	8 April 2008
Ended	24 October 2008
Arrived aboard	Soyuz TMA-12; Reisman: STS-123; Space Shuttle Endeavour; Chamitoff: STS-124; Space Shuttle Discovery
Departed aboard	Soyuz TMA-12; Reisman: STS-124; Space Shuttle Discovery; Chamitoff: STS-126; Space Shuttle Endeavour
Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Sergei Volkov; Oleg Kononenko; Garrett Reisman (to June); Gregory Chamitoff† (from June); * – transferred from Expedition 16; † – transferred to Expedition 18
	; Expedition 17 mission patch; ; (Left to right) Greg Chamitoff, Garrett Reisman, Sergei Volkov, Oleg Kononenko ISS expeditions ← Expedition 16 Expedition 18 →

Expedition 17 was the 17th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). The first two crew members, Sergey Volkov, and Oleg Kononenko were launched on 8 April 2008, aboard the Soyuz TMA-12. Once aboard the station, they joined Garrett Reisman, who transferred from Expedition 16 to join the Expedition 17 crew.

Reisman was replaced by Gregory Chamitoff, who launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-124 on 31 May 2008. Volkov and Kononenko landed safely on 24 October 2008, while Chamitoff remained aboard the station as an Expedition 18 crewmember.

^ ^a ^b NASA (2007). "STS-124". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Retrieved 8 November 2007.

[crew124-1] NASA (2007). "STS-124". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Retrieved 8 November 2007.

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