Expedition 3

ISS Expedition 3
	Zenith view of the International Space Station in December 2001, at the end of Expedition 3.
Mission type	ISS Expedition
Mission duration	124 days, 22 hours, 47 minutes (at ISS); 128 days, 20 hours, 45 minutes, 58 seconds (launch to landing)
Distance travelled	85,860,485 kilometres (53,351,232 mi)
Orbits completed	2,020
Expedition
Space station	International Space Station
Began	12 August 2001, 18:41 UTC
Ended	15 December 2001, 17:28 UTC
Arrived aboard	STS-105; Space Shuttle Discovery
Departed aboard	STS-108; Space Shuttle Endeavour
Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Frank L. Culbertson Jr.; Vladimir Dezhurov; Mikhail Tyurin
EVAs	4
EVA duration	17 hours, 50 minutes
	; Expedition 3 mission patch; ; L-R: Mikhail Tyurin, Frank L. Culbertson Jr., and Vladimir Dezhurov ISS expeditions ← Expedition 2 Expedition 4 →

Expedition 3 was the third expedition to the International Space Station. Commander Frank L. Culbertson Jr. was the only American crew member, and as such the only American not on Earth during the 9/11 attacks, which the crew photographed and videoed from the ISS.^[1]

^ "Frank Culbertson Letter". Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (NASA). Archived from the original on 18 October 2001. Retrieved 10 September 2011.

[1] "Frank Culbertson Letter". Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (NASA). Archived from the original on 18 October 2001. Retrieved 10 September 2011.

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