Expedition 15
Expedition 15 was a long-duration International Space Station increment commanded by Fyodor Yurchikhin with Oleg Kotov as flight engineer. Sunita Williams transferred from Expedition 14 and returned on STS-117 Atlantis, which brought Clayton Anderson as her replacement. The increment supported station research, assembly, maintenance, three resident EVAs, and the STS-117 and STS-118 assembly flights. Yurchikhin and Kotov returned with Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor aboard Soyuz TMA-10, while Anderson transferred to Expedition 16.
Identity
- Aliases
- ISS Expedition 15Expedition FifteenInternational Space Station Expedition 15ISS EO-15
- Name
- Expedition 15
- Slug
- expedition-15
- Status
- completed
Details
- Description
- Expedition 15 was a long-duration International Space Station increment commanded by Fyodor Yurchikhin with Oleg Kotov as flight engineer. Sunita Williams transferred from Expedition 14 and returned on STS-117 Atlantis, which brought Clayton Anderson as her replacement. The increment supported station research, assembly, maintenance, three resident EVAs, and the STS-117 and STS-118 assembly flights. Yurchikhin and Kotov returned with Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor aboard Soyuz TMA-10, while Anderson transferred to Expedition 16.
- End Date
- 2007-10-21
- Landing Site Id
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- Launch Site Id
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- Outcome
- Completed. Expedition 15 supported station science and assembly, performed three resident EVAs, exchanged Williams for Anderson, and returned Yurchikhin and Kotov safely after Soyuz TMA-10's ballistic descent.
- Program
- International Space Station
- Space Station Id
- ms7vrdmhtb6vsyh53zc92thbc984p323
- Start Date
- 2007-04-07
- Vehicle Family Ids
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- Vehicle Id
- nh7wr223k976ven7097rdns4a18a5q6q
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.nasa.gov/mission/expedition-15/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/14/2026, 8:09:43 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/14/2026, 8:09:43 AM
Other
- Affiliations
- Organization Id
- vh7c9dcm6eswqyvh2vsqq53es57ngjhr
- Role
- ISS partner agency, Soyuz operator, and commander/flight-engineer agency
- Organization Id
- vh76vnx3yy1vy23j7zc3wk80wx7nhx5f
- Role
- ISS partner agency, Shuttle operator, and Williams/Anderson crew agency
- Crew
- Astronaut Id
- td74xhgn9pd9tpe5prp87j5gsx89v19k
- Role
- Commander; launched and returned on Soyuz TMA-10; three resident EVAs
- Astronaut Id
- td77fs9cj8bjt2fdmp5enm0kjh89xws3
- Role
- Flight engineer and Soyuz commander; launched and returned on Soyuz TMA-10; two resident EVAs
- Astronaut Id
- td73r48d1g2p5rhrpysaxw03e185jar2
- Role
- Flight engineer transferred from Expedition 14; returned on STS-117 Atlantis
- Astronaut Id
- td753ks5ccp6c4cna8843dkkts7nmk7n
- Role
- Flight engineer; arrived on STS-117 Atlantis, performed a resident EVA, and transferred to Expedition 16