Expedition 18
Expedition 18 was a 2008-2009 International Space Station increment commanded by Michael Fincke. Fincke and Yury Lonchakov launched on Soyuz TMA-13 in October 2008, while Gregory Chamitoff, Sandra Magnus, and Koichi Wakata rotated through the third flight-engineer seat via Shuttle missions. NASA describes the expedition's work as including human health research, fire-suppression studies, air monitoring, station operations, visiting cargo and Shuttle traffic, and two Russian-segment EVAs by Fincke and Lonchakov.
Identity
- Aliases
- ISS Expedition 18ISS-18Soyuz TMA-13
- Name
- Expedition 18
- Slug
- expedition-18
- Status
- completed
Details
- Description
- Expedition 18 was a 2008-2009 International Space Station increment commanded by Michael Fincke. Fincke and Yury Lonchakov launched on Soyuz TMA-13 in October 2008, while Gregory Chamitoff, Sandra Magnus, and Koichi Wakata rotated through the third flight-engineer seat via Shuttle missions. NASA describes the expedition's work as including human health research, fire-suppression studies, air monitoring, station operations, visiting cargo and Shuttle traffic, and two Russian-segment EVAs by Fincke and Lonchakov.
- End Date
- 2009-04-08
- Launch Site Id
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- Outcome
- Completed. The Expedition 18 crew maintained and expanded ISS research operations, supported Shuttle crew rotations and visiting vehicles, completed two Fincke-Lonchakov EVAs, and handed over to Expedition 19 in April 2009.
- Program
- International Space Station
- Space Station Id
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- Start Date
- 2008-10-12
- Vehicle Family Ids
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- Vehicle Id
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Links
- Official Url
- https://www.nasa.gov/mission/expedition-18/
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_18
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/8/2026, 9:22:30 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/8/2026, 9:22:30 AM
Other
- Affiliations
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- Role
- Partner agency
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- Crew
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- Role
- Commander / EVA
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- Role
- Flight Engineer / EVA
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- Flight Engineer
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- Flight Engineer
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- Role
- Flight Engineer