| Insignia | ISS Expedition 26 Patch.png |
|---|---|
| Crew members | Expedition 25/26: Scott J. Kelly Aleksandr Kaleri Oleg Skripochka Expedition 26/27: Dmitri Kondratyev Catherine Coleman Paolo Nespoli |
| Crew evas | 2 |
| Crew photo | Expedition 26 crew portrait.jpg |
| Space station | International Space Station |
| Start date | 26 November 2010, 04:46 UTC[1] |
| End date | 16 March 2011, 08:54 UTC |
| Arrival craft | Soyuz TMA-01M Soyuz TMA-20 |
| Departure craft | Soyuz TMA-01M Soyuz TMA-20 |
| Previous mission | Expedition 25 |
| Next mission | Expedition 27 |
| Programme | ISS expeditions |
Expedition 26 was the 26th long-duration mission to the International Space Station. The expedition's first three crew members – one US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts – arrived at the station on board Soyuz TMA-01M on 10 October 2010. Expedition 26 officially began the following month on 26 November,[2] when half of the crew of the previous mission, Expedition 25, returned to Earth on board Soyuz TMA-19.[2] The rest of the Expedition 26 crew – one US astronaut, one Russian cosmonaut and one ESA astronaut – joined the trio already on board when their spacecraft, Soyuz TMA-20, docked with the station on 17 December 2010.
The commander of Expedition 25, Douglas Wheelock, handed over command of the station to Expedition 26 commander Scott Kelly on 24 November 2010. The 26 crew was joined by the crew of STS-133 on 26 February 2011,[3] and was supplied by the ESA's Johannes Kepler unmanned resupply craft, which arrived on 24 February. Expedition 26 ended on 16 March 2011 with the departure of Soyuz TMA-01M.
Crew
| Position | First part (November 2010) | Second part (December 2010 to March 2011)[4][5] |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Scott J. Kelly, NASA Third spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 | Aleksandr Kaleri, RSA Fifth and last spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 | Oleg Skripochka, RSA First spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 3 | Dmitri Kondratyev, RSA Only spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 4 | Catherine Coleman, NASA Third and last spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 5 | Paolo Nespoli, ESA Second spaceflight | |
Backup crew
- Ronald Garan, for Kelly
- Sergey Volkov, for Kaleri
- Oleg Kononenko, for Skripochka
- Anatoli Ivanishin, for Kondratyev
- Michael Fossum, for Coleman
- Satoshi Furukawa, for Nespoli
MagISStra
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli's mission to the space station was named MagISStra. The name combines the word magistra, meaning "female teacher" in Latin, with the acronym "ISS", as suggested by Antonella Pezzani of Italy.[7]
Spacewalks
Two Russian spacewalks were scheduled for Expedition 26.[8] The first, Russian EVA-27, was conducted Friday, 21 January 2011.[9] The second spacewalk, Russian EVA-28, was conducted on the date of 16 February 2011. Cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and Dmitri Kondratyev conducted both spacewalks.
References
- ^ Space.com – Soyuz Capsule Lands Safely With Space Station Crew (26 November 2010)
- ^ NASA HQ (2008). "NASA Assigns Space Station Crews, Updates Expedition Numbering". NASA. Archived from the original on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
- ^ Mark Carreau, Mark (24 February 2011). "Discovery Soars on Final Mission". AviationWeek.com. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ "NASA.gov". Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- ^ "ISS Expedition 26". NASA.gov. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ NASA HQ (2009). "NASA and its International Partners Assign Space Station Crews". NASA. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
- ^ "Counting down for ESA's MagISStra mission to Space Station". European Space Agency. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
- ^ NASA (October 2010). "Expedition 25 and 26 PRESS KIT – A New Decade Begins". Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
- ^ "Cosmonauts Perform 27th Russian Space Station Spacewalk". Archived from the original on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2011.