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## Expedition 6 Status Reports

**May 4, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-21**The Expedition 6 crew touched down in northern Kazakhstan in its Soyuz spacecraft at 9:07 p.m. CDT Saturday, after an undocking from the International Space Station.Read More

**May 2, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-20**International Space Station crewmembers are wrapping up a week largely devoted to handover briefings and activities for the Expedition 7 crew and their Expedition 6 predecessors.Read More**April 28, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-19**New residents arrived aboard the International Space Station today to take over occupancy of the orbital outpost from the crew that has been aloft for more than five months.Read More**April 25, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-18**A major step in assuring the continued permanent human presence in space aboard the International Space Station was realized tonight with the flawless launch of a cosmonaut and astronaut aboard a Russian rocket.Read More**April 18, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-17**The Expedition 6 crew members on board the International Space Station stepped up their preparations for returning to Earth this week, while the next permanent crew for the station received its final certification for a launch scheduled for the end of next week.Read More**April 11, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-16**A remarkable week of spacewalk and science activities is winding down for the International Space Station’s Expedition 6 crew, Commander Ken Bowersox, Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit.Read More**April 8, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-15**Expedition 6 Commander Ken Bowersox and NASA Science Officer Don Pettit reconfigured critical power cables and continued the external outfitting of the International Space Station today during a 6 hour, 26 minute spacewalk designed to complete a number of get-ahead tasks for future ISS assembly.Read More**April 4, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-14**International Space Station crewmembers, Commander Ken Bowersox, Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit, spent much of this week preparing for their spacewalk next Tuesday.Read More**March 28, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-13**Expedition 6 crewmembers are finishing their 18th week on the International Space Station, preparing for a second spacewalk and for their return to Earth in a Russian spacecraft in May.Read More**March 21, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-12**Expedition 6 crewmembers on the International Space Station this week continued science investigations and made repairs and upgrades to their orbital home. They also studied plans for the second spacewalk of their mission.Read More**March 14, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-11**The Expedition 6 crew aboard the International Space Station, Commander Ken Bowersox, Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit, spent their week doing routine maintenance, completing the troubleshooting of the Microgravity Science Glovebox and continuing a survey of the outside of the station using the Canadarm2 robotic arm.Read More**March 7, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-10**The crew of the International Space Station’s sixth expedition passed the benchmark of 100 days in space this week while focusing on routine maintenance of station systems and a survey of the station using the Canadarm2 robotic arm.Read More**Feb. 28, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-9**Approaching their 100th day in orbit, the International Space Station’s Expedition 6 crewmembers completed an important test of on-orbit spacewalk preparation this week, while program managers cleared the way for a crew rotation scenario that will bring the three-man crew back to Earth in Kazakhstan in May.Read More**Feb. 21, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-8**The Expedition 6 crew marked its 90th day in orbit today.Read More**Feb. 14, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-7**Approaching three months into their stay in space aboard the International Space Station, the Expedition 6 crewmembers continued unpacking newly arrived supplies this week, watched their home’s altitude rise, held a news conference and operated the station’s robotic arm.Read More**Feb. 6, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-6**As they complete their eleventh week on orbit, the International Space Station’s Expedition 6 crewmembers are unpacking a new shipment of supplies while helping mission managers plan for the remainder of their time in space.Read More**Feb. 04, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-5**A Russian Progress 10 resupply craft successfully docked to the International Space Station today, two days after it was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Read More**Feb. 1, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-4**A Russian Progress 10 resupply craft lifted off today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying supplies and new scientific systems hardware to the International Space Station.Read More**Jan. 15, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-3**Expedition 6 Commander Ken Bowersox and NASA Science Officer Don Pettit continued the assembly of the International Space Station today and set the stage for a series of complex shuttle construction flights to the complex later this year during a 6-hour, 51-minute spacewalk staged out of the Quest Airlock.Read More**Jan. 10, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-2**Preparations continue in orbit for the 50th spacewalk dedicated to assembly and maintenance of the International Space Station.Read More**Jan. 06, 2003 – International Space Station Status Report #03-1**The Year 2003 began quietly for the International Space Station Expedition 6 crew.Read More

**Dec. 27, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-55**International Space Station Expedition 6 crew members, Commander Ken Bowersox, Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin, and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit, began their second month aboard the orbiting laboratory on Christmas Day.Read More**Dec. 20, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-54**After almost a month on the International Space Station, crew members were literally bouncing off the walls of the orbiting laboratory on Monday. They wound up the week with extensive and successful robotic arm operations on Thursday and on Friday worked with setup of the High Rate Communications Outage Recorder (HCOR).Read More**Dec. 13, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-53**Nearing the end of their third week on orbit, the crew members of the sixth expedition to the International Space Station have dug in to the agenda of scientific research laid out for their four-month tour of duty.Read More

**Nov. 15, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-52**The Expedition 5 crew members – Commander Valery Korzun, NASA ISS Science Officer Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Sergei Treschev – spent their 23rd week in space continuing preparations for the arrival of their replacements, the Expedition 6 crew.Read More**Nov. 9, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-51**A Russian-Belgian cosmonaut crew departed the International Space Station today after delivering a new Soyuz return vehicle to the complex and conducting more than a week’s worth of joint scientific experiments with the residents on board.Read More**Nov. 8, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-50**All six people living aboard the International Space Station have started packing up for their return to Earth.Read More**Nov. 1, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-49**A Russian-Belgian cosmonaut crew arrived at the International Space Station in the wee hours this morning in a newly modified Soyuz capsule after a flawless two-day flight following launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Read More**Oct. 29, 2002 – International Space Station Status Report #02-48**Right on time, a Russian-Belgian cosmonaut crew blasted off in a newly modified Soyuz capsule from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan tonight, headed for a linkup to the International Space Station later this week to deliver a fresh crew return vehicle.Read More