page_title: Valery Korzun
section_title: Expedition 5
hierarchical_section_title: Valery Korzun / Cosmonaut career / Expedition 5
caption_attribution_description: English: Valery Korzun, commander of the Expedition Five mission aboard the International Space Station, is shown June 5 with the Microgravity Science Glovebox following its installation in the Destiny Laboratory module. The Glovebox is a sealed container with built-in gloves that make it possible for crews to safely do more hands-on science experiments involving fluids, flames, particles and fumes.
context_page_description: Valery Grigoryevich Korzun is a Russian cosmonaut. He has been in space twice totalling 381 days. He has also conducted four career spacewalks.
context_section_description: The Expedition 5 crew was launched on 5 June 2002 aboard STS-111. Space Shuttle Endeavour lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center LC-39A at 21:22:49 UTC. After two days Endeavour docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on 7 June 2002 at 16:25 UTC. Korzun joined the Expedition 5 crew as the commander. Expedition 5 crew carried out approximately 25 new investigations on board the ISS, as well as continued with various science investigations begun before their stay. The scientific investigations aimed at studying cold plasma, crystal growth, radiation effects in the space and the human body. Some medical experiments involved blood, muscles, bones while the crew also conducted psychological experiments. Korzun also participated in ecological experiments and monitored the Earth's surface from space. Earth observation from outer space has many useful applications including informing the ground of disaster situations such as fires and floods as quickly as they occur.
  The Expedition 5 crew returned to Earth on December 7, 2002 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour's STS-113 mission. The shuttle touched down at KSC Runway 33 at 19:38:25 UTC. Completing his second long duration spaceflight, Korzun logged 184 days and 22 hours in space.
caption: Valeri Korzun with the Microgravity Science Glovebox following its installation in the Destiny Laboratory module of the ISS.
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