Expedition 2 was the second long-duration spaceflight aboard the International Space Station, immediately following Expedition 1. Its three-person crew stayed aboard the station from March to August 2001. In addition to station maintenance, the crew assisted in several station assembly missions, welcomed the first space tourist Dennis Tito, and conducted some scientific experiments.
Aft view of the International Space Station in April 2001, a month into Expedition 2.
L-R: James Voss, Yury Usachev, and Susan HelmsISS expeditions← Expedition 1Expedition 3 →
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James S. Voss, Expedition Two flight engineer, looks over an atlas in the Zvezda Service Module. (NASA)
Expedition 1 was the first long-duration stay on the International Space Station (ISS). The three-person crew stayed aboard the station for 136 days, from November 2000 to March 2001. It was the beginning of an uninterrupted human presence on the station which continues as of 2024. Expedition 2, which also had three crew members, immediately followed Expedition 1.
The ISS during Expedition 1, seen during the approach of STS-97, the first Shuttle mission to visit the inhabited space station
L-R: Sergei K. Krikalev (Russia), William M. (Bill) Shepherd (United States), and Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko (Russia)ISS expeditionsExpedition 2 →
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Expedition 1's Soyuz-U launch vehicle being transported to its launch pad on 29 October 2000
